tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1092432281745356774..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Linguistic Patrol: Instead Of A NewspaperRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65166152345896271102010-08-06T03:12:18.309-04:002010-08-06T03:12:18.309-04:00Makes you wonder when their going to start calling...Makes you wonder when their going to start calling men a "Dude" and women a "Ho"...MO Brohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411667014992985310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65451249346385376692010-08-06T02:08:35.089-04:002010-08-06T02:08:35.089-04:00Dang,this post comes along just in time to dampen ...Dang,this post comes along just in time to dampen my enthusiasm for having my officers start using "Sumdood" in reports instead of "Unknown Suspect", just because I enjoyed it when Tam used it in her post on the most recent Indy birthday shooting.Montiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926708261895308192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-66022563501046477832010-08-06T00:58:42.255-04:002010-08-06T00:58:42.255-04:00I believe they are making a sincere effort to writ...I believe they are making a sincere effort to write like/as/like/as the local TeeWee Talking Heads speak. Don't pick on them, it's not their fault they spent fours years as a Poli-Sci Major before they discovered there were no jobs for them and they switched to Uranalism.Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-50882978155513068122010-08-05T23:59:17.197-04:002010-08-05T23:59:17.197-04:00See also "busted well". I'd send the...See also "busted well". I'd send the local stations grammar texts, but they'd just try to put batteries in them.Ritchienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-29678514519552682512010-08-05T21:02:19.304-04:002010-08-05T21:02:19.304-04:00My husband worked at a newspaper before moving her...My husband worked at a newspaper before moving here. His job was merely to put stories in the paper, but he copy-edited it because if he didn't, no one would. This was borne out by stories which were put on the web by the actual editor on my husband's days off--nothing approaching a critical eye was ever turned on them. They were just thrown up. One reporter in particular was prone to not just editorializing in her stories but plagiarizing (blatantly so--she would copy & paste from news releases without even bothering to change the font to match). <br /><br />Three years of that--whilst pulling down less than he'd made at Wal-Mart--burned any interest in staying in journalism out of him.<br /><br />It's also worth noting, perhaps, that he was the only staffer at said paper whose degree had anything to do with journalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-54949623946771519942010-08-05T11:21:46.918-04:002010-08-05T11:21:46.918-04:00Appropriate for an opinion of color piece, perhaps...Appropriate for an opinion of color piece, perhaps, but absolutely not in a news item! <br />I knew I was getting old when I started flinching every time a server at a restaurant addressed the party I was in as "you guys..." During one of my brief part time under-paid jobs after retiring from the Army, I even came up with an alternative that is familiar without being rude: "Folks." "Hi, folks, I'm Brittany and I'll be slinging hash for you this evening." <br />"Get off my lawn, Brittany!"Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-17059499640866553212010-08-05T08:23:48.472-04:002010-08-05T08:23:48.472-04:00Man, this would be a great town for somebody to st...Man, this would be a great town for somebody to start a newspaper in.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-84574973020164809262010-08-05T07:24:02.906-04:002010-08-05T07:24:02.906-04:00I suspect a competent editor at one of the Gannett...I suspect a competent editor at one of the Gannett rags would threaten management. At least, I have found none since the late Purser Hewett laid down his blue pencil. <br /><br />That may be more of a reflection of the rapid deterioration of the US educational system. Several main line "colleges" have become notorious for turning out diploma holders who cannot read "See Jane run." And engineering school grads who do not understand the relationships contained in Ohm's Law. <br /><br />However, I find the Gannett name to be appropriate. It means "guano" in several languages and the Company is the US's most pervasive manure spreader. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-61072191960020858702010-08-05T07:16:26.979-04:002010-08-05T07:16:26.979-04:00What would be a "six" crime?
Offence ag...What would be a "six" crime?<br /><br />Offence against numeracy, perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com