Comments on: Reader ‘disillusioned’ with Voice over seemingly insignificant mistake http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/ The Official Weblog of the Dallas Voice Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jeff Strater http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-857 Jeff Strater Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:26:48 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-857 I am grateful for this blog entry. I have used disillusioned at least five times this week in normal conversation. Rock on. I am grateful for this blog entry. I have used disillusioned at least five times this week in normal conversation. Rock on.

]]> By: GayListDaily.com http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-851 GayListDaily.com Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:24:35 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-851 We should start a support group. You should see some of the stuff we get when we get a single detail incorrect. We hate it when it happens and try to make sure that everything's been verified, but we're still humans and things sometimes slip through our multiple layers of editing. At the end of the day, we're not curing cancer, we're having fun. We've also gotten some flak for "not being gay enough." I'm not exactly sure what that means, but our website specifically says that we don't just write about gay things, per se, but rather anything we want from a gay perspective. You be the judge - www.gaylistdaily.com/dallas We should start a support group. You should see some of the stuff we get when we get a single detail incorrect. We hate it when it happens and try to make sure that everything’s been verified, but we’re still humans and things sometimes slip through our multiple layers of editing. At the end of the day, we’re not curing cancer, we’re having fun.

We’ve also gotten some flak for “not being gay enough.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but our website specifically says that we don’t just write about gay things, per se, but rather anything we want from a gay perspective.

You be the judge - http://www.gaylistdaily.com/dallas

]]> By: John Wright http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-850 John Wright Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:16:19 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-850 Thanks for the link, Jeff. Armed with these 44 tips, I feel I'll be less likely to make a similar mistake in the future. However, the best advice came not in the form of the tips, but from this sentence that's printed at the end: "In other words: Have fun, but don't lose focus." Thanks for the link, Jeff. Armed with these 44 tips, I feel I’ll be less likely to make a similar mistake in the future. However, the best advice came not in the form of the tips, but from this sentence that’s printed at the end:

“In other words: Have fun, but don’t lose focus.”

]]> By: Jeff Strater http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-849 Jeff Strater Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:46:17 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/06/23/reader-disillusioned-with-voice-over-minor-error/#comment-849 Dang! Ouch! We love you anyway, John! I thought you might enjoy "44 Tips for Greater Accuracy ---How to avoid mechanical/objective errors in your newspaper" http://www.ibiblio.org/copyediting/tips.html Dang! Ouch! We love you anyway, John!

I thought you might enjoy “44 Tips for Greater Accuracy —How to avoid mechanical/objective errors in your newspaper” http://www.ibiblio.org/copyediting/tips.html

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