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[-] joyjoy@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

It wasn't a failed rape bid. It was a failed rape attempt. There wasn't an auction like I was thinking based on what I read in the title.

[-] Copernican@lemmy.world 54 points 11 months ago

Just non native English speaking translation. A bid can meet an attempt, like a bid for re election.

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

One of the meanings of 'bid' is to attempt to achieve something

e.g. "In a bid to escape, he jumped down the waterfall"

Doesn't mean money is involved. But I agree it's a poor choice of phrase for this headline.

And either way, very bad news =(

[-] a_baby_duck@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah I'm not sure what "rape bid" is even supposed to mean, in any context. Doesn't "bid" imply something that can be accepted?

[-] Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Don't worry, someone made a whole page about bid. It's actually kind of crazy how in-depth it goes, so search for [Subject-Verb], I think that's the relevant bit.

... Also, did you know you can highlight text and paste in a link and it formats everything for you??? Bless.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I think it’s more of a translation issue.

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