Post by orange77 on Jul 29, 2019 20:39:53 GMT -5
It's a slow news week, so this seems like a good time to share an amusing reply I got from a friend after I corrected his misspelling of "Siena". He claimed this was in a Times Union article:
Siena (now Sienna) College Corrects Long-held Spelling Error
With an eye to traditions, and setting the record straight, the new Dean of Siena college, and historian, William O'Connor, today announced that, as his first official act in office, the name of the college will be restored to its historical form "Sienna". Sienna was just one of many examples of an early orchestrated plunder of American public resources that began around 1720. At that time, dictionary mogul Webster Inc, hatched a plot to have many of the letters of the English language stripped from the public domain and given to them, at no costs, by the House of Lords. They made millions in reduced printing costs, and by selling back the letters to the original owners. In this early example of "what are they thinking?", a condition that persists to this day, many of the victims rejoiced at this new American spirit, waving flags as they handed over money to pay for what had been taken from them.
The Dean's ancestor, Wiliam O'Conor, author of "the great Misisipi River" was one of the first to try to right this wrong.
Sorry, but I'm just waiting and hoping to hear some good news from Rashem Dun...
Siena (now Sienna) College Corrects Long-held Spelling Error
With an eye to traditions, and setting the record straight, the new Dean of Siena college, and historian, William O'Connor, today announced that, as his first official act in office, the name of the college will be restored to its historical form "Sienna". Sienna was just one of many examples of an early orchestrated plunder of American public resources that began around 1720. At that time, dictionary mogul Webster Inc, hatched a plot to have many of the letters of the English language stripped from the public domain and given to them, at no costs, by the House of Lords. They made millions in reduced printing costs, and by selling back the letters to the original owners. In this early example of "what are they thinking?", a condition that persists to this day, many of the victims rejoiced at this new American spirit, waving flags as they handed over money to pay for what had been taken from them.
The Dean's ancestor, Wiliam O'Conor, author of "the great Misisipi River" was one of the first to try to right this wrong.
Sorry, but I'm just waiting and hoping to hear some good news from Rashem Dun...