And that's why I'm perpetually under/unemployed
If not downright unemployable at this point. Guess it's wrong to blame all that entirely on the linguistics degree, though. . . read a serious interview with Jon Stewart, by Ted Koppel no less, and what jumped out at me was the emphasized bit:
STEWART: It's that the partisan mobilization has become part of the media process. That they realize that, this real estate that you possess, television, is the most valuable real estate known to rulers. If Alexander the Great had TV, believe me, he would have had his spin guys dealing. Napoleon would of had people working. The key to leadership is to have that mouthpiece to the people.
Figure what he actually said (or repeated, as it's transcribed properly in the previous sentence) was would have, or the contraction would've. Not much difference in how they're pronounced, so it's an easy mistake for the transcriber to make. Or is it transcriptionist?
Anyway, it's worth a look. Link seen at Romanesko, right above a right above a bit from a Washington Post interview with former NPR host Bob Edwards, about his new gig with XM Satellite Radio.
Well, guess if he can manage to find a job. . .