[MR] pennsic independent

[chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org]

Bad grammar and all - I suspect the whole idea was to have some fun. Fun
is a good thing even if I am a crusty old curmudgeon when it comes to
spelling and grammar. You have to admit they got us talking about them,
didn't they?  Sneaky way to get cheap advertising...;-) Now folks will be
looking for them next year - just to see what they come up with for and
excore.

Chagan


> My camp was convinced it was a ploy to get extra editors.  Along the lines
> of "Congrats for finding all the errors. You'd make a good editor. Have
> you ever considered helping out?"
> Cheers, Bianca
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Siegfried <siegfried at crossbows.biz>
> Sent: 8/10/2008 12:30:03 PM
> To: Becky Day <rwday at cox.net>
> Cc: David Wendelken <david_wendelken at nc.rr.com>, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: Re: [MR] pennsic independent
>
>
> I also believe that it was just in jest.  I know that they have been
> ribbed a bit before about having errors in the paper.  (Hey, they are
> volunteers trying to put out a daily paper!)   And I think that this was
> a gentle ribbing back at those folks, that was perhaps misinterpretted
> as them intentionally causing errors.
>
> Siegfried
>
>
> Becky Day wrote:
>> Yes.  I didn't bring copies of the paper home, but as I recall, one of
>> the
>> later editions claimed to have some ridiculously high number of errors -
>> I
>> think it was a joke.  However, there were a lot of errors in every
>> edition,
>> so I can understand why people might have thought the 'contest' was
>> legit.
>>
>> Margret
>>
>>
>> On 8/9/08 1:30 PM, "David Wendelken" <david_wendelken at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>    TWO - An early issue claimed 144 errors. That's an acceptable
>>>> number
>>>> for a paper the size of the PI, but 1066 intentioonal errors?  That's
>>>> a bit excessive.  The problem I have with it is that more and more
>>>> publications these days have more and more errors that AREN'T
>>>> intentional and I find that level of poor grammar, spelling and
>>>> punctuation a sad commentary on both the quality of these periodicals
>>>> and papers and an even sadder commentary on the quality of our current
>>>> educational standards.
>>> How many errors did you say?
>>>
>>> 144?  That's gross. :)
>>>
>>> 1066?  Perhaps they were a bit hastings with the editing. :)
>>>
>>> Think they might be pulling someone's leg?  I do.
>>>
>>> andras salamandra
>>>
>>>
>>
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