John McIntyre, whom James Wolcott called "the Dave Brubeck of the art and craft of copy editing," writes on language, editing, journalism, and random topics. Identifying his errors relieves him of the burden of omniscience. Write to jemcintyre@gmail.com, befriend at Facebook, or follow at Twitter: @johnemcintyre. His original "You Don't Say" blog at The Baltimore Sun ran from 2005 to 2021, and posts on it can sometimes be found at baltimoresun.com through Google searches.
Friday, October 30, 2009
What they ought not to have done
A headline in this morning’s editions of my former paper, The Baltimore Sun:
Duh! Everyone knows it should be "Episcopalian bishop."
ReplyDeleteHear our prayer.
ReplyDeleteOh, but doesn't it look more visually appealing spelled that way? It's The (new) Sun!
ReplyDeleteA bishopish bishop.
ReplyDeleteThis is a typoglycemia, right?
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