Tipsy Donne is not amused.

[mothwing]

According to our exam registration office, the title of my final paper is [sic!]:

"Event and Performativity in John Donne's Snaps and Sonnets and Divine Poems".

Needless to say, the title should be, "Event and Performativity in John Donne's Songs and Sonnets and Divine Poems" - at least that's what my professor said he'd hand in, and I sincerely doubt he'd make such a big typo. I have no idea what's up with the random text style of the title, nor what the fuck "snaps and sonnets" are supposed to be, but I do know one thing: officially, titles can't be changed after they are handed in at the registration office, especially not once they are sent out.

So I might end up writing 60-80 pages on snaps, which, according to Wikipedia, is:

"a small shot of a strong alcoholic beverage taken during the course of a meal. A ritual that is associated with drinking snaps is a tradition in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden and in some cases Denmark."

Or, of course, the plural of snap:

"a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing. A circular lip under one disc fits into a groove on the top of the other, holding them fast until a certain amount of force is applied. Snap fasteners are often used in children's clothing, as they are relatively easy for youngsters to use."

I think I may need some snaps now...

Comments

[utter-pirate.livejournal.com]

Exploding Snap! ;)

Seriously, that's tragically hilarious.

Tragic because I can't believe they messed up something as important as this and hilarious because nobody realised 'Snaps and Sonnets' is not, in fact, a commonly used title for English poetry collections...

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

I doubt that these people know much about... anything, really. That's why we have to write our final papers in German while Crocky can write hers in any language she likes.

It's still baffling just how badly these people managed to fail, as I can't believe that any spell checker would turn a misspelled "songs" into "snaps". o.O