I guess it's pretty much endemic. I rang our local press this morning to point out that both their editions have a spelling mistake in the classified section:
"Office Equipment And Stationary" - Well I suppose that desks and filing cabinets don't move around very much....
The receptionist I spoke to said " Oh dear, it's because they don't employ proof readers any more" I said that 30 years ago the bloke sitting at the linotype machine would have spotted such a basic error.
I recently found an old copy of the same newspaper in the roof. It was educational to read through it, and note the complete absence of stupid mistakes like this....
*sigh*
Furthermore, the "whale" is a killer whale, or orca, which is in fact part of the dolphin family, I believe.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is. So the 'Telegiraffe' missed a 'OMG! Cannibalism!' angle too...
ReplyDeleteI guess it's pretty much endemic. I rang our local press this morning to point out that both their editions have a spelling mistake in the classified section:
ReplyDelete"Office Equipment And Stationary" - Well I suppose that desks and filing cabinets don't move around very much....
"..."Office Equipment And Stationary"..."
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The receptionist I spoke to said " Oh dear, it's because they don't employ proof readers any more" I said that 30 years ago the bloke sitting at the linotype machine would have spotted such a basic error.
ReplyDeleteI recently found an old copy of the same newspaper in the roof. It was educational to read through it, and note the complete absence of stupid mistakes like this....
Why oh why is nobody prepared to offer that Orca counselling for its anger-management isshoos.
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