She Supposably Won a Pulitzer
I'm a bit of a grammar snob. That's not to say that I have perfect grammar, know how to use a comma properly, or know when to use whom. But I do my best. So, imagine my indignation when I heard a Pulitzer Prize winner say the word supposably on NPR. Supposably. Really? I thought to myself, supposably? I can understand when my high school students mispronounce supposedly, they are neither educated, nor do they care. But a Pulitzer Prize winner?
So, in the midst of judging her for her use of supposably, I got to thinking, I must sound like an idiot with some of the slip ups I make. Glad I'm not on NPR.
If you're interested in the story, you can find it here. It's actually quite good, despite the early slip up. The supposably [tsk, tsk] is in the first four minutes.
4 comments:
Liked this post :)
Also, you can totally call yourself an educated snob if you're listening to NPR stories. ;-)
PS: I like the new photo!
Hah! I just listened to it, while simultaneously trying to use Google to follow your blog, and I totally missed the word. Nick from the other room (who/whom I'd filled in on why I was listening) yelled, "Hah! There it is!" and I had to go back and listen again. So props for even listening carefully enough to catch it.
Awww...thanks, Amy!
Yeah, when I heard it the first time, I was so taken aback that I had to go look it up when I got home. I just couldn't believe it!
Indeed, the fact that I listen to NPR probably says a lot about both the snob level and the education level. I think it's a good thing. Maybe.
"They are neither educated, nor do they care."
Probably one of my favorite sentences.
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