Anal people, unite!

[cjsmith]

Saturday afternoon I took a short course titled "Become a Copyeditor or Proofreader." Amusing factoid: the guy who spoke to us is the person responsible for Hershey's Syrup spelling "recipe" correctly on their bottles. I knew there were rare other people who'd notice such a thing, but it was validating to meet a guy who writes to companies and gets such mistakes corrected!

As for my fellow students, I have never seen so much anal-retentiveness gathered in one room. Wow. I had found my tribe!

I was a little disappointed that no one there, including the speaker, could spell better than I could. :-)

I'm sure I could make a living at this if I spent a bit of time building up a resume and a portfolio. It won't pay what embedded OS work pays, of course, but if I went freelance it would be a fine supplemental job. I haven't yet decided to commit to it. I'm mulling it over.

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[drdaly.livejournal.com]

My Dad was a copy editor for our local newspaper, so I was destined to a life of misspellings leaping off pages to distract me from content.

On the other hand, there are books with typos that carry on between printings. When I read and rediscover these errors, they seem like old friends. Were they corrected, I might even miss them.

I am fortunate in having a wife who shares my love of finding mistakes, even in our own conversations with each other. It keeps us both on our toes...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Were they corrected, I might even miss them.

I have to chuckle at this! Some errors are like old friends, aren't they? :-)

I am fortunate in having a husband who is happy to have me glance over articles he writes. I get to feel useful.