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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 17. July 18 1977
A Nasty Review of the Reviewer
A Nasty Review of the Reviewer
Dear Sir,
Having just read Jean Bell's appalling review of "Don't Cry For Me Pahiatua" (written by Dave Smith) it has come to my attention that the reviewer has a very poor knowledge of the English Language. To quote:
"Quite a lot of abortion stuff too, dealt with in a peculiarly chauvinistic manner I thought".
Leaving outside the matter of elementary grammar I was particularly struck by the outrageous misuse, (common though it may be among feminist circles), of the word 'chauvinist'. This word, according to definition, is 'a person who sticks up for their own sex' [and hence female chauvinist, make chauvinist et cetera, ad nauseum]. I would suggest that in any future reviews that Mizz Jean Betts check up on any obscure long words she may have a desire to incorporate into the text so as to keep the appearance of her ignorance to a minimum.
Yours faithfully,
Illiterate Science Student.