Ours is called “Tom”

February 25th, 2004 · No Comments

File under New Yorker mistakes: I’m not one to complain about unfair coverage of the Red Sox, but it struck me as pretty strange that in the “Talk of the Town” article on the A-Rod trade in the March 1st New Yorker, Boston Mayor Tom Menino was mistakenly called “Mayor Michael Menino,” as if the author was so used to following up “Mayor” with “Michael.” The first full article in the issue deals with one such mayor, Michael Bloomberg, but that doesn’t mean all mayors have to be named Michael, does it?

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