New York Review of Books

[fabrisse]

Should it bother me as much as it does that a reviewer in the above publication makes repeated references to "cypruswood" rather than "cypress wood"?

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[snopes-faith.livejournal.com]

Hah. I have an otherwise wonderful book of the cover art of Tom Adams which explains his gorgeous artwork for Agatha Christie's novel "Sad Cyprus" (sic). Drives me nuts every time I get to that page.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Well, with all the tensions between Greece and Turkey, I suppose Cyprus is sad.

It's the homophones that will do me in.

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

If they weren't a reviewer, I'd shrug it off. But as a reviewer? *headdesk*

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

From the most prestigious book review journal (at least in its own mind) in the US, no less...

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

First the Wall Street Journal's slide into Right Wing Mania, now this. Good god.