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Where are the copy editors hiding?
Jul. 8th, 2008 04:20 pmI realize I am turning into a crotchety old lady well ahead of schedule, but -
I get irritated every time I see the acronym for the Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome spelled as 'Aids', but I try to not let my blood boil too much, because it's usually in a relatively casual setting. Seeing it on the B-fucking-BC News website is another matter. I don't care if it's because you can't deal with the AutoCorrect function in your word processing program or the like; that is not a sufficient excuse.
Also, in Google News the chosen header for the articles describing the new dictionary additions by Merriam-Webster was an InformationWeek article whose headline spelled "subprime" as "suprime". Despite being up for most of the day, it only just got corrected. The headline.
I get irritated every time I see the acronym for the Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome spelled as 'Aids', but I try to not let my blood boil too much, because it's usually in a relatively casual setting. Seeing it on the B-fucking-BC News website is another matter. I don't care if it's because you can't deal with the AutoCorrect function in your word processing program or the like; that is not a sufficient excuse.
Also, in Google News the chosen header for the articles describing the new dictionary additions by Merriam-Webster was an InformationWeek article whose headline spelled "subprime" as "suprime". Despite being up for most of the day, it only just got corrected. The headline.
