Hadn't seen Camilla's reply and thought something more complex than 'survey' was being sought 
Isaac Send a noteboard - 27/02/2012 11:18:49 PM
Isaac Send a noteboard - 27/02/2012 11:18:49 PM
What do you call it in English when a newspaper asks five random people in the street a question? It does not have to be five people, but you get the idea. I hope.
Generally when a radio or TV does it it's either for humor or authenticity flavor in terms of reactions, a paper is more likely to do it as an excuse to use stuff they wouldn't be able to print themselves without scornful comments of bias or low-brow.
When I learned the Onion is a work of fiction I realized my understanding of the man on the streets political views was badly skewed. 
Actually the Onion came to mind as a print example.
I figured she was specifically looking for the term for interviewing a handful of passers-by, which is MOTS or Vox Pop, it's not really all that latin-y, considering how much of our language is latin derived, Vox Populi for 'voice of the people' isn't a particularly arcane and hard to guess one.
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Language question
- 27/02/2012 08:23:29 PM
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a survey *NM*
- 27/02/2012 08:32:10 PM
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- 27/02/2012 08:34:04 PM
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- 27/02/2012 08:34:04 PM
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The "Politics" category is for that thing where dumb people pay dumber people to wreck their country
- 27/02/2012 11:57:05 PM
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"Man on the Street" or "Vox Pop" for Vox Populi
- 27/02/2012 08:40:01 PM
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Gettin' all Latin 'n junk.
- 27/02/2012 11:13:08 PM
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Hadn't seen Camilla's reply and thought something more complex than 'survey' was being sought
- 27/02/2012 11:18:49 PM
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