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| Any standard of journalism is dead. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 13 2009, 04:28 AM (260 Views) | |
| Mikhailoh | May 13 2009, 04:28 AM Post #1 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Journalism USED to be the guardian of grammar and language. No more. I was just watching the news. A guy was fond dead in his car. The on site reporter said he appeared to be shot and "the window was busted out and police are calling it a death investigation'. back to you...". |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| John D'Oh | May 13 2009, 04:33 AM Post #2 |
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MAMIL
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You should spend less time watching these colonial attempts at broadcasting and watch BBC World. I will grant you that you won't receive the provincial news you undoubtedly crave, but your desire to be treated like an educated person, almost as if you were English, will be sated. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 13 2009, 04:35 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yesterday my 10-year-old found his first error in a published book. A clown appeared twice in the book -- once in the beginning and once in the end (book length about 225 pages). They spelled the clown's last name differently (Olsen v. Oleson) each time they used it. Finding one's first published error is bit like losing a first tooth -- a thrilling development in a young man's life. [/frasier krane voice] |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Frank_W | May 13 2009, 04:38 AM Post #4 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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The media is fowl. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| George K | May 13 2009, 04:59 AM Post #5 |
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I'm listening to an audiobook: "First Heroes - the Story of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo." Every time the reader reads the word 'ensign,' he pronounces it 'Ensyne'.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | May 13 2009, 05:17 AM Post #6 |
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MAMIL
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The rot started creeping in when America abandoned the correct prononciation of lieutenant, presumably in an attempt to curry favour with the French. God alone knows what they'll make of coxswain. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| George K | May 13 2009, 05:24 AM Post #7 |
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Every time I hear a Brit pronounce lieutenant, I look for the "F." Makes me want to laugh.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| QuirtEvans | May 13 2009, 06:01 AM Post #8 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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The definition of irony ... criticizing the media for poor use of grammar in a post that isn't proofread. Was the guy fond of his car? Was he fond of being dead? Was he just fond? I suppose this is one of the mysteries of the universe that we will never know. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Mikhailoh | May 13 2009, 06:05 AM Post #9 |
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Is this journalism, Quirt? |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| QuirtEvans | May 13 2009, 06:59 AM Post #10 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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It's published commentary. That is a form of journalism. Your audience is probably a bit larger than the small-town newspaper in the 1800s. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Mikhailoh | May 13 2009, 07:02 AM Post #11 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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You always reach for the sky, Quirt.
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Piano*Dad | May 13 2009, 07:03 AM Post #12 |
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Bull-Carp
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I noticed it too, but thought the little irony not worth the mention. Maybe I just don't relish getting under someone's skin quite as much.
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| Frank_W | May 13 2009, 07:04 AM Post #13 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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This.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Nobody's Sock | May 13 2009, 07:47 AM Post #14 |
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Fulla-Carp
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You have to admit, when you're going to talk about a subject like this, encorext spelin wood make yor point moott. |
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| ivorythumper | May 13 2009, 08:34 AM Post #15 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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[modus quirtianus] I am not being paid to proofread or provide a professional standard of writing. The journalists are. [/modus quirtianus] |
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