LOL!
Happy New Year folks!
Mine hasn’t started on a perfect note though.
This story was written in a hurry as a replacement for the classic cliches we journalists churn out ( on new year celebrity resolutions). After a coupla boring quotes, I decided against the celeb story and wrote this one against a tight deadline.
Just my luck. Slip of mind, both these errors. Totally regret them. Truly embarrassing. Derek Zoolander, you have company! I’ll chip in too for that Centre for Kids Who Can’t Read Good.
Predictably, a couple of bloggers made posts about it the first thing in the morning this year. Vetti people, I tell you. 🙂
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MADRAS INK. 
happy new year suderman!
Zoolander… LOL!
It’s amazing that you have the rare ability to laugh at yourself compared to these nitpickers who take themselves all too seriously.
After all journalists are human too, here’s to lesser errors!
Cheers!
suderfan:
I’m good at nitpicking too. I just checked Chenthil’s post and left this comment in response to his post.
“Hi there!
Just to keep you posted that we’ve made corrections in the online edition.
I apologise for causing you much mental agony with such unacceptable errors and hope you will now be able to sleep tonight.
However, I also urge you to do a little research on new-age retailing and malls before you pose queries that undermine your brilliance.
Here’s something for starters:
http://specials.rediff.com/money/2006/jun/08sld5.htm
Will Indians go to the malls to pick up potatoes?
When I last checked (at Hypercity), they did. With players like Reliance and Walmart getting into groceries and fresh food and sourcing materials straight from the farm, costs are bound to go down.
That para on retailing is about how we are going to have more of these superstores (styled like malls in case you didn’t know) selling fruits and vegetables at extremely competitive prices.
And while I completely appreciate your criticism and judgement on wordplay, with your kind permission, may I do the same with your post?
1. “goof ups” is a hyphenated word.
2. “was easy pickings,” I’m sure you concede, sounds like you are talking about doing something to your nose.
3. “stopped posting on them” – them “pickings”?
4. “after the finals?.” You cannot use both the question-mark and the period next to each other, doofus.
5. For your information, Chenthil, “Sudhish for your information” needs a comma after Sudhish.
6. “Small Cars” need not be in proper case. The cars won’t mind if you refer to them in lower. After all, they are ‘small’ cars.
7. “Mamata Bannerjee,” though attracts a lot of banners, uses “Banerjee” as a surname. How’s that for a start since you are in the business of spotting typos?
8. Don’t you think that your allegation that my editor “allotts” the entire editorial space is an ‘exagggggerated’ claim, with the extra t and all?
9. Also maybe it is purely your enthusiasm in welcoming Tilo that you have said “weelcome back”…
he he!
Chill mate! The reason I did this dissection is to make you see that errors happen to the best of us.
So the next time you do your “pickings” of others, maybe you ought to clean your fingers first.
And, I wish you a very warm happy new year.
Cheers!”
@your reply to that post — h i l a r i o u s! BTW, I think this senthil guy has taken it personally.
does this go on to show that when “vetti” bloggers cant take criticism. how do they expect journos to?
ganesh:
My intention was NOT to criticise him but show him that errors happen to all of us.
I’m glad someone found it funny. Cuz he didnt! 🙂
Most people make news when they succeed.
But only legends make news when they fail.
Rock on, Suderman!
when i buy a paper, i expect factual accuracy, i pay for it. while a blog is free and the blog owner has no accountability. while the hindu is accountable.
if it does goof up, especially factual errors then as a consumer i do have a right to protest.
lets assume that you buy a bike and find within a few days that its got a bad battery. i presume you will take it ot the dealer and as for a replacement, and u might even make a post on your blog. chenthil has just done that with a product he is not satisfied with.
its simple logic.
and of course ur response was childish.
kupparakai vizhundha meesai la man ottalai nu sollera kadhai madri irukku
PS: when i pay for something i expect you to do way more research than depend on a rediff article to say indians will buy potatoes from organised retail stores.
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