I once got my local public radio affiliate to say "the strikebreaker Chicago Cubs" in their newscast.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Eugene Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > I sent an e-mail to the pbulic editor at the NY Times asking why the Times is > using the descriptor "replacement referees" instead of the time honored > "scabs". > > To my astonishment I got a response. The full text is "Because that's what > they are, replacement referees." > > Of course my purpose wasn't honorable, but a 7th-grader working at the Times > is a surprise. > > Gene > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
