tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post2975224583500539242..comments2023-08-19T06:19:28.990-04:00Comments on the nytpicker: Great Writing By Eric Konigsberg About Grosse Point--"Where The E's Are Silent But Still Do All The Work."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-43170790721445503062009-05-11T17:39:00.000-04:002009-05-11T17:39:00.000-04:00Add one more to the "I didn't get the lede" list. ...Add one more to the "I didn't get the lede" list. I started thinking "The E's do all the work? What E's? Employees? Immigrants? No - that doesn't have an E. What is he talking about?" It was only reading your comments that I realized the "E" referred to the the E at the end of Grosse -- and even then, it seems like a strained piece of writing that never explained how the e's did all the work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-73426956265407566252009-05-11T14:03:00.000-04:002009-05-11T14:03:00.000-04:00Initially I thought that also, but it seems too ob...Initially I thought that also, but it seems too obvious for a thing of beauty.<br />Maybe it's funnier in French.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-14654465767401088722009-05-11T12:52:00.000-04:002009-05-11T12:52:00.000-04:00I also had to think three or four times to underst...I also had to think three or four times to understand the joke and I'm not even sure I sussed out the joke that Konigsberg wanted to make. <br /><br />My reading is that without the silent e at the end of each word, it would just be "Gross Point" which doesn't sound very sophisticated. If I were writing the lede, I would have said, "Where the E's are silent but gild the name with French grace."<br /><br />But maybe I'm being too literal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-7377431812203437342009-05-11T10:48:00.000-04:002009-05-11T10:48:00.000-04:00Perhaps I'm thick, but I still don't get the joke ...Perhaps I'm thick, but I still don't get the joke in this lede.<br /><br />"...where the e’s are silent but still do all the work..." sure sounds good, but what does it mean? I see the silent e's, but what work are they doing? Who are the e's?<br /><br />The last time I was in Grosse Pointe the only people I saw actually working were "tradesmen" as I think they're called by the natives, but they didn't have e's on their shirts or anything so obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-60125960395735015252009-05-10T18:12:00.000-04:002009-05-10T18:12:00.000-04:00Nice story. It's always heartwarming to see a repo...Nice story. It's always heartwarming to see a reporter so enamored of his subjects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-38437699956270549072009-05-10T17:27:00.000-04:002009-05-10T17:27:00.000-04:00Now HERE'S something to agree upon. Eric is terrif...Now HERE'S something to agree upon. Eric is terrific and this lede was a thing of beautyMichael Powellnoreply@blogger.com