And surely a key skill of a journo is to be able to

write in a style suitable for the audience, i.e. joky and informal when necessary, educated when necessary, and so on.

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Well, I hold my hands up, he's hit that nail on the head

Posted By: Yellalee on August 31st 2007 at 16:58:54

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Quick poll (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:13:04
- D) Froogle (n/m) (General Chat) - DICKY, Aug 31, 16:43:15
- B ahead of C. Don't much care for TB's anti-comedy I'm afraid (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 31, 16:19:06
  - Hands up every one that didn't even realise IED had gome missing? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 16:29:40
    - I noticed at first (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:35:07
    - Only with an enn. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 16:31:20
    - *raises hand* (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 31, 16:30:23
  - we've got the article to come (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:21:00
    - Hopefully he'll eat the words of discouragement he throws in my direction instead (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 16:34:54
      - oh you pompous oaf (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:36:53
        
        Oh true (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 16:41:31
        
        I have read some of your stuff (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:55:07
        
        Independent verification? (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 17:02:37
        
        I give in (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 17:11:51
        
        Hmm (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 17:19:42
        
        And as evidence his Soccernet article is not at all self-important, oh no (General Chat) - The Anonymous Blonde, Aug 31, 17:23:12
        
        I think we should stop (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 17:25:54
        
        There must be room in there for a little 'needless to say, I had the last laugh'. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Aug 31, 17:25:48
        
        Rant over from me too. (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 17:22:19
        
        Here it is, by the way. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 17:06:19
        
        And also soon after he discovered the electronic thesaurus (General Chat) - The Anonymous Blonde, Aug 31, 17:19:44
        
        I was never taught how to use the semi-colon at school (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 17:08:23
        
        You don't say. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 17:09:58
        
        I know I said I wouldn't (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 17:16:11
        
        For God's sake don't listen to people that think they know what they're doing. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 17:04:02
        
        And surely a key skill of a journo is to be able to (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 31, 16:58:54
        
        If I put my mind to it, I'm not bad (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 17:03:18
        
        lol (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 17:00:37
        
        I've been practising for years (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 17:03:40
        
        yebbut he's 19 and therefore.............. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 31, 16:57:48
        
        Yup, you'll be stringing for the Sun's 3am page before long (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 31, 16:45:57
        
        True. So have you found out how much you're getting paid yet, then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 31, 16:44:37
        
        Don't care if I do. (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Aug 31, 16:50:56
        
        = $NOTHING.00p (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 16:56:30
        
        Only in £s (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 16:59:09
        
        Yeah, dont want to get stung on the 2.79% exchange rate on nothing, do you... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 31, 17:00:59
        
        Also you don't get pees with $s only with £s. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 31, 17:01:46
        
        That's gonna sting a bit. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Aug 31, 16:39:02
        
        wait til Otto gets on (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:40:43
        
        Only the very foolish argue with Otto. (General Chat) - tudders, Aug 31, 16:45:29
        
        As I understand it, Otto's in semi-retirement (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 31, 16:43:59
        
        I might SMS him (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 17:01:19
    - If it is true then we can be sure that he is not getting a fee for it (General Chat) - The Anonymous Blonde, Aug 31, 16:27:52
      - The Byronic Cloughie would be proud. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Aug 31, 16:39:58
      - very good (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:32:00
  - That's like a knife through the heart, BC. (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 31, 16:20:23
    - Still, I bet you only pick B and C because they're your initials. (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 31, 16:21:12
      - Whatever makes you feel better... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 31, 16:25:58
        
        In all honesty, it is a bit of a chore to bring it out every day. (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 31, 16:30:53
        
        I liked the fact that shrud (General Chat) - camcan, Aug 31, 16:28:08
        
        What's shrud? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Aug 31, 16:33:52
        
        Here... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 31, 16:37:10

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