August 10, 2007
What's a lovepossum? Good question.
I owe sports copy editor Buddy Wright, big time.
Last night he called me at home and asked, "What's a lovepossum?"
The word was in a notebook brief I wrote about an upcoming Nature Fest event at the Peaks of Otter. Somehow, "live opposum" had become "lovepossum." And apparently I didn't use spell-check before I filed the notebook.
I've had some good typos in my day, including a few that have slipped by the editors. That one would have been bad. Even though it didn't make the paper have a feeling I'm going to be hearing plenty about "lovepossum" from my co-workers over the next few weeks.
Comments
[August 14, 2007 12:27 PM]
Josh F.Good name for an old time string band.
[August 14, 2007 3:51 PM]
Mark TaylorFunny you should say that, Josh. I was already thinking it would be a great name for a band, and a co-worker said the same thing yesterday. Too bad I don't have a band.