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in strange streets: July 2011
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011. For anyone confused, the censored expletive is meant to be 'crap'. But I doubt that's how you read it the first time. Ironically, in an attempt to censor bad language to avoid causing offence to their readers, the Mail's website has instead implied the use of a much, much more offensive word. Is it to protect the kids? But surely, surely, you'd censor it as c* p. Or cr*p. Here's some style guide entries on obscenities:. Second, use such words only when absolutely necessary to the...
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in strange streets: Read all about it
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Thursday, 23 June 2011. Read all about it. Pic thanks to @subedited. Defending local newspapers can be difficult sometimes. Posted by Liam Kelly. Read all about it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). London, United Kingdom. Liam Kelly is a scribbler from London, dabbling in journalism, sub-editing and copywriting. Follow him on twitter at @liamkellyldn. Find out more at liamkelly.co.uk. View my complete profile. Read all about it. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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in strange streets: Keep it simple, stupid
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011. Keep it simple, stupid. This exercise in keeping things simple is courtesy of the Chicago Sun Times. Posted by Liam Kelly. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). London, United Kingdom. Liam Kelly is a scribbler from London, dabbling in journalism, sub-editing and copywriting. Follow him on twitter at @liamkellyldn. Find out more at liamkelly.co.uk. View my complete profile. Keep it simple, stupid. Awesome Inc. template. Powered by Blogger.
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in strange streets: February 2011
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Friday, 25 February 2011. Guardian Style is spending this afternoon on the warpath against the misuse of the word 'iconic' (see #iconwatch. I daren't go back through all my old work now to check, but I'm absolutely certain I've used the word inappropriately pretty much every single time I've used it (at least until it was pointed out to me by a tutor a few years ago). At best it's commonly used as a synonym for 'important', while at worst it's used for 'you know, that thing you've probably heard of.'.
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in strange streets: Oxford commas
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Sunday, 3 July 2011. When it was discovered the Oxford University Press had scrapped the Oxford comma a fierce debate raged on. This prompted (not begged) the following questions: when is Twitter ever not in a state of outrage, and what's all the fuss about? Of course, in classic Twitter fashion,. It all emerged to be untrue. For the uninitiated, the Oxford (or serial) comma is the one that goes after 'and' in a short list. For example:. With Oxford comma: Sheffield, London, and Manchester. That sentence...
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in strange streets: Going awol
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Sunday, 5 June 2011. 8220;How do we spell out awol? The question sparked a brief debate about how we should spell awol. I put forward the case for awol but was cruelly overruled in favour of the all caps AWOL. Awol - absent without leave - comes from the military charge for when soldiers desert their post, but it’s used so commonly now that I argued it’s now a word within its own right. Meaning it should be awol, not AWOL, Awol, or A.W.O.L (shudder). 8217;), Awol was preferred. This seemed wrong. The...
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in strange streets: Wait, what?
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Monday, 11 April 2011. I do love sub-editing sports reports. There's just so much that can go wrong. Team], while bright and well organised, were not exactly penetrating themselves.". Posted by Liam Kelly. Labels: bringing the game into disrepute. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). London, United Kingdom. Liam Kelly is a scribbler from London, dabbling in journalism, sub-editing and copywriting. Follow him on twitter at @liamkellyldn. Find out more at liamkelly.co.uk. View my complete profile.
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in strange streets: May 2011
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011. Keep it simple, stupid. This exercise in keeping things simple is courtesy of the Chicago Sun Times. Posted by Liam Kelly. Friday, 6 May 2011. Pic thanks to @peter tl. The (ex-pat) Telegraph's excellent solution to a busy week of news. Posted by Liam Kelly. Labels: kiss of death. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). London, United Kingdom. Liam Kelly is a scribbler from London, dabbling in journalism, sub-editing and copywriting. Follow him on twitter at @liamkellyldn. Keep it simple, stupid.
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in strange streets: April 2011
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011. Pic thanks to to @RyanJHooper. A new job, a 1,200 mile road trip, a spectacular overnight breakdown and the return of sunshine have left little time for any in-depth blogging recently. However amusing typos rest for no man and here's a great one. Posted by Liam Kelly. Monday, 11 April 2011. I do love sub-editing sports reports. There's just so much that can go wrong. Team], while bright and well organised, were not exactly penetrating themselves.". Posted by Liam Kelly.
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in strange streets: August 2011
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011. Panic in the tweets of London. It's been a pretty scary time to live in London. Wimbledon, where I live, always feels quite safe though. We could see the Croydon fires burn in the distance, and there was a bit of rioting and looting a mile down the road in Colliers Wood, but it's a pretty safe area. I had my doubts the riots would ever hit Wimbledon, but thought it would be interesting to follow #Wimbledon throughout to get an idea of how Twitter works in state of fear. There ...
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