Newsflash

I know you’ve always wondered what pirates eat. The Newspaper of Record provides the answer: “normal human-being food.”

I also learned from this article that pirates have spokesmen, though I have to assume that the Times’ copy editor deleted all the “Arrrrr”s and “Me hearty”s and “Swab the deck”s from this one’s speech for clarity.

All in all, this is probably the best newspaper article I’ve ever read.

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  By Tim, September 30, 2008 @ 3:06 pm

  Dr J: It’s always tough to know whether to report quoted material in dialect. If done improperly, it can come off as condescending and judgmental. It’s a tough line to walk.

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