And so we comm... start.

[becisvolatile]

Things Bec has learned in her duties as a sub-editor:

1. Spell check really is beyond the capabilities of some people. It just is.
2. Big words won’t make you sound smart. But they will provoke much lol-age around my office when I tell everyone how you tried to use the word ‘unequivocally’. That word does not mean what you think that word means

Comments

[sandykidd]

I love everything about this post.

[becisvolatile]

I would too if I hadn't had to learn it all the hard way...

[thrace_adams]

This made me LOL - you are such a riot!

[latteaddict]

Glad to see your snark is still in full form.

[bargle5]

Re #13: Ah, the traditional send the new kid on a search for a non-existent object. I work in auto parts. Ours is to have the new parts guy try to find a radiator for a 60s Volkswagen Beetle. They were all air cooled back then, so there isn't one. In the grocery store you're sent to borrow a 'shelf-stretcher'. In my TV repair class, a bucket of amps. No such things.

[becisvolatile]

My personal favourite is the 'long weight' - something my father, a former Army sergeant, tells me he sent many young men in search of.

[bargle5]

Oooo, a non-existent object and a hominem. Cool!

[sabaceanbabe]

Awesome bit of knowledge offered here, but I LOLed at:

10. You can put all the exclamation marks you want into your copy. I will gleefully delete them.