Ryan ChartrandMarci Palla, you’re my favorite. I think it is a testament to the quality of our newspaper (and by extension our journalism department) that we can have a writer (who can’t spell) such as yourself writing a weekly column about words! For instance, most people would have (correctly) spelled last week’s word as “résumé,” but not you! Now, it may trouble you to know that Wikipedia and dictionary.com (your favored scholastic resources, I am sure) aver your (mis)spelling of the word, but do not fret! Simply look up hypercorrection (specifically regarding diacritics) on either of those Web sites should you feel the need to reaffirm your status as the Mustang Daily’s foremost iconoclastic writer.
But your avant-gardism doesn’t stop there! You even took it upon yourself to twice (mis)correct the career services guidelines to say “resumé.” But what intrigues me most is how the byline of all three of your articles talks about this notion of the “venacular of college life.” At first I thought this was a typo, but now that I am more familiar with your oeuvre, I realize that it must be deliberate. I anxiously await the day when the word of the week is venacular.
I would also like to give proper credit to the editor(s) of this fine newspaper. Without them, the talent of their writing staff wouldn’t be able to shine through like it does.
Ryan Moriarty
physics senior
EDITOR’S NOTE: Accenting the word resumé as such (rather than as “résumé” or “resume”) was not a mistake but rather was correct and intentional on the part of editors; that style is commonly used and widely accepted, and Wikipedia.com and Dictionary.com do in fact note that all three styles of the word are acceptable.