{"id":15955,"date":"2012-06-14T09:27:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T16:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=15955"},"modified":"2012-06-14T05:44:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T12:44:46","slug":"dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DiRT Showdown-ELIMINATOR-MICHIGAN-1-NAILED IT SWEET SKILLS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mTuUFRH2n5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the cool things about the replays in Dirt Showdown is that you can upload snippets to Youtube.  That&#8217;s me banging up that black and red drag racer looking thing.  It belches blue fire from the pipes when I hold down the boost button.  Pretty nifty.  But one of the coolest things about the replays in Dirt Showdown is that you don&#8217;t have to listen to the announcer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They just rammed them!&#8221; he bellows as I hit another car.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s consider this for a moment.  I can see into the cars.  Each one has a driver inside.  There&#8217;s no one in the passenger seats.  Unless there&#8217;s someone under a blanket in the backseat, each car carries only a single person.  Yet the announcer is using plural pronouns.  <em>They<\/em> just rammed <em>them<\/em>.  Dirt Showdown does this constantly.  They crossed the finish line!  They&#8217;re in first place!  They&#8217;re in the lead!  They&#8217;re catching up with them!<\/p>\n<p>I know this is a widely accepted way to wuss out of having to commit to a gender specific pronoun.  Saying &#8220;<em>he<\/em> just rammed <em>him<\/em>&#8221; would imply that the drivers of both cars are male.  That might alienate the women who play Dirt Showdown.  And based on the list of nicknames you can choose for your driver, Codemasters clearly wants women to play.  Sweetie.  Muffin.  Honey.  Kitten.  Stuff like that is in there. Grammar Nazi or Uptight Writer aren&#8217;t in there.  Codemasters&#8217; priority is clear.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried turning down the announcer&#8217;s voice.  But whereas all the other volume sliders range from 0% to 100%, the voice slider only goes down to 50%.  It&#8217;s like being in the backseat of a car with windows that only go halfway down so unruly children can&#8217;t leap from the car while it&#8217;s moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the cool things about the replays in Dirt Showdown is that you can upload snippets to Youtube. That&#8217;s me banging up that black and red drag racer looking thing. It belches blue fire from the pipes when I hold down the boost button. Pretty nifty. But one of the coolest things about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language - Quarter to Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the cool things about the replays in Dirt Showdown is that you can upload snippets to Youtube. That&#8217;s me banging up that black and red drag racer looking thing. It belches blue fire from the pipes when I hold down the boost button. Pretty nifty. But one of the coolest things about the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Quarter to Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-14T16:27:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Chick\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Chick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Chick\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a609bd1629ebbc177fb1d4839f5db3f\"},\"headline\":\"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-14T16:27:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"commentCount\":15,\"articleSection\":[\"Games\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language - Quarter to Three\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-14T16:27:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a609bd1629ebbc177fb1d4839f5db3f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/14\\\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Quarter to Three\",\"description\":\"All games, all the time.  Except for the bits about movies.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a609bd1629ebbc177fb1d4839f5db3f\",\"name\":\"Tom Chick\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/qt3\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language - Quarter to Three","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language - Quarter to Three","og_description":"One of the cool things about the replays in Dirt Showdown is that you can upload snippets to Youtube. That&#8217;s me banging up that black and red drag racer looking thing. It belches blue fire from the pipes when I hold down the boost button. Pretty nifty. But one of the coolest things about the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/","og_site_name":"Quarter to Three","article_published_time":"2012-06-14T16:27:09+00:00","author":"Tom Chick","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Chick","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/"},"author":{"name":"Tom Chick","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/6a609bd1629ebbc177fb1d4839f5db3f"},"headline":"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language","datePublished":"2012-06-14T16:27:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/"},"wordCount":324,"commentCount":15,"articleSection":["Games"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/","url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/","name":"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language - Quarter to Three","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-06-14T16:27:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/6a609bd1629ebbc177fb1d4839f5db3f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/06\/14\/dirt-showdown-mangles-cars-the-english-language\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dirt Showdown mangles cars, the English language"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/","name":"Quarter to Three","description":"All games, all the time.  Except for the bits about movies.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/6a609bd1629ebbc177fb1d4839f5db3f","name":"Tom Chick","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com","https:\/\/x.com\/qt3"],"url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15958,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15955\/revisions\/15958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}