There's a story over here about "Nuspelynh". The article itself is pretty basic, but what interests me is the last sentence. See, a week or so ago I spent some time editing a friend's essays, burying myself in the relatively arcane minutiae of copy-editing (for which my Bible, of course, is Elements of Style. Hence, upon reading the Wired article, my uncontrollable spasm of laughter upon reading the final sentences:
"For example, Nuspelynh's founder spells father fadhxr... or as a homonym for "foddar." But I pronounce it with a clear theta sound, because I'm not fucking Fran Dreischer."
Man! Where were the editors on that one!
God, I'm a nerd.
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