Comment on The Academy officially announces new Oscar category for stunts

Sunshine@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I would agree except employment is so fickle in the biz. Health insurance should come through the Academy, since everyone is always a member even when they don’t have a gig

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  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They don’t have a guild or an union?

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    • Arrkk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      www.sagaftra.org

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They do, (thanks, Arrkk) and that’s a better answer.

      But the schoolmarm in me brings me back to tell you that, because of the “y-” in the way “union” is pronounced, standard usage is “a union” even though it starts with a vowel. The reason we use “an” is to avoid an awkward slide from the a to the vowel, but in words that start with the “you-” sound it’s not necessary.

      A ugly bastard An ugly bastard

      A onion An onion

      An unicorn A unicorn

      That’s me done, and a gold star to you on catching my original error!

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why would the academy have anything to do with labour relations at all? It’s the literal anthithesis of its foundation.

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