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Closed captioning may be a boon for people with hearing issues, as well as for folks who are trying to watch TV in noisy kitchens, workshops and so on — but the process by which the spoken word is translated into text is far from an exact science. As evidence, check out some recent closed-captioning gaffes that were sent to us by a regular Westword reader:
Spoken version: “…it’s not only futile…”
CC version: “it’s not only few tile…”
Spoken version: “…Hillary Clinton tactics…”
CC version: “…Hillary Clinton tact aches…”
Spoken version: “…Korean war came to a stalemate…”
CC version: “…Korean war came to a stale meat…”
Spoken version: “…a centrist position…”
CC version: “…a scent tryst position…”
A “scent tryst position”? That’s one smelly affair. — Michael Roberts
