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masterspace@lemmy.ca to The Onion and other satire w/ layers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 天前

Mitch McConnell speechless after US Midterm Elections

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Mitch McConnell speechless after US Midterm Elections

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masterspace@lemmy.ca to The Onion and other satire w/ layers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 天前
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following midterm elections that saw Democrats take control of both the Senate and House of Representatives, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered up no comment. “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,” said the Kentucky Senator, presumably lost in thought at the magnitude of the Republicans’ defeat. He then opened his mouth to speak, but closed […]
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    This is The Beaverton good sir.

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      The either has to be italicized or lowercase, and it’s such a little thing but it’s driving me slightly mad.

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        No no no, it’s like The Ohio State University

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          stop, please, I can’t

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          Screw that I’m rooting for An Ohio State University. Go Kent State Dodgers!

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          But that’s how everyone says it!

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        Might make you less mad to read the italics as emphasis. because they’re emphasizing just that word because, that’s the one word that needed to be changed to correct the mistake.

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        Because both The Onion and The Beaverton have ‘The’ in their titles, the italics is emphasizing the difference between them… Though I don’t know if that’s correct, and on reread, it does bug me too.

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