There was a time way back in the annals of New Zealand journalism when two thirsty male reporters, with surnames which were also slang for female genitalia, launched an occasional publication which ran outrageous gossip. One scurrilous story said a Minister of the Crown could never be contacted at night in his hotel when on a tour of the provinces as he was pressing the flesh with a local female government employee .
As you would expect, this and other stories attracted letters of complaint and threats of legal action. The terrible two often responded to such letters by running them in full , highlighting poor spelling and grammar , and awarding marks, often than not on the low side, for composition.
Little Darwin was reminded of this Kiwi caper when looking at some official correspondence sent out by a controversial high flyer in which there were several obvious errors in one three paragraph letter relating to a serious Darwin matter .
As possibly two other highly paid people may have contributed to the composition of the short letter, each with the assistance of Spellcheck , you would have expected a bit more professionalism. If those nasty chaps in Aotearoha with the improbable names had seen the letter they would have had great fun. Just to show we are not pedantic hypocrites at Little Darwin, we admit to frequent clangers . At times we think we have written -The cat sat on the mat, but it has , annoyingly , come out : The coot sank in the moat . Bugger !
As you would expect, this and other stories attracted letters of complaint and threats of legal action. The terrible two often responded to such letters by running them in full , highlighting poor spelling and grammar , and awarding marks, often than not on the low side, for composition.
Little Darwin was reminded of this Kiwi caper when looking at some official correspondence sent out by a controversial high flyer in which there were several obvious errors in one three paragraph letter relating to a serious Darwin matter .
As possibly two other highly paid people may have contributed to the composition of the short letter, each with the assistance of Spellcheck , you would have expected a bit more professionalism. If those nasty chaps in Aotearoha with the improbable names had seen the letter they would have had great fun. Just to show we are not pedantic hypocrites at Little Darwin, we admit to frequent clangers . At times we think we have written -The cat sat on the mat, but it has , annoyingly , come out : The coot sank in the moat . Bugger !
