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Local reporter pens gripping legal thriller, but she makes a mistake
By adamg on Tue, 12/29/2020 - 9:59am
Larry Davidson listens to the audio version of Hank Phillippi Ryan's The Murder List (affiliate link) and generally likes it, but finds one mistake that is surprising coming from a veteran Boston reporter:
[S]he suggests at one point that Brookline is in Middlesex County, but it’s actually in Norfolk ... Why should that tiny error bother me? Only because an important plot point hinges on a jurisdictional question between Suffolk and Middlesex counties, and it could be significant that Brookline is in Norfolk.
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Lazy or Normal Local Geomess?
That is bizarre. Sure I get that Spencer or Blown Away movie will willfully disregard local geography for the sake of the storyboards. But there is no excuse in a book where you have all the room you need to plothammer. And especially not acceptable from a well known local reporter. It can however get confusing around Chestnut Hill over which parts are Brookline or Newton [thus Norfolk or Middlesex county]. Could that be a factor?
Parts of Chestnut Hill are also in Boston.
That's right, kids. Our New England nonsensical attachment to obscure old fancy schmancy means that you've got a place with its own postal name (Chestnut Hill) and its own zip code (02446) that is in three separate counties.
It's dumb. Nix the phrase "Chestnut Hill" as a placename, and replace it with Newton, Brookline, or Boston as appropriate.
If you're going to get all worked up about Chestnut Hill ...
in a thread about errors in location references, at least get the zip code right (02467).
Ben Affleck will fix it
it in the Movie version., It will be in Charlestown, Dorchester or Southie,
Suffolk county. Bro.
Baby Fahking Wheel guy needs a cameo
You would think that she
You would think that she would have had a few people from Brookline read it first before it hit the market???
Google is your friend
I understand if I'm watching KTLA News and the reporter gets a detail about Boston wrong. But if a local reporter messes up something basic, there's no excuse.
A couple of weeks ago a reporter on Channel 10/NBC said "Broomfield Street" and I bitched about that for a good 10 minutes.
Signed, former newspaper reporter
Broadway
I yell at the TV whenever someone says “Broadway St.” or somesuch.
It's not just the TV
Some official documents from various local cities refer to various Broadways as Broadway Street.
Broomfield St
So did they mean Bromfield? Or Bloomfield?
Bromfield
It was about the Public Garden assault
a wizard did it:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ij5f6
Magoo sez
Magoo has always been intrigued by Hank Philippi Ryan’s three part name. Magoo thinks Magoo will change Magoo’s name to Magoo Magoo Magoo. The three part name is a class act. Magoo.
Good thing she didn’t say ....
... Norfolk with a Spanish accent!!!!
"How's the patient doing,
"How's the patient doing, Doctor?"
"Fine! He's going to make it.
""He"? You went in with a she!"
"One little mistake..."