Film Tar

[Quijote]

I quite fancy watching Tar (with an acute accent on the "a"), a new film released this month starring Cate Blanchett as an orchestral conductor.

Here's a link to an article in the The Guardian about the specialist coaching she received:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...nchett-for-tar

Note to Chris: It seems that when we use accents the text appears on the site like this: The film T?r. Can this be rectified?

[Chris]

Note to Chris: It seems that when we use accents the text appears on the site like this: The film T?r. Can this be rectified?

Yes, I know. This has been a problem since the forum upgrade. It isn't a simple setting, it's a problem with some of the databases. I haven't figured out how to fix it without messing up the databases in other ways yet. I'll get it eventually.

[Quijote]

Harassment, hierarchies and discreetly rubbed trousers: the exhausting politics of orchestras

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...tra-harassment

[Sorrano]

Harassment, hierarchies and discreetly rubbed trousers: the exhausting politics of orchestras

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...tra-harassment

I just noticed this, about halfway down: "all are titbits of non-verbal dialogue that help foster camaraderie." Shouldn't that be tidbits?

[Quijote]

I just noticed this, about halfway down: "all are titbits of non-verbal dialogue that help foster camaraderie." Shouldn't that be tidbits?

Ah, you have a dirty mind, perhaps, Sorrano !!!

I found this on the web:

In American and Canadian English, tidbit is the preferred spelling of the noun referring to (1) a choice morsel or (2) a pleasing bit of something. Titbit is preferred everywhere else. Neither spelling is right or wrong.

https://grammarist.com/spelling/tidbit-titbit/

[Sorrano]

Ah, you have a dirty mind, perhaps, Sorrano !!!

I found this on the web:

In American and Canadian English, tidbit is the preferred spelling of the noun referring to (1) a choice morsel or (2) a pleasing bit of something. Titbit is preferred everywhere else. Neither spelling is right or wrong.

https://grammarist.com/spelling/tidbit-titbit/

Language is a funny thing, especially between different ethnic regions of the same origins.