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Why was this declined?!

I don't understand how this is declined for an "Unable to verify" reason. First of all, all you have to do is Google how Budapest is pronounced by Russians or Hungarians and you would get a similar response. Second, I make reference to the shows main characters pronouncing the city name correctly. I am appalled and feel singled out because I have seen similar Goofs listed many times, but two consecutive submissions I made, which are true and legitimate have been declined!
In the opening scene when Vladislav is in the car and the guard who helped him escape asks, "what's the plan?", Vladislav replies "Budapest", sounding the "S" like Americans say BudapeSt, boo-da-pest." In Russian (and Hungarian) it's pronounced "boo-duh-pesht." Even the Fly team pronounce it that way, but a Russian speaking to his Russian accomplice pronounces it like an American. Definitely a goof.Miscellaneous
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Hi @vera,

Please can you provide the 18-digit submission reference for this contribution so we may look into this for you?

Thanks!

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Thank you for your quick reply Ozzy!

Submission reference #230914-013509-425000

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Hi @vera,

Thank you for the submission reference.

I can confirm that this was declined via a processing error and you should not have received the above reason. However, the goof contribution was declined because it contained personal opinion which is in violation of our guidelines. We require goof contributions to be factual and whilst we believe the subject of your contribution to be acceptable, it will require some editing and a re-submission to ensure its approval. Once you have re-submitted, you can comment the new submission reference here and I can monitor it through processing for you.

For more information and guidance on goof contributions, please review our help page.

I hope this helps!

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Thank you Ozzy. I don't quit understand where the personal opinion is in what I wrote, can you please point it out to me?

In the opening scene when Vladislav is in the car and the guard who helped him escape asks, "what's the plan?", Vladislav replies "Budapest", sounding the "S" like Americans say BudapeSt, boo-da-pest." In Russian (and Hungarian) it's pronounced "boo-duh-pesht." Even the Fly team pronounce it that way, but a Russian speaking to his Russian accomplice pronounces it like an American. Definitely a goof.

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Hi @vera,

No problem.

We would advise you remove "Even the Fly team pronounce it that way" and "Definitely a goof" but keep the emphasis that it is a Russian character that is mispronouncing the word.

This modification should support the submission's approval.

I hope this helps!

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Thank you again Ozzy!

Although the first phrase (of how the characters pronounce it) is not a personal opinion, but a fact of the series, I removed it per your advice.

I have resubmitted the edited version and here is the new submission reference #230914-153559-706000

Hope it gets approved!

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Wow! It got approved, so quickly!

Thank you so much Ozzy. You are definitely the most clear and concise IMDb employee I have ever interacted with. Please keep it up! :-)