Jimbo (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} oranjedoom) wrote,@ 2006-03-01 18:06:00 |
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What???
The worst thing about being a journalist is that you become a grammar Nazi. This is worse if you spend a lot of time around other journalists/G Nazis, and you make a careless mistake - be it typo, hurried error, or even an intended idiom.
They will point it out with glee to anyone that will listen, as if this is the missing link in their long-held but yet unproven belief that they are the smartest person in the world, and you are the the most abject moron.
I subscribe to the Newsnight email. Today, Gavin Esler used three question marks in a row. For shame.
The worst thing about being a journalist is that you become a grammar Nazi. This is worse if you spend a lot of time around other journalists/G Nazis, and you make a careless mistake - be it typo, hurried error, or even an intended idiom.
They will point it out with glee to anyone that will listen, as if this is the missing link in their long-held but yet unproven belief that they are the smartest person in the world, and you are the the most abject moron.
I subscribe to the Newsnight email. Today, Gavin Esler used three question marks in a row. For shame.
