tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post2179357566814766867..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: Roger That: Observing Roger AltonJohn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-22627689988529731822008-05-16T11:38:00.000-04:002008-05-16T11:38:00.000-04:00Oh, yes, anonymous, it was. When I lived in the U...Oh, yes, anonymous, it was. When I lived in the UK 25 years ago, I regularly heard s_____g used as an expletive or a vocative ("You little ...!")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-89629003428682598232008-05-15T18:07:00.000-04:002008-05-15T18:07:00.000-04:00Don't know about having lunch together, but I love...Don't know about having lunch together, but I loved the bottle of rum on the table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-77342134415590426062008-05-15T15:09:00.000-04:002008-05-15T15:09:00.000-04:00A lot of Alton's talk rested on a totally bogus di...A lot of Alton's talk rested on a totally bogus distinction between "the blogosphere" which he equated with "assertion" (=threat! Bad!!) and "print journalism" which he equated with "verification" (Good! But threatened by those nasty bloggers!!).<BR/><BR/>Which is, of couse, bollocks. There will always be a market for good, well-researched, reliable, journalism and whether people get it throughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-48688592986180276082008-05-15T13:12:00.000-04:002008-05-15T13:12:00.000-04:00An homage to the great shapers of the mother tongu...An homage to the great shapers of the mother tongue...Chaucer, Shakespeare, McCartney and Lennon, Alton. I wonder if sh*tbag was originally a noun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-74943699690856029542008-05-15T09:17:00.000-04:002008-05-15T09:17:00.000-04:00The bitter comments of one journalist or editor on...The bitter comments of one journalist or editor on another and the retaliation sometimes become news.Candadai Tirumalaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842987883746560077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-31559799636679363782008-05-15T08:29:00.000-04:002008-05-15T08:29:00.000-04:00Stock in trade, not stock and trade.Stock in trade, not stock and trade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-41846661640858973462008-05-15T08:16:00.000-04:002008-05-15T08:16:00.000-04:00Football, not soccer. Paddy SkarpetkaFootball, not soccer. <BR/><BR/>Paddy SkarpetkaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com