ACTive Voice issue 3 2021

Back Page Bloopers
From The Guardian (UK)’s regular corrections and clarifications column.
• Malapropism corner: “With the prime minister and his cabinet publicly flaunting their own guidance, it is
perhaps little wonder mask wearing has dropped significantly” (No masks and no plan: a perilous winter
awaits, 19 September 2021, page 40) https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/26/for-the-record.
[It would have been much better if they had been flaunting the guidance, rather than flouting it! -Ed]
• Homophone corner: “He then had a dozen oysters and a draft Guinness, followed by some Sachertorte”
(Why Len Deighton is set to thrill a new generation, 2 May 2021, page 42)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/may/16/for-the-record
[Sounds like it was a very sketchy meal! -Ed]
• An analysis piece (“Agreement to tax Google, Facebook is historic. Will Brexit Britain stay onside?”,
6 June 2021) said Joe Biden had “a headwind of support for higher taxes on corporations and the super-rich
to pay for his recovery programmes”. The intended word was “tailwind”
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jun/13/for-the-record-observer-corrections
[It’s all a matter of perspective – perhaps it looks like a headwind from the direction of the super-rich? -Ed]
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President Eris Jane Harrison
Vice-President Elizabeth Ganter
Secretary Ngaire Kinnear
Treasurer Geoff Dawson
Assistant Treasurer vacant
Membership Secretary Mark Taylor
Online Communications Vicki Taylor
Public Officer Gina Dow
Professional Development Coordinator
Nigel Brew
Meetings Coordinator Eris Harrison
Website Manager Howard Silcock
Newsletter Editor Deb Fleming
Immediate Past President Kate Potter
General Committee
Elizabeth Manning Murphy
Gil Garcon
Non-Committee positions
ACT Mentoring Coordinator Kaaren Sutcliffe
Catering Coordinator Mary Webb
ACTive Voice
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Volume 31, Number 3, July to September 2021
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