BODE WARRIORS

Serious question: How much should a typo effect the rest of a newspaper article?

The confusing view from the bridge
Martin Flanagan

The game itself looked oddly familiar to me. North won because they had better players, natural footballers such as Lindsay Thomas and Matt Campbell who knew where the ball was going before it got there and used it with total awareness of what was around them.

For three quarters, the Dees kept coming back. They lack a marking forward. Brad Miller is gallant, but Jace Bode needs someone vigorous playing alongside him to create spaces for him.

Melbourne dumped Jace Bode last year, and no one seems quite sure who Flanagan is talking about - Bate? Bennell? Jetta? Petard? - least of all no one at Demonland where it got feisty and needed the sort of customarily soothing, level-headed input regularly displayed at the AGB:

Thundercloud

Are you Einstein's telling me that because one journalist got one player's name wrong the article is no good?

Nice one, Eins... Thundercloud.

There's no need for an apostrophe in your Einsteins. Everything else you right... write is now flawed.

For what it's worth: The Jace Bode error is the sort of typo journos often mistakenly include in their articles, but which should be picked up by a subbie. I stress "should" because the remaining subbies at the Age wouldn't know footy from a double-choc florentine. Doubtless Bode's name came up in despatches on Sunday and Flanagan got his wires crossed. The mistake, although a howler, is more a reflection on the paper than the pressed-for-deadline journalist.

That said, there's nothing wrong with people ribbing Flanagan/The Age over the mistake - I mean, that's what we do. But rather than drifting into outrageous indignation, we should count our blessings Flanagan has been given such a large brief to cover the Dees. And in turn given us a large chance to take the p1ss out of him.

And her: this is a worse mistake.

Comments

[Hangover Black]

What is the effect of mis-spelling "affect" in the first line of a blog post where typos are the subject matter?

The effect on me is great amusement. Maybe you were pressed-for-a-deadline?

[Tony Tea]

It's rewarding to see public recognition for the subtle wordplay which constitutes just a small part of the finely hewn tapestry that is the AGB.

[Tony Tea]

Although, to be perfectly Francis, I am quite disappointed you didn't spot the sly comicality contained within the substitution of "outraged indignation" for my "outrageous indignation", which was rather clever.

But only rather.

[Random]

What is a double-choc Florentine?
I am a simple man.

[BoxxaRoxx]

I saw Woad Warrior. Awesome hour. Specially liked the dude in the mauve mo --- Nevertheless, if the following is too irrelevant, that’s perfectly understandable; yet, Christ the King is perfectly relevant if thou knowest where thou goest. God bless.

[Tony]

The double-choc florentine is the Whopper with Cheese (extra pickle) of chocolate biscuits.

[Tony]

Woad warrior? Mauve mo?

Christ the King would not approve of the colour clash.

[Hangover Black]

Will try and keep a closer eye on your sly comicalities.

Not sure if you've tried another comicality with "hewing a tapestry"? Seems AGB is constructed with something sharper than an axe or chisel. Rapier wit perhaps?

[Tony]

Darn well spotted.

My artfully crafted "hewn tapestry" - quite impossible given any hewing of the tapestry would leave a tatty pile of rags and linty residue - was a slick witticism stitched out of the finest "sewn tapestry".

AGB: where the laughs never stop.

[Ann oDyne]

sports columnists?

I went over to The Guardian to bring back a link to Russell Brand's sport comment there, and was waylaid by this sport-result brilliance from Marina Hyde.
following the link will be worth your time.

[Tony T]

Top column, and worth a post.

Thanks, A.