January 15, 2006
Seeking copy editor
Posted by pete at January 15, 2006 9:53 AMThis pic on the Houston Chronicle site has since been corrected (it originally ran on Friday), but the fact that it made it there at all is pretty hilarious:
Who knew Mary Kay Letourneau had an oratory contest?
--Posted by denny on January 17, 2006 12:20 PM
Denny, read the sentence again.
Aside from the awkwardness of 'today again won', consider the initials.
Do you remember Martin King Luther's "I dream a have" speech?
Neither do I. Nor should the allegedly professional editors at the Chronk (Houston's Leading Misinformation Source).
On the other hand, I spent most of my college years going past the signs for Christ the Lvtheran King Chvrch, so "Luther" and "Lutheran are apparently tricksy words...
Ah, the 'MKL' typo. Got it. Carry on.
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