Comments on: The Worst Of The ‘Best’ From The Beijinger’s 6-Word Contest Really Are The Best http://beijingcream.com/2012/03/the-beijinger-six-word-contest/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: » The Situation Is Excellent: The Week That Was At Beijing Cream Beijing Cream http://beijingcream.com/2012/03/the-beijinger-six-word-contest/#comment-1236 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:09:31 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=1206#comment-1236 [...] journalism ethics and we called ‘em out on it. The Beijinger published its list of “50 best” from its six-word contest, which speaks for [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Lethem http://beijingcream.com/2012/03/the-beijinger-six-word-contest/#comment-267 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:11:58 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=1206#comment-267 “Beijing expats need to loosen up” (no comma needed)

]]> By: Terri http://beijingcream.com/2012/03/the-beijinger-six-word-contest/#comment-262 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:39:33 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=1206#comment-262 He’s got a point. If those are the 50 best, what were the 50 worst?

Take: “stuck in traffic, might be late” That reads like a boilerplate text message. How about “going to shop, need anything? – John”

“Faces stare at what they’re not”. What? Is that a misplaced rock lyric?

Then there’s the lyrical fails like “Bicycles in a jigsaw of hutongs” (yawn!) and the last four not-know-where-to-look bad atrocities… that’s their BEST?!

]]> By: The Tao http://beijingcream.com/2012/03/the-beijinger-six-word-contest/#comment-261 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:17:11 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=1206#comment-261 In all fairness, I did quite like: “English teacher’s party! See you their!” and “Dao! Dao! Dao! Dao…Dao…Hao!”

One man’s pedantry is another man’s punctuation? “it’s not alcoholism it’s just Beijing” lost a point in my book for the missing comma; otherwise, not bad either.

]]> By: Jonathan Lethem http://beijingcream.com/2012/03/the-beijinger-six-word-contest/#comment-260 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:12:16 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=1206#comment-260 C’mon man, some of those on the full-page-spread are inspired. General tao’s just being pedantic – though his caveat restaurant maybe deserved to get a mention.

]]> By: shucks http://beijingcream.com/2012/03/the-beijinger-six-word-contest/#comment-259 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:06:04 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=1206#comment-259 Goes to show Beijinger is crap.

Your entries are by far better.

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