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This is where I ferret away shiny baubles I find on the internet. Expect a high concentration of the following: media criticism, internet memes, gender identity, video games, menstrual activism, communication technology, needlepoint, flexitarian cuisine, graphic arts, human rights, writing/publishing, Metalocalypse fandom and about a million billion pictures of my cats.
The views expressed here are my own (except where otherwise indicated) and do not reflect the views of my employer, family, friends or kitties.
So I’m editing a story about a Haitian mission looking for band instruments for their school, when I get to the following passage:
They are asking for four trombones, four trumpets […] a Snorkelling, three flutes, two horns of harmony, a bass guitar […]
I took band for 9 years, and I ain’t never heard of a Snorkelling.
So I email the reporter and ask if something got mangled in autocorrect. She said that was the exact list of instruments the group requested, and that it was possible they didn’t know the English word for what they wanted.
Some quick Googling solved the mystery. They’re looking for a tuba.
20th September 2012
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steffimoa reblogged this from six31 and added:
snorkelling - sounds like something from Wayside School
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