The Burger King example will probably haunt me to my grave, but hey, I'm going to stick by it! If, somehow, you leave a note that managed to convince someone to go to the exact wrong place... you probably screwed up. I'm not talking about the case of the absent-minded friend, or the just plain stupid here. Typically, it's going to mean that something you wrote led the reader to the wrong location.
While I never meant to imply they actually used the word "McDonald's", (hey, *my* poor language choices, in that instance) I'll go with that too. Somewhere out there is a note where the author managed to convince the recipient they should go to the opposite of McDonalds! *g*
But mainly, and the reason I put an "or alternatively" in the example, was yes, to cover the issue of interpretation. The review's insistence that if you don't enjoy it, you're interpreting it incorrectly... Well, maybe you didn't communicate the interpretation you were determined I take away from it clearly enough. Or, maybe you were perfectly clear, and perfect understanding still doesn't lead me to any pleasure with the paragraph.
more about elevating her status as an Artist who knows what's good for you and knows more than you ever will.
My god, she's condescending in that review though, isn't she? There's a paragraph in there about waitresses in trailer parks reading her books that was probably meant to be grandly all-encompassing, or something, but just left me cold.
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Date: 2004-09-21 03:49 pm (UTC)While I never meant to imply they actually used the word "McDonald's", (hey, *my* poor language choices, in that instance) I'll go with that too. Somewhere out there is a note where the author managed to convince the recipient they should go to the opposite of McDonalds! *g*
But mainly, and the reason I put an "or alternatively" in the example, was yes, to cover the issue of interpretation. The review's insistence that if you don't enjoy it, you're interpreting it incorrectly... Well, maybe you didn't communicate the interpretation you were determined I take away from it clearly enough. Or, maybe you were perfectly clear, and perfect understanding still doesn't lead me to any pleasure with the paragraph.
more about elevating her status as an Artist who knows what's good for you and knows more than you ever will.
My god, she's condescending in that review though, isn't she? There's a paragraph in there about waitresses in trailer parks reading her books that was probably meant to be grandly all-encompassing, or something, but just left me cold.