Weird Al's "Word Crimes"

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The second of Weird Al Yankovic's 8 new videos came out today, a parody of "Blurred Lines" called "Word Crimes." Basically Al is calling out all the people who abandon grammar once they're behind a keyboard. (Guilty.)

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[champagnexdream]

As an editor, I appreciate this.

[mollysdevice]

I admire your strength, because editing is a job I could never do. I helped some of my professors edit some articles for a book and it made me want to claw my own eyes out. It's painful to see college seniors who don't know the difference between then and than, commas and semicolons, and neither and either.

[champagnexdream]

It's pretty bad, but this stuff comes really naturally to me and if I'm getting paid to read a book and correct people at the same time, I'm not even mad, lol.

[mollysdevice]

Do you get to decide which books you edit, and can authors get overrule your advice and corrections?

[champagnexdream]

Well I edit freelance so yeah. My full-time job is as a technical writer, which I'm kind of over doing but it pays the bills and I'm just trying to focus on the fact that I won't be doing it forever. :o) I'm trying to build up my freelance writing/editing experience and portfolio to hopefully do that full time one day

[alyssa_hilary]

and the quicker you can get something across, the better

This is so true.

[champagnexdream]

Yep. People don't get that language EVOLVES. If anything, contractions are more useful in instructional documentation than anything else. He (my boss) is also really bad about passive language, so I don't take anything he says regarding English seriously, lol. He had the gall to tell me that while I have more writing experience, he has more life experience. For example, he has a pilot's license. Like great dude, if we're ever stuck on a deserted island, I'll work on asking you to pilot us out of there before killing myself but that really has nothing to do with what we're talking about right now.

[alyssa_hilary]

lmao, what does him having life experience and a pilot's license have to do with knowledge about the English language? That is some serious bullshit, and sounds like he just wants to be in control because he's older and a man (I take it you're a woman).

[champagnexdream]

Fucking bingo. Today he asked me to take this photo out of a blog post because it looks questionable. Like WTF? The blog post talks about sleeping and I'm in a fucking princess costume with a race medal on. GTFO with your misogynistic ass. I can't wait to leave here, lol, can you tell?

[alyssa_hilary]

hahahaha. What. Not to mention you're wearing shorts underneath that dress as well, so I don't even know what is left to suggest that it looks questionable.

I hope you'll be able to leave that job soon.

[champagnexdream]

MFTE like, you know if that was a man he wouldn't say shit. Raaaage. Thanks bb me too!

[alyssa_hilary]

He would keep his mouth quiet for sure.

[munchkin1616]

I do the same work, so I hear ya!

[deathbytamarind]

I did copy editing for a sports website. It's even sadder to see people who are paid to write try to pass off the same quality work as what you're describing.

[champagnexdream]

Tell me about it, lol. But I enjoy it because it gives me work. :o)

[kamomil]

I am a CG op at a TV station and I am dismayed that some journalists can't spell.

I got tired of fixing this one guy's persistent British spelling (I work in Canada). He followed his style guide, which told him to capitalize the first letter of the Internet. Ugh.