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Thursday, February 10, 2005

Reuters Is Funny: Puts ‘all shook up’ and ‘verklempt’ in lede

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We really had high hopes for coming up with a great headline or lede to this story, but somehow Reuters beat us to it. They must be catching on to the AP‘s Bad Language blog, where any stylistic attempt makes print. So without further ado, here is Reuters, stealing our blog glory:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is all shook up — or as they might say in Yiddish, all “verklempt” (upset) — over the name for a virtual museum celebrating the Jewish contribution to rock music.

They don’t teach you this stuff in J-school, that’s for sure. (Though they will teach you what “verklempt” means, so you don’t have to put it in parentheses for your Middle America audience.)


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