From sj-approval Tue Jul 4 10:27:51 1995 Return-Path: Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA15212; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 10:29:07 -0400 Received: from disperse.demon.co.uk by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA15189; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 10:29:04 -0400 Received: from post.demon.co.uk by disperse.demon.co.uk id ab18502; 4 Jul 95 14:38 +0100 Received: from handscol.demon.co.uk by post.demon.co.uk id aa06804; 4 Jul 95 14:38 +0100 Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 10:27:51 GMT From: Morris Price Message-Id: <4059@handscol.demon.co.uk> To: sj@world.std.com Subject: PET HATES X-Mailer: PCElm 1.10 Lines: 21 Sender: sj-approval@world.std.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sj Pet Hates: People who should know better referring to "freelancers" - there's no second "r"; smart alec journos fresh out of Meeja Studies who think they have to role-play the 1930s B-movie tough-guy hack by ripping off their colleagues; anybody who cons freelances by pretending they were already working on the story the freelance tries to sell; middle-class graduates writing down to their plebeian readers; posturing Brits who think (usually misused) American slang will mark them as cosmopolitan; dozy wazzocks who think fact checking is for dummies; reporters who expect a by-lined column in week one: do the rounds of flower shows, magistrates courts and councils to develop your craft first; ... and finally ... pompous old farts who think they know it all. Anyone care to add to this list? -- Morris Price replies to: morris@handscol.demon.co.uk Views expressed etc; Intellectual property rights blah; copyright (yawn)...