NY Times Correction: Bilbo's Sword

[TarionzCousin]

The New York Times got the name of Bilbo's sword wrong.

Oops.

Link.

There really is one NY Times correction to rule them all: last weekend, the Gray Lady wrote a cute little piece about well-read Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, and his unusual predilection for naming his baseball bats after Beowulf and The Hobbit references...except it seems someone hasn't been reading their Encyclopedia of Arda lately.

In the original piece, it said: "One bat іѕ called Orcrist thе Goblin Ax аnd thе οthеr іѕ Hrunting. Dickey, аn avid reader, ѕаіd thаt Orcrist came frοm Thе Hobbit; іt іѕ thе blade Bilbo Baggins uses іn thе Misty Mountains. Hrunting — thе H іѕ ѕіlеnt, Dickey ѕаіd—came frοm thе epic poem Beowulf; іt іѕ thе sword Beowulf uses tο kіll Grendel’s mother." However, as the correction points out, "Orcrist was the sword used by the dwarf Thorin Oakenshield in the book." Thus, the Times, and Dickey to a lesser extent, were publicly shamed by Middle Earth enthusiasts the internet over.

 

[Mark CMG]

When game worlds collide . . .

 

[jaerdaph]

Maybe the Mets can acquire Glamdring the Foe-hammer before the deadline and get out of last place in the NL East...

 

[Rhun]

Maybe the Mets can acquire Glamdring the Foe-hammer before the deadline and get out of last place in the NL East...

Glamdring was always my favorite.

 

[Mark CMG]

Little matters in MLB as long as the Yankees have Smaug's hoard AND the Arkenstone.

 

[Styxs]

It's ironic when reporters or journalists write articles on topics they know nothing about. It really shows in their work.

 

[Scott DeWar]

It's ironic when reporters or journalists write articles on topics they know nothing about. It really shows in their work.

Wait, that would be any thing they write!

 

[Relique du Madde]

Just imagine the amount of nerd rage they recieved from all the sports page readers.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

That certainly puts a new spin on the whole "high-school bully vs nerd" relationship!

 

[TarionzCousin]

Just imagine the amount of nerd rage they recieved from all the sports page readers.

Some of that at reddit.com.