Comments | scorpio111: Alrite! Way too go!

scorpio111

Alrite! Way too go!

Feb 12, 2008 09:29

The following quote appeared on yahoo news:

"I wont say it was relief ... it was exhilarating," Oresnik said later during a stop in Gresham where he has one of his longtime customers.

Do they not require proofreaders for this stuff? Does it just not matter anymore?

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Eye Dunt No Hoe 2 Spel! sesa777 February 12 2008, 17:37:03 UTC

This kind of illiteracy is the quitidion hallmark of a ubiquitous society!

How's that for hyperbole?:)

Re: Eye Dunt No Hoe 2 Spel! scorpio111 February 12 2008, 17:40:15 UTC

You got all the letters in the right place, and your punctuation was correct. I guess you're one of the remaining few. :)

Your subject line had me laughing my ass off!

Remedial composition, anyone? musemystic February 13 2008, 03:45:33 UTC

That is an editor's nightmare. Sadly, it reminds me of much of the copy I read and subsequently corrected as editor of my high school newspaper back in 1985.

I'd like to blame it all on the internet dumbing people down, but that's no excuse. Maybe the people writing the copy think readers are as oblivious as they seem to be to their mistakes?

Hmmmm...maybe I should write them and suggest they hire me as a proofreader. At least then reading their news wouldn't be as annoying as scraping one's nails down a chalkboard...

Re: Remedial composition, anyone? scorpio111 February 13 2008, 19:03:06 UTC

Y'know what? You probably should contact Yahoo about a job. Every time I see one of these goofs I think, "Some schlub's sucking down $75k/yr. to not know where to put an apostrophe!"
At least they'd have someone getting the job done right!

Re: Remedial composition, anyone? musemystic February 14 2008, 03:50:10 UTC

Thank you for the reply and the compliment!
I did a bit of research, and apparently that article was written by an Associated Press writer, which makes me cringe even more. Yahoo obtains its stories from bigger news organizations and just posts them on the Yahoo News site, I guess.
At any rate, I e-mailed the Associated Press and asked them if they are in need of any telecommuting copy editors or proofreaders. Hopefully they won't ignore me, but I'm not holding my breath. :)

Re: Remedial composition, anyone? scorpio111 February 14 2008, 14:58:37 UTC

AP Employment Application Response:

"IF ewe r a gud writur, thene may be u can com too werk fer us!"

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