Those of us who make a living correcting other people's writing have long been familiar with the standard proofreader's marks; now Eve Corbel has come up with some useful additions. The world has long needed a symbol for "remove permanently from your lexicon." (Via Taccuino di traduzione.)
Posted by languagehat at December 12, 2006 08:44 AMI wonder about the origin of the second mark. Letting the cat out of the can of worms?
Posted by: AJ at December 12, 2006 09:22 AMIt's probably some sort of a snake-cat hybrid. Cat-dog hybrid is difficult to draw, I imagine.
There's still one mark I'm missing: something for "what the fruity fish is this supposed to mean?". I've just finished proofreading an article and this one would have come very handy...
The second mark is clearly an impotent worm who tries to act tough but who is just a sniveling little pussycat. That or a snake in the grass playing a game of cat and mouse.
Posted by: antiphrast at December 15, 2006 06:51 PM