[lbo-talk] usage notes

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jun 2 11:28:29 PDT 2011


http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/no-matter-how-you-spell-it-its-still-a-blowjob

CORRECTIONS

The notoriously thorough folks at the New Yorker have sorted through our collection of profanities and when they first appeared in that esteemed periodical, and have offered a few helpful correctives. Of special interest: Mary Gaitskill, not Tad Friend, was the first person to get the common usage for fellatio into the magazine, a mistake which the publication generously forgives by noting that, "This error is more understandable. Most people would search for 'blowjob,' whereas New Yorker style is two words: 'blow job.'"

[Original story: http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/new-yorker-profanity]



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