 “Oh my God”… among the many abbreviations the world of texting has unleashed. |
How many clichés does a newspaperperson pile up in decades at the typewriter and keyboard? How long is a piece of rope?
Somewhere between the exciting occasion of a first byline and the perhaps disappointing discovery of a first grey hair comes an epiphany: “I am starting to trot out familiar phrases.” The mishap “just waiting to happen”. . . the official who claims he has several responsibilities that mean he “wears many hats” . . . the reporter for whom so many smallish towns are “sleepy” and any island beset by an upheaval is “paradise lost.” You’ve read ’em all. |
