June 16, 2005

Copy Editor in Deep Doo-Doo?

Of several errors in Jacob Richler's "The Scooter Diaries" article in today's National Post, the following one takes the cake:

"... I like Vespa's style -- because the first image the brand name conjures for me is a young Jean-Paul Belmondo, helmetless, tearing down some street in Rome with an unfiltered cigarette dangling from his lower lip and a babe hanging onto his waste..."

Yuck!

Posted by Paul at June 16, 2005 09:58 AM