Comments on: How to speak British journalism http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/04/11/how-to-speak-british-journalism/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tom Chatfield http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/04/11/how-to-speak-british-journalism/#comment-4527 Tom Chatfield Mon, 12 May 2008 20:14:51 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/04/11/how-to-speak-british-journalism/#comment-4527 These are the words that were very much in my mind when I wrote this post (along with desperate, magazine-related panic, obviously): "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - from the late, great Douglas Adams These are the words that were very much in my mind when I wrote this post (along with desperate, magazine-related panic, obviously):

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

- from the late, great Douglas Adams

]]> By: Xidia http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/04/11/how-to-speak-british-journalism/#comment-4525 Xidia Mon, 12 May 2008 17:27:12 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/04/11/how-to-speak-british-journalism/#comment-4525 An alternative definition for deadlines (paraphrased because I can't remember the quote or the original author) "...the lovely whooshing sound you hear as they whizz past." An alternative definition for deadlines (paraphrased because I can’t remember the quote or the original author) “…the lovely whooshing sound you hear as they whizz past.”

]]> By: KD http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/04/11/how-to-speak-british-journalism/#comment-4516 KD Sun, 11 May 2008 01:12:49 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/04/11/how-to-speak-british-journalism/#comment-4516 "Widow/orphan control" is of course a function within MS Word that is responsible for a great deal of unnecessary jumping around. However, one thing I've always wondered about the term is that although I can see how a line might be considered to have lost its parent, I'm considerably less sure about how it might be construed as having lost its husband. “Widow/orphan control” is of course a function within MS Word that is responsible for a great deal of unnecessary jumping around. However, one thing I’ve always wondered about the term is that although I can see how a line might be considered to have lost its parent, I’m considerably less sure about how it might be construed as having lost its husband.

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