Here’s what happens when you have an interview.
First, the newspaper people turn out to be lovely and fun people, and you have a good old yack about yourself and what you’re doing.
Second, after the interview, you lay awake at night wondering what unfortunate things you might have said that they’ll quote out of context or otherwise mangle.
Then, when the article comes out, you tell yourself to make sure they use a tape recorder next time so they’ll get all the quotes right.
Such is the case with the latest interview in the Post on the swearing course. The publicity’s great, but really about half the quotes seem reconstructed from memory.
Also, I guessed that they’d put the atheist angle right up front. Never mind — some people will be shocked, but I’ve already come out to my mom and sister, so it’s a good time to go public.
The photo makes a little more sense if you realise that the small white object on the right is a bar of soap. It seemed funny at the time.
Well, not bad coverage, and good practice for working with the media. They did spell my name right.
20 January 2007 at 11:34 pm
I thin you should get someone to record the lectures and then post them to UTube or some such. I loved the article. It read well for you, dont worry about mis-quotes. So had did that all go with Mom and Sis?
21 January 2007 at 2:38 am
My UWA lectures do get recorded, but they only go to WebCT, for which you need a login. I wonder if I can help them escape.
The article isn’t so bad. I think I just cringe to see my words (inevitably) mangled by a non-specialist. But it was kind of funny in bits. Thanks.
And as for Mom and Sis, check the next post.
21 January 2007 at 11:13 am
I’ll tape them for you with the assistance of one Laura if you like :-). All for Jeffrey.
21 January 2007 at 12:04 pm
I’ve still got them all on my hard drive. Uploading them wouldn’t be a problem in itself, but don’t the lectures count as the University’s intellectual property?
21 January 2007 at 11:14 pm
Ash- Thank you, thats awful nice. If you two can get that to me Daniel won’t have to worry about it and I promise to leave it on my hard drive and off the internetz.
22 January 2007 at 10:12 am
I haven’t actually told Laura about our upcoming production of Mr Midgley’s lectures, but it appears they are on Monday nights, which could be a problem if I have choir. Hopefully choir won’t start until uni starts though, so it should be OK.
rzvyuej: An awkward but silent exclamation uttered when one realises that one has been locked into an inevitable “corriearklet” (Douglas Adams).
22 January 2007 at 10:13 am
And…Are you meant to be eating that bar of soap? As in, wash your mouth out when you swear? I’m possibly the last person to get the joke here.
Ice-skating tomorrow night!
22 January 2007 at 10:22 am
Ash nails it again.
22 January 2007 at 11:21 pm
*boogies*
25 January 2007 at 9:52 am
The Weekend Extra was so good this weekend. Music therapy, Moore River and linguistics all in one!
I’ll put a good picture (linguistically related) on my blog.