tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post130220677559433295..comments2024-03-27T19:11:37.620-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: It's good to be the kingJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-88231691158994930582010-03-12T17:28:34.489-05:002010-03-12T17:28:34.489-05:00Maybe he's banning "pedestrian" as a...Maybe he's banning "pedestrian" as an adjective?<br /><br />I'd support that, actually.<br /><br />As a noun, though, it's sort of useful.TootsNYChttp://tootsnyc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-42547149299786123142010-03-11T08:50:36.921-05:002010-03-11T08:50:36.921-05:00From romeneskoblogs:
An NPR blogger uses all 11...From romeneskoblogs:<br /> <br />An NPR blogger uses all 119 words banned by Tribune's CEO in one sentence. http://is.gd/acTRQJohn McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-3632909257019424912010-03-11T01:53:05.697-05:002010-03-11T01:53:05.697-05:00I want to ban the use of "icon" (the Gre...I want to ban the use of "icon" (the Greek Orthodox Church prefers "Ikon") for any star, athlete, celebrity or any other unworthy of a divine connection.Patricia the Tersenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-50600856896492303252010-03-10T23:56:47.356-05:002010-03-10T23:56:47.356-05:00Is "close proximity" all that bad, thoug...Is "close proximity" all that bad, though? Things are proximal or distal, but just as "distance" then describes the degree of separation in combination with qualifiers (far distance, close distance), "proximity" could similarly describe the degree of closeness, no?Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-20764497376783056602010-03-10T16:44:38.939-05:002010-03-10T16:44:38.939-05:00This reminded me of the days when I had just start...This reminded me of the days when I had just started working on the old Arkansas Gazette copy desk. Its stylebook had been largely borrowed from the New York Times, including some pretty archaic language, by J.N. Heiskell, the man who edited the paper for 70 years.<br /><br />I'll never forget my first night on the job. I was handed a dog-eared copy of the newspaper's stylebook, and I began studying it. It included spellings like "drouth" for "drought," with handwritten admonishments in the margin like "Mr. Heiskell will get you if you get this one wrong!"<br /><br />Mr. Heiskell, it should be noted, had been dead for more than a decade when I started working at the Gazette. But, until the day I left the Gazette, I had an image in my head of Mr. Heiskell, like Marley's ghost, coming down the hallway, shaking his cane, until he was at my desk, shrieking at me for violating one of his rules.David Goodloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436578436386818281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-46474747802308899342010-03-10T16:15:50.784-05:002010-03-10T16:15:50.784-05:00Imagine reporting live on the air while trying to ...Imagine reporting live on the air while trying to remember which 119 words and phrases not to use. For many radio and TV personalities, 119 is more words and phrases than they know. To fill dead air, they have to give 119 percent, if not 120.<br /><br />Just a thought: people don't rise in management by speaking clearly.Patrick K. Lackeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-83224151062937207832010-03-10T15:18:50.081-05:002010-03-10T15:18:50.081-05:00Ah, remember the editor who banned superlatives in...Ah, remember the editor who banned superlatives in descriptions about people? And, he was right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-18470283825672738052010-03-10T12:55:41.285-05:002010-03-10T12:55:41.285-05:00"Ukase" -- what a great word."Ukase" -- what a great word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-26919354728922008242010-03-10T11:44:41.312-05:002010-03-10T11:44:41.312-05:00I enjoyed the reference to Jupiter Optimus Maximus...I enjoyed the reference to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. He can also be called Jupiter Tonans (thundering). I wonder though if Jupiter would be on Olympus? I associate that locale with Zeus, with whom Jupiter is usually linked as the Roman equivalent. I suspect such linking was mostly done by Romans, for their own satisfaction. I suddenly realize that apart from a vague notion of somewhere in the skies, I don't have a clue as to where Jupiter would be. Above us, certainly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-50188932385665821802010-03-10T11:26:22.525-05:002010-03-10T11:26:22.525-05:00Hmm. I recall Randy Michaels as the one who sent t...Hmm. I recall Randy Michaels as the one who sent those long, inane e-mails that didn't really say much. I seem to remember a lot of corporate speak reminiscent of "110 percent," but I might be wrong.<br /><br />I *am* fairly sure they had those stupid corporate buzz words, though. I wish I still had access to those old e-mails so I could see the kind of crap he wrote and come up with a list of words he can't use in e-mails. Oh well. I guess I should just let bygones be.Damonnoreply@blogger.com