Errata

 

Richard Lederer has spent a career having fun with the English language. Over the years, he has compiled and reveled in newspaper corrections. Here are some to brighten your Black Friday:

• In criticizing the political views of Patrick Buchanan, William Bennett said, “It’s a real us-and-them kind of thing,” not, as we reported, “It’s a real S&M kind of thing.”

• It was incorrectly reported last Friday that today is T-shirt Appreciation Day. In fact, it is actually Teacher Appreciation Day.

• The sermon at the Presbyterian Church this coming Sunday will be “There Are No Sects in Heaven.” The subject was incorrectly printed in yesterday’s edition as “There Is No Sex in heaven.”

• From a California bar association’s newsletter: “Correction—the following typo appeared in our last bulletin: ‘Lunch will be gin at 12:15 p.m.’ Please correct to read ‘12 noon.’”

• Just to keep the record straight, it was the famous Whistler’s Mother, not Hitler’s, that was exhibited. There is nothing to be gained in trying to explain how this error occurred.

• An April 5 story stated that Andrea Fratello did not return a reporter’s calls seeking comment. Fratello died last December.

• In a recent edition, we referred to the chairman of the Chrysler Corporation as Lee Iacoocoo. His real name is Lee Iacacca. The Gazette regrets the error.

• The marriage of Miss Freda von Amburg and Willie Branton, which was announced in this paper two weeks ago, was a mistake which we wish to correct.”

—Richard Lederer, variously known as “Attila the Pun” and “Conan the Grammarian,” etc., is author of more than 50 books, including The Bride of Anguished English, 2000.

Editorial Comment: Setting the record straight — how quaint!

 

 

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