Talk:The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)

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What was Petrenko banned for saying? [anonymous]

It was for reinstating "(despite the fact that the word is spelt 'program' in Australian English)" repeatedly, even though Australians would more likely spell it "programme". 72.74.234.205 00:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Um, that edit's still on the page and was there all through the lockdown. --McGeddon 01:46, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I remember reading an interview with Shaun Micallef (in the Courier-Mail or The Sydney Morning Herald) in which he said the show was called The Micallef Programme because it sounded like "The title of a Robert Ludlum novel" or something like that... I haven't put it in the article because I can't find a hard cite for it. Anyone able to track it down at all? --Commander Zulu 14:22, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

There's a quote about it on http://www.abc.net.au/abcinternational/s21233.htm, from thirty seconds' Google searching, if you want to add it. --McGeddon 15:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Programme v Program

Programme tends to be the preferred option of an older generation of Australians who have not been brought up with the use of computers and US-centric spell checkers. The idea that because the ABC broadcasts a substantial amount of British TV this has influenced viewers to spell programme with the 'me' on the end is unsubstantiated. There is no citation for this supposition. If anyone has a link they can throw up I'm happy to add it. If there is no strong objection I'll change the wording of the article to a more neutral view point. Ozdaren 13:30, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

The spelling of program in Australia has long been controversial (possibly since the adoption of the French spelling in the 19th century). Certainly the left has been happy to use "program" since its official adoption by the Gough Whitlam government in 1973 for use by the Australian government. I have used it since the 1970s, long before the invention of computer spell-checkers. The right on return to governments has tended to resurrect the French spelling, especially John Howard, and to pretend that there is only one correct Australian way to spell it.--Grahame (talk) 14:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

More neutral? The introduction of political viewpoints and their preferences for spelling is hardly making the article more neutral. It is barely relevant and reduces the impact of what you are trying to convey. Your use of brackets and passive sentences also reduces the readability of your contribution. Please do not add this to the article in this form. Andmark (talk) 00:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

The left and the right? Show me a source for that claim. Programme is the British spelling and since Australia is a British country that's how it was always spelt until we became Americanised. I propose moving the page to The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) as this is the title used on the DVD of all 3 series. McLerristarr (Mclay1) (talk) 23:44, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

P(r)ogram(me)

Should "P(r)ogram(me)" really be in the title? Shouldn't it just be The Micallef Program with the other titles in brackets at the start of the article? Lachlanusername (talk) 14:33, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Why would we use that title? That was the first name of series. If we were going to pick one name, we should use the most recent name, which is The Michallef Pogram; however, the DVD set used The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) as the collective name so it only seems appropriate that we do that here too. That's what the series calls itself so we can't make up our own name for it. McLerristarr | Mclay1 02:16, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

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