tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post7829263898610098385..comments2023-11-09T09:00:28.240+00:00Comments on GrammarBlog: "Middlesborough's" Guardian AngelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-43801211290132044452007-09-13T16:26:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:26:00.000+01:00Did I ever tell you that Mallon was in mima when I...Did I ever tell you that Mallon was in mima when I went? Probably. Was he checking for anti-Mallon 'O' installments? You bet (I've never said or written that before, except when talking about the Matthew Kelly-fronted* ITV show).<BR/><BR/>Gez, the article and clipping are in ye olde printe at home in a box. I may scan them, but I may forget altogether.<BR/><BR/>*All jokes about Matthew Kelly's frontal regions suspended due to possible legal action.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652273590864181177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-12938512547655315502007-09-13T16:00:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:00:00.000+01:00Dan, does your article of "a few years ago" exist ...Dan, does your article of "a few years ago" exist on the internet anywhere? If not, how about the Football Diary article that referenced it? As a member of the blogosphere I demand depth of information.Gezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940940562246471040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-78309009888652337282007-09-13T15:44:00.000+01:002007-09-13T15:44:00.000+01:00Perhaps for this art installation you could cut ou...Perhaps for this art installation you could cut out all of the excess 'Os' from your cuttings and carefully arrange them into a massive picture of Robocop Mallon. Thus symbolising the mayoral <I>excesses</I> of the town and transmitting a clear 'We don't want you here, Raymond' message.Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261326741723522013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-48171287771272913602007-09-13T09:36:00.000+01:002007-09-13T09:36:00.000+01:00Gez: Sometimes I read back what I have written an...Gez: Sometimes I read back what I have written and realise that I have now got to a stage where I am doing in-jokes with myself.<BR/><BR/>Paddy: Gig/art posters are probably the second worst offenders here. <BR/><BR/>I have often thought about compiling a folder of cuttings of 'Middlesboroughs'. Perhaps I could then submit it to mima as a piece of installation art. <BR/><BR/>However, this would be a bit obsessive (even for me), and I don't know what installation art is, presumably art you install? But isn't all art installed at some point? It doesn't just grow on walls.<BR/><BR/>And now I sound like an awful observational comic so I am going.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652273590864181177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-54182614507055643442007-09-13T00:06:00.000+01:002007-09-13T00:06:00.000+01:00Too many 'o's... too many 'this weeks'. It can hap...Too many 'o's... too many 'this weeks'. It can happen to anyone.Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261326741723522013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-73209723697473903702007-09-13T00:05:00.000+01:002007-09-13T00:05:00.000+01:00Also, this week I've been slightly irritated this ...Also, this week I've been slightly irritated this week that all the advertisments and mailouts announcing that Patrick Wolf, one of my favourite current artists, will be appearing live in Middlesbrough have used the '-borough' spelling. It's put a dampener on what should have been a joyous announcement.Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261326741723522013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-37474173384214248352007-09-12T23:44:00.000+01:002007-09-12T23:44:00.000+01:00You've got to love the Guardian sub-editors. They'...You've got to love the Guardian sub-editors. They're a law unto themselves, if there's actually more than one of them. I wouldn't be that surprised to learn that, as the latest symptom of job cuts in the print industry, all of its errors are down to the fact there's just a lone sub-editor putting the whole paper together. I'll call him Dietmar, 48, and naturally, he's a Berliner!!!!11!1¬<BR/><BR/>In fact, I bet the bloke who supposedly misspelt Middlesbrough's name when incorrectly registering the town in the first place, with its shortage of an 'o', was a Guardian sub rushed off his feet.<BR/><BR/>I was quite impressed to discover that the Wikipedia entry for <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misspelling" REL="nofollow">Misspelling</A> has 'Middlesborough' in its list of notable misspellings, in the company of Oprah Winfrey. Fame at last.Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261326741723522013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-56165030522600351022007-09-12T23:15:00.000+01:002007-09-12T23:15:00.000+01:00*In the style of Captain Kirk* Too.. many... in-jo...*In the style of Captain Kirk* <BR/><BR/>Too.. many... in-jokes.. references.. obscure... brain, can't cope... genius... head... hurts..Gezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940940562246471040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143592478563275464.post-54080811630270169102007-09-12T19:03:00.000+01:002007-09-12T19:03:00.000+01:00Two Guardian-related posts in a week. If they're n...Two Guardian-related posts in a week. If they're not careful, they'll end up on The List.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300587849784972095noreply@blogger.com