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To Serve Man
A Chicago friend posted this on Facebook.
“Freshly Ground Black People”: World’s Worst Typo Leaves Publisher Reeling
An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with “salt and freshly ground black people.”
Penguin Group Australia’s head of publishing, Bob Sessions, acknowledged the proofreader for the Pasta Bible should have picked up the error, but called it nothing more than a “silly mistake.”
The “Pasta Bible” recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto was supposed to call for black pepper.
The reward for clear and readable writing
About Expressive Writing
Writing – 2 minutes to Better Health
From my high school and college classmate, Edith Bogue, O.S.B.
Written English: Then and now
The Declaration of Independence: A word from your editor
Via Ann Althouse.
The Hollywood Writers’ Strike
An interesting and informative analysis by <lj user="jeff_duntemann".
Useful and fun
Map My Word. From wordswoman
Cén Scéal?
(“What’s the story?” as Gaeilge–in Irish)
As I mentioned last week, I am in a new Irish class at Gaeltacht Minnesota, with a different instructor, Kia, who does some different things. I have no problem with these, and I think I am adjusting OK. However, some fine-tuning may be needed. Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 