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Alas … after going over a year without catching an example of the egregious misuse of the word, Will Self in an opeddish thing in BBC Magazine (of all places): For what I think we require, as a society, is some sort of collective vomitorium. Not, you appreciate, that I expect you – like those … Continue reading Vomitorium Watch
The incipit of a piece in the Bradenton Herald: What the heck is “vomitory seating”? That’s a question readers had after seeing the Bradenton Herald’s Oct. 18 story about future renovations at McKechnie Field. It contained a Fawley/Bryant architectural rendering that included the term vomitory seating. “Will someone please tell me what that is?” John … Continue reading Vomitorium: Someone Gets it Right
In my never-ending quest to ensure journalists ‘get it right’, from an ABC piece about eating disorders, inter alia: Contrary to popular belief, vomitoriums were not used by the Roman elite to get rid of their stomach contents. The vomitorium is an architectural structure within the Roman amphitheatre, designed to alleviate crowds by allowing the … Continue reading Vomitorium: Another One Gets it Right
Image via Wikipedia Hot on the heels of someone actually using the word ‘vomitorium‘ correctly, we lapse into our old sin … and it’s kind of surprising who is doing it. Here’s the incipit from the Times: He owes his success to history, but the author Terry Deary has described historians as “seedy and devious”. … Continue reading Vomitorium Watch … Alas …
Kudos accrues to Ian Shuttleworth in the Financial Times! The Old Market is not as accommodating a theatre space as it appears: playing on three sides like this puts the performers some distance away from the main bank of audience. However, director Jo McInnes counteracts this by smart use of vomitorium aisles for entrances, exits … Continue reading Vomitorium … Someone Gets it Right!
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