The Morally Righteous

Image courtesy of www.dreamstime.com

Every media appearance of a celebrity often depends on the people behind the scenes. While very few celebrities are innately witty and knowledgeable, a number can pretend to wing it and think that all viewers can tolerate their mistakes and not mind them at all. Even if writers have done their jobs and instructions have been given, some celebrities will lapse into their fossilized mistakes, which could be embarrassing at this age of grammar Nazis.

Thus, when Righteous Celebrity (RC) kept mispronouncing common words, some people in the audience could not help but be irritated by her speech. For example, she kept saying “Columbian,” instead of “Colombian.” While many will not mind the difference between the “u” and “o” sound, the pronunciation means a great deal in conveying meaning. In this case, the former refers to a university in New York, while the latter refers to a citizen from a country.

Incidentally, an FP follower pointed out certain errors in a recent work of RC. RC, having placed the country on the map in a contest a few years ago, is expected to be knowledgeable about the competition. Unfortunately, her work had several inconsistencies, such as the number of finalists in the competition where she participated years ago. Another alleged error is the year when a former winner ran in her home country for a national position. The year was 1998, but it was indicated as 2008. Either the work suffered from bad proofreading or RC did not check her facts.

As of now, RC has kept a low profile in the entertainment industry, and has opted to attempt to inspire the public to have a change of heart by using her experiences to convince them. However, most no longer find RC that credible as her last public pronouncements have created unwanted controversy among the different sectors of society, and perhaps, RC might want to check her facts as well.

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do. –Fran Lebowitz

Please abide by the GUIDELINES in writing comments if you want them to be posted. Initials and comments that are too explicit will not be accepted.

Follow @FashionPulis on Twitter for the latest update. Please continue to send your juicy stories to michaelsylim@gmail.com. Thank you very much for loving Fashion PULIS!

Disclaimer: The comments of the readers do not reflect the views and opinions of Fashion PULIS.