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Andrew Chadwick
Guest
On 2004-06-16 11:43 +0000, Colin Blackburn wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:30:11 +0100, Robert Bruce <willbedeletedoffserver@analytical-
> dynamics.co.uk> wrote:
>> I note that the BBC is continuing its project of dumbing
>> down to the level of BSkyB by employing journalists who
>> are unaware of this.
>
> I suspect a Cyclox press release uses the term. online BBC
> stories are little more than pasted in press releases.
> They have to fill the space somehow.
From the Cyclox press release I received, cut and pasted:
# CYCLOX (the Cycling Campaign for Oxford), OxPA (Oxford
# Pedestrians' Association) and OxFoE (Oxford Friends of the
# Earth) did a COMMUTER CHALLENGE from the Bingo Hall on the
# corner of Cowley and Magdalen Roads to Oxford railway
# station at 8.15 a.m. today.
Copies might be available to pedants who feel the need and
ask nicely. No, I'm not a member and had nothing to do with
the challenge.
My eyebrows raise at "did a commuter challenge", but
"challenged one another and a couple of other guys to ..."
sounds unwieldy.
--
Andrew Chadwick You never hear a Cricket crowd chanting
"who's the ******* in the hat?"
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:30:11 +0100, Robert Bruce <willbedeletedoffserver@analytical-
> dynamics.co.uk> wrote:
>> I note that the BBC is continuing its project of dumbing
>> down to the level of BSkyB by employing journalists who
>> are unaware of this.
>
> I suspect a Cyclox press release uses the term. online BBC
> stories are little more than pasted in press releases.
> They have to fill the space somehow.
From the Cyclox press release I received, cut and pasted:
# CYCLOX (the Cycling Campaign for Oxford), OxPA (Oxford
# Pedestrians' Association) and OxFoE (Oxford Friends of the
# Earth) did a COMMUTER CHALLENGE from the Bingo Hall on the
# corner of Cowley and Magdalen Roads to Oxford railway
# station at 8.15 a.m. today.
Copies might be available to pedants who feel the need and
ask nicely. No, I'm not a member and had nothing to do with
the challenge.
My eyebrows raise at "did a commuter challenge", but
"challenged one another and a couple of other guys to ..."
sounds unwieldy.
--
Andrew Chadwick You never hear a Cricket crowd chanting
"who's the ******* in the hat?"