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World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating

(www.theguardian.com)
424 points notamy | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 03:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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noobermin ◴[15 Oct 24 09:38 UTC] No.41846756[source]▶
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bitshiftfaced ◴[15 Oct 24 11:52 UTC] No.41847553[source]▶
> instead of expressing displeasure at the imagined expectations imposed on readers of the article

Well it is the author's expectation, isn't it? I also left the article wondering what in the world conker was. I don't think it matters where the game is from or where the reader lives. It's just good writing to do a bit of explaining for the foreign readers, of which The Guardian knows they have.

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beeboobaa3 ◴[15 Oct 24 11:53 UTC] No.41847569[source]▶
It's the guardian. You're not the target audience. Not everything is about america.
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1. detourdog ◴[15 Oct 24 12:02 UTC] No.41847644[source]▶
To be fair it was written in English.