Part of my job is transcribing word for word interviews we do. I won't say who to protect the innocent (namely myself), but yesterday was my tipping point.
I try, as a personal standard, to write everything EXACTLY as I hear it, even if it's incorrect, which in a lot of cases it is. However, while logging an interview yesterday, the guy in question used the word "supposebly". Not familiar with that word? Good...because it's not a word. I have integrity when it comes to accurately writing what they say, but I also have standards. I could not bring myself to type "supposebly". That's my line. I tried...I really did. I started to type it, but then I thought "No. This is not right. I can't let this behavior slide"...(besides, what if whoever read it thought I was the idiot who used the word, not the interviewee).
If you are reading this and you are totally confused...that means you are part of the select few idiots that think supposebly is a word. If that's the case, please proceed to the nearest cliff and jump.
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