CNN’s editing is so sloppy that in the link to an AP article on the problems posed by the apostrophe, they put the apostrophe in the wrong place:
Curse ‘o the Irish: Apostrophes (link goes to a screen cap of the screw-up)
→ February 22, 2008
→ By
→ By
Can we weep for the demise of the semicolon?
Maybe it was intentional. They could have been going for irony.
eh, I’ve seen worse in print media. Earlier this year, the SF Chronicle ran a big headline in the sports section about “ULCA”
This is off topic, but have you seen Bill Simmons’ latest links article. He remakes his Mount Rapmore into your exact suggestion (Tupac, Dre, Simmons, Rakim). No mention of your blog post.
Keith, you’ve given out so many great book recommendations, I’ve got one for you: An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton. This book is definitely worth a read – especially the introductory chapter. You could probably get through the entire thing in a couple hours. It may be the last hope in defense of the English language.
That looks intentional to me