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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Cut the patriotic piffle |
Too many people said things like Australia has endless skies and exquisite sunsets, so let's take time to appreciate the wonders of our country on January 26. And on that Australia Day too many reporters took down every word, typed it up and filed it to editors. Worse some of it got through. edited to clarify matter raised by susanv -pw |
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| Author: | SusanV [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:06 pm ] |
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Eeeeeww. Pardon my ignorance, but was the 26th a holiday or something? |
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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:44 pm ] |
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Do'h! Australia Day. |
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| Author: | pillanst [ Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:53 pm ] |
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Yep, the trouble is the reporters are trying too hard to produce deathless prose to go with a special occasion but the result is mere pap; worse, it's the sort of mindless guff that cheapens the whole thing. My old news editor would be spinning in his grave. He always used to say of special occasions like Australia Day: If you don't have the right words to fit the occasion, shut up and let the picture do the work. |
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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:00 pm ] |
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Sound advice. And a hearty Testy Copy Editors' welcome. |
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| Author: | paulwiggins [ Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:14 pm ] |
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Europe had its romantic movements as a precursor of nationalism Alas, Australia followed suit. Here's one of the most famous, in which Dorothea McKellar writes about why Australia Compare and contrast New Zealand's James K Baxter with Australia's Dorothea McKellar Baxter sheds more light, less heat. Papers should do the same, IMHO. thread repair: this post in reply to one deleted by its author |
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| Author: | Oeditpus Rex [ Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:05 pm ] |
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"Australia! Australia! Australia! We love you! Amen!" "Crack a tube!" |
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| Author: | longwords [ Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:51 pm ] |
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I remember discovering McKellar's poem in high school; I liked it a lot. But then, I also memorized Walter de la Mare's "Silver" in ninth or tenth grade. I will have to hunt down more of Baxter's work. |
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