tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7596431761450247580..comments2024-03-28T16:06:42.424-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: 'Legal' Miele washer dryer is the 'crown jewel' of this East Ninth Street condoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-79279571857492025402011-03-10T21:51:55.358-05:002011-03-10T21:51:55.358-05:00You guys must really hate copyeditors, who for dec...You guys must really hate copyeditors, who for decades have marked single lines at the tops of pages, and single 3-letter words on the last line of paragraphs, as "widows" and "orphans." :p<br /><br />Seriously, Lisa, I am very sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you. But real estate people routinely butcher the English language. Most (at least the ones who write their own ads) are only semi-literate at best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52704770164484804552011-03-10T18:48:49.222-05:002011-03-10T18:48:49.222-05:00Seriously, I'm not defending the fancy people ...Seriously, I'm not defending the fancy people who can afford these types of apartments, but I find the outrage erroneously generated over a typo to be as amusing as the ad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35880461991055146402011-03-10T18:46:32.159-05:002011-03-10T18:46:32.159-05:00Um, not "widowed": misspelling/typing er...Um, not "widowed": misspelling/typing error for WINDOW as in "placed under a window".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53879083463305731092011-03-09T17:23:41.526-05:002011-03-09T17:23:41.526-05:00I agree with HippieChick; as someone who was very ...I agree with HippieChick; as someone who was very unexpectedly widowed, I take great offense to the terminology of a "widowed sink". But her outraged comment and Marty's sardonic one re the "bootleg" Miele were both hilarious.Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18997084753575707102011-03-09T17:21:27.163-05:002011-03-09T17:21:27.163-05:00Yow: Vermin? I think "widowed" sink is m...Yow: Vermin? I think "widowed" sink is merely a typo for "windowed" sink: the sink is <br />positioned under a window. Real Estate people can be pretentious, and certainly obnoxious, and they are also notoriously poor writers. But honestly, I'd say a kitchen sink under a window is a nice feature, and a luxurious one in apartments where windows can be scarce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-84893560268184160362011-03-09T14:52:46.881-05:002011-03-09T14:52:46.881-05:00"The crown jewel is the legal Miele washer dr..."The crown jewel is the legal Miele washer dryer."<br /><br />Give me the bootleg Miele washer dryer any day of the week. It adds a feeling of danger as you're washing your underwear.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.martyafterdark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49383294455959279962011-03-09T13:34:04.957-05:002011-03-09T13:34:04.957-05:00A "Widowed sink"? What the hell is THAT,...A "Widowed sink"? What the hell is THAT, pray? If they mean "stand-alone sink", then fucking say so, you pretentious vermin posers. A widowed sink sounds as if it used to be married to the toilet bowl and got flushed...HippieChicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82548955970874103062011-03-09T10:10:59.005-05:002011-03-09T10:10:59.005-05:00wow east 9th street has come along way since we we...wow east 9th street has come along way since we were in a squatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com