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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #135 on: October 08, 2011, 12:54:54 PM »
This probably belongs in the Cool-Not-Funny-Stuff page, but this page needed a little love.  :)

Words with no English translation:

(Dayum, I tartle all the time.  Here I thought it was just me...)

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/102722

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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #136 on: October 08, 2011, 08:16:36 PM »
Quote from: sundaygal on October 08, 2011, 12:54:54 PM
This probably belongs in the Cool-Not-Funny-Stuff page, but this page needed a little love.  :)

Words with no English translation:

(Dayum, I tartle all the time.  Here I thought it was just me...)

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/102722



Maybe one of them can tell us what it means "to haver."
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #137 on: December 05, 2011, 12:12:49 PM »
Just this year, Perry, 27, has underwent several hair color changes. In June, the brunette beauty dyed her hair a fiery red, which was a result of a botched dye job.

as seen on Us Weekly which they then changed to

Just this year, Perry, 27, has undergone several hair color changes. In June, the brunette beauty dyed her hair a fiery red, which was a result of a botched dye job.

after getting slammed by readers.

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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #138 on: December 11, 2011, 12:36:29 AM »
In the wake of Alec Baldwin's being tossed off a commercial flight for being difficult with the flight crew, SFGate is running a photo gallery of other celebs who have been bounced off of airplanes. Included in this is a picture of REM guitarist Peter Buck, who is a member of this exclusive society. At least, that's who it's supposed to be. Only thing is, the pic is of Michael Stipe.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2011/12/09/celebrity_airplane_problems.DTL&object=%2Fc%2Fpictures%2F2011%2F12%2F09%2Fdd-REM18_PH1_0422415887.jpg&win=open

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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #139 on: December 29, 2011, 06:23:49 PM »
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #140 on: December 31, 2011, 06:50:13 PM »
A contender for best headline of the year, right now on SFGate:

"Boy shot by family taco truck dies"

Of course, when you click through to the article, the head actually reads "Boy shot near family taco truck dies" but I suppose that didn't quite fit. At least there's not a homicidal taco truck somewhere on the loose.

Sorry to pick on your place of employ TC, but they give us so many opportunities, sometimes it's hard to resist.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #141 on: January 02, 2012, 07:18:19 PM »
Quote from: urth on December 31, 2011, 06:50:13 PM
A contender for best headline of the year, right now on SFGate:

"Boy shot by family taco truck dies"

Of course, when you click through to the article, the head actually reads "Boy shot near family taco truck dies" but I suppose that didn't quite fit. At least there's not a homicidal taco truck somewhere on the loose.

Sorry to pick on your place of employ TC, but they give us so many opportunities, sometimes it's hard to resist.

I don't blame you.  You gotta call em like you see em.  (that headline was noticed by a Chronicle writer who sent in an email that it should be changed and someone got to it eventually..)

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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #142 on: January 02, 2012, 11:35:57 PM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on January 02, 2012, 07:18:19 PM
Quote from: urth on December 31, 2011, 06:50:13 PM
A contender for best headline of the year, right now on SFGate:

"Boy shot by family taco truck dies"

Of course, when you click through to the article, the head actually reads "Boy shot near family taco truck dies" but I suppose that didn't quite fit. At least there's not a homicidal taco truck somewhere on the loose.

Sorry to pick on your place of employ TC, but they give us so many opportunities, sometimes it's hard to resist.

I don't blame you.  You gotta call em like you see em.  (that headline was noticed by a Chronicle writer who sent in an email that it should be changed and someone got to it eventually..)

And to be fair, SFGate isn't the only one with some great headline typos/malaprops. Our local fishwrap, the lovingly mocked Yamhill News-Resister (sic) never lets an issue pass without at least one or two oddly phrased or misspelled heds. A quaint example of small town journalism, it jumps between the sensational (lots of stories of drug-fueled misdeeds by resident delinquents) and folksy, aw-shucks kinds of stories about various local characters.  (So help me god there was a front page piece earlier this year about a cat being rescued out of a tree.) And they also post a weekly roster of who's cooling their heels in the county jail. Reading it is like stepping back 50+ years in time.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #143 on: January 13, 2012, 09:42:00 AM »
Not to pick on sfgate, just that I noticed it.  This review of the new Russian musical "Hipsters," we learn that it is "In Russian with Russian subtitles." 

That's not going to help me much.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/13/DDD41MNQ1E.DTL
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #144 on: January 13, 2012, 10:58:47 AM »
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on January 13, 2012, 09:42:00 AM
Not to pick on sfgate, just that I noticed it.  This review of the new Russian musical "Hipsters," we learn that it is "In Russian with Russian subtitles." 

That's not going to help me much.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/13/DDD41MNQ1E.DTL

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oops.  it's in print, too.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #145 on: January 17, 2012, 09:35:33 PM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on January 13, 2012, 10:58:47 AM
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on January 13, 2012, 09:42:00 AM
Not to pick on sfgate, just that I noticed it.  This review of the new Russian musical "Hipsters," we learn that it is "In Russian with Russian subtitles." 

That's not going to help me much.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/13/DDD41MNQ1E.DTL

Spasiba!

oops.  it's in print, too.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #146 on: January 24, 2012, 11:24:37 AM »
and the latest SFGate snafu -- this headline/link currently on the home page:

"Steve Jobs sitting with Michelle Obama at SOTU"

Of course it should read "Steve Jobs' widow..."
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #147 on: January 24, 2012, 11:29:47 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 24, 2012, 11:24:37 AM
and the latest SFGate snafu -- this headline/link currently on the home page:

"Steve Jobs sitting with Michelle Obama at SOTU"

Of course it should read "Steve Jobs' widow..."

that is so fixed, dude
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #148 on: January 24, 2012, 12:42:10 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 24, 2012, 11:24:37 AM
and the latest SFGate snafu -- this headline/link currently on the home page:

"Steve Jobs sitting with Michelle Obama at SOTU"

Of course it should read "Steve Jobs' widow..."

Weekend at Bernie's III?
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #149 on: January 24, 2012, 01:32:14 PM »
Sorry to pile on SFGate, TC, but there's a glitch on your front door:  The "Don't Miss" links right below the banner include one to this article about the new Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, dated today's date.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/23/DD4F1MR3A8.DTL

Only thing is, the article won't be live until 3am Wednesday morning. You can view the pictures, but no written content.

I had the same experience on Saturday with Sunday's Radio Waves column, although at least that link was buried on the TV & Radio page, and I had gone looking for it. Posting links to articles that aren't live = Bad user experience. 
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