Sloppy Collegian
Cara Burke '10
Issue date: 4/9/09 Section: Opinion
I do not know anything about baseball; I am not an athlete, nor do I pay attention to college athletics. For all I know, the editorial censure of our baseball team may have been perfectly just, if grammatically suspect and in poor taste.
Again, I do not know anything about baseball. I do, however, know how to spell. To my mind, there is a distinct "l" sound in the word "health," and an audible "s" in "descend." "Amidst" is not a difficult word, and beer pong is not an art.
Despite all this, I will not judge the Collegian staff for their spelling, because Lord Chesterfield says that the source and the object of ridicule are often the same. Were I to interfere with their freedom of phonetic choice, I should make myself a target. They would come after me for my laziness, my sloppiness or my tendency to bump into people while reading in the cafeteria line. Having witnessed the Collegian staff's vituperative capabilities, I am in no position to take that kind of a risk.
Again, I do not know anything about baseball. I do, however, know how to spell. To my mind, there is a distinct "l" sound in the word "health," and an audible "s" in "descend." "Amidst" is not a difficult word, and beer pong is not an art.
Despite all this, I will not judge the Collegian staff for their spelling, because Lord Chesterfield says that the source and the object of ridicule are often the same. Were I to interfere with their freedom of phonetic choice, I should make myself a target. They would come after me for my laziness, my sloppiness or my tendency to bump into people while reading in the cafeteria line. Having witnessed the Collegian staff's vituperative capabilities, I am in no position to take that kind of a risk.
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