A place for open letters to the good people of the world.

Dear slappy,

No crap. It's a shock he found this website (sorry, I mean Web site...I wish our paper would catch up with the times).

Spike

 

spike,

Style is now website.

IJAG

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slappy,

I wonder why "posters" like doodah are allowed to come on this site and make the whole place look like a fucking joke.

IJAG

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Mods,

Please stop letting these sock puppets run wild. It looks ridiculous, and it wastes time, and it's annoying. Please. I'm begging.

IJAG

 

IJAG,

AP Style means nothing to us here at "The Harvard Comma & courtesy titles" rag.

Spike

 

Spike,

So wait, not only would a new hire have to cover NASCAR, but they'd have to write about Mr. Earnhardt? Fuck that noise.

IJAG

 

Dear imjustagirl,

As long as we're clear that "Mr." stands for "Master" in that case.

Sincerely,

Verse

 

Dear IJAG,

We ignore it in sports most of the time, but that would be Earnhardt, Jr., or Hornish, Jr., (note the commas).
Mr. is used in sports stories that run in the A section, but not for athletes/coaches. So "Mr. Gee" and "Mr. Smith" used "Tressel" as a scapegoat for "Pryor" and his crew. There are actual discussions about who does and doesn't get a courtesy title when a sports story runs in news. We are a little looser in sports.
But yeah, we still have "Web site" in our style book. The word email had been changed, just not website.

Spike

 

spike,

I hate your paper.

IJAG

 

Dear Moddy,

Or at least get us a better quality of sock puppet. I haven't seen many bs.polices walking through that door lately.

Just sayin'
Dools

 

Dear cancer,

My aunt whupped yer ass!

Fuck off disease...you can't have her,
Spike

 

Spike,

That is awesome!

Lieslntx

 

Board,
So dodah or whatever the hell it's name is is a sockpuppet?

Damn.

KY

 

Dear board,

Nothing like offbase personal attacks from someone you've never met who has decided you're the antichrist to put a damper on what should, and still will, be an awesome evening.

Fuck you, lady.

IJAG