Melee or malay?

[gorgestpear]

Go to 2:16 of this video (it's a chuck e cheese fight):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYM7oYwgEFI

Court records show that an altercation turned into a "malay"? I never heard of a melee being called that.Is that proper English or just jungle english?

 

[Aardvark154]

Go to 2:16 of this video (it's a chuck e cheese fight):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYM7oYwgEFI

Court records show that an altercation turned into a "malay"? I never heard of a melee being called that.Is that proper English or just jungle english?

I presume that the Transcriptionist or Court Reporter didn't know any better.

 

[benstt]

Are you asking how to pronounce melee? It sounds like malay, which might explain your question, but not sure. Transcripts and closed captions can have funny mispellings.

 

[Fallsguy]

Are you asking how to pronounce melee? It sounds like malay, which might explain your question, but not sure. Transcripts and closed captions can have funny mispellings.

Malay? That's odd. They don't look south Asian.

 

[nobody123]

Go to 2:16 of this video (it's a chuck e cheese fight):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYM7oYwgEFI

Court records show that an altercation turned into a "malay"? I never heard of a melee being called that.Is that proper English or just jungle english?

HAW hAW HAW. That's funny. Cause she's black. Jungle English. *snorf!* Jungle... geddit? . Gawd, you kill me. Don't let the fact that it was no doubt transcribed by some idiot from written speech slow you down son, you're on a roll. Jungle English. That's a right rip roarin' knee-slapper! HAWR HAWR HAWR! You should get your own TV show. Mindless racism just never stops being fun, does it? Mouth breather.

 

[oldjones]

Computers have killed the entire concept of proof-reading.