Jokes, jokes, and more jokes ...

Redneck would be the closest American stereotype. Bogan is a reference to Bog or muddy ground. Something folks in rural areas have a abundance of down here. Lots of dirt roads.

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That'd be the Ultimate Bogan Starter Pack. That one comes complete with jalopy and government subsidized housing rental.:D

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Hey, it's only a starter pack. Things like, rusty spares, indoor loos and major appliance landscaping come later!;)
 
Guess who had to proofread the complex's newsletter (and the manager and the assistant manager graduated from college...) I caught roughly ten simple mistakes in a single run-through (gave up after that.)

Why is this in Jokes?

One word...Irony. :rolleyes:

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
I don't think graduating from college makes you a great proof reader....and today with computers and spellcheck, relying on these things (like relying on GPS, your cell to remember numbers) those parts of our brain that used to handle spelling and gramatical mistakes, travel check points and phone numbers are deteriorating...this will only get worse in the future...except of course for those that are exceptional at those things...like proofreading.

When eye was righting knewsletters I wood include a sentence oar too of explanation. It would be in a itty bitty font...so tiny it just looked like a line down the fold of the center page of the newsletter...

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When I was in, I think 4th grade, I tested on a 10th grade level in reading, yet could not spell to save my neck. Still can't.

That ended up being how I got caught passing a derogatory note about our teacher. She got a hold of the note from another kid and looked directly at me.

"I know you wrote this, because every other word is misspelled and you're the only one in the class that knows how to use a semicolon!"

"DETENTION!"
 
I don't think graduating from college makes you a great proof reader....and today with computers and spellcheck, relying on these things (like relying on GPS, your cell to remember numbers) those parts of our brain that used to handle spelling and gramatical mistakes, travel check points and phone numbers are deteriorating...this will only get worse in the future...except of course for those that are exceptional at those things...like proofreading.

When eye was righting knewsletters I wood include a sentence oar too of explanation. It would be in a itty bitty font...so tiny it just looked like a line down the fold of the center page of the newsletter...

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Yeah, but how many college graduates have trouble with 'capitalize the first letter of a sentence'? Or 'do not capitalize a noun unless it is a "proper" noun'? Or misspell their own name?

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
I don't think graduating from college makes you a great proof reader....
I think graduating from a compositor's apprenticeship is a great grounding for a proof-reader.
 
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