Comments on: Hilarious send-up of Giles Coren controversy

By: Cool Saturday Morning « The Best Revenge

Cool Saturday Morning « The Best Revenge — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:52:02 +0000

[...] 5) Because I’m a geeky writer and I so very much appreciate it when other people (that is, people besides me) publicly lose their shit, I’m including this link to the original Giles Coren rant and a video satire. [...]

By: bonnjill

bonnjill — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:14:18 +0000

See, I saw this last night but it was a take-off on Twitter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd4WZ3LqCKw). As a translator you learn not to get too attached to your work. Four people can read a text and always find something to change. And after all, the customer is always right.

By: Katt

Katt — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:08:08 +0000

I’ve got to tell you, I didn’t just laugh, I howled! The kids came in to make sure I wasn’t crying, I laughed so hard.
I’ve also been getting a kick out of the emails as well, Coren was totally over the top, but I can understand his point. I noticed that in the email from the paper, no one actually took responsibility for changing the copy. They just told him to watch his language. In politics, that is called a non-answer.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:41:54 +0000

And this mash-up was made by a freelance writer. A renegade one, clearly.