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Jim Hart
September 16th, 2015, 06:41 PM
As a moment of relief from the serious issue of dealer points, and knowing
our players are well nuanced in the interpretation of the language, I'm
guessing they may appreciate this headline in a Melbourne newspaper this
morning:

"School to pay $1m to abuse survivor"

At some charity events people pay a dollar or two for the privilege of
throwing water at someone, preferably a public figure, but this seems to
up the ante a bit.

Or is it just that newspapers don't employ proper subeditors any more?

Jim

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Dodi Schultz
September 16th, 2015, 07:09 PM
I trust you're sending that one off to Michael Quinion at World Wide Words
for the "Sic" section . . .

—Dodi



On 9/16/2015 7:41 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
> As a moment of relief from the serious issue of dealer points, and
> knowing our players are well nuanced in the interpretation of the
> language, I'm guessing they may appreciate this headline in a Melbourne
> newspaper this morning:
>
> "School to pay $1m to abuse survivor"
>
> At some charity events people pay a dollar or two for the privilege of
> throwing water at someone, preferably a public figure, but this seems to
> up the ante a bit.
>
> Or is it just that newspapers don't employ proper subeditors any more?
>
> Jim

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