{"id":6713,"date":"2015-03-27T13:41:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T13:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6713"},"modified":"2015-03-27T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T13:41:41","slug":"10-things-youll-only-know-if-you-were-taught-by-david-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/27\/10-things-youll-only-know-if-you-were-taught-by-david-english\/","title":{"rendered":"10 things you&#039;ll only know if you were taught by David English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With David English&#8217;s last day as Editor-in-Chief of <em>The Cardiffian<\/em>, here&#8217;s a few things his students will never forget&#8230;<br \/>\n1. No matter how grammatically incorrect it is, THAT must always be eliminated from copy and replaced with WHICH or nothing at all.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffian_news\">@cardiffian_news<\/a> His red ink has left a lasting imprint in my sub&#8217;s brain&#8230; I can rarely see &#8216;that&#8217; without hitting delete <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/davidslastday?src=hash\">#davidslastday<\/a><br \/>\n\u2014 Fiona Roberts (@fillefi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fillefi\/status\/581422312030924801\">March 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2.\u00a0It is common courtesy to feign an interest in the Cardiff Blues, &#8220;the only team worth supporting&#8221;.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0Anything that moves in the wrong way is subject to David&#8217;s lambasting them as &#8220;b@\u00a3$*$\u00a3s!&#8221;<br \/>\n4.\u00a0Any attempt at writing a story about a cat will be shot down without fail. If you can read the handwriting THAT is&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cat-cropped.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6721 \" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cat-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"cat cropped\" width=\"531\" height=\"279\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6721 \" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cat-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"cat cropped\" width=\"531\" height=\"279\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> \u00a0<br \/>\n5. There are, in fact, big differences between birding, ornithology and twitching. Honestly.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0If you&#8217;re from the Valleys, or anywhere else with a reputation (Jersey), be prepared to have the fun\u00a0taken out of you for the entire year. Every. Single. Day. \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/hills-cropped.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6722\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/hills-cropped-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"hills cropped\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6722\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/hills-cropped-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"hills cropped\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n7. Phrases sticking in your head like &#8220;Ok, let&#8217;s have a conference!&#8221;, &#8220;is copy getting cleaner?&#8221; and\u00a0&#8220;Are you enjoying Cardiff?&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffian_news\">@cardiffian_news<\/a> LET&#8217;S HAVE A CONFERENCE \u2014 Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elenacresci\/status\/581381396708589568\">March 27, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraSLea\">@LauraSLea<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffian_news\">@cardiffian_news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryMcMorrow\">@HenryMcMorrow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjpeilow\">@cjpeilow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurenRProbert\">@LaurenRProbert<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harrietsime\">@harrietsime<\/a> You&#8217;re thinking like journalists now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/davidslastday?src=hash\">#davidslastday<\/a><br \/>\n\u2014 Nick Pritchard (@nickjhp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickjhp\/status\/581398189326123008\">March 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>8. David fuelling the rivalry between the newspaper option, the broadcasters and maglabbers. (Don&#8217;t tell David but we like them really!)<br \/>\n9. The malnourished-looking person\u00a0or the one\u00a0who always has a coat on will be branded &#8220;the vegetarian&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-6836 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10891971_10153243461602425_4694552336586597999_n-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"10891971_10153243461602425_4694552336586597999_n\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-6836 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10891971_10153243461602425_4694552336586597999_n-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"10891971_10153243461602425_4694552336586597999_n\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n10.\u00a0This look of disappointment.<br \/>\nWhat do you remember about David?<br \/>\nJust as he asks every executive team member at the end of every production day, we will be asking him later: &#8220;what do you pass on to your successor?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With David English&#8217;s last day as Editor-in-Chief of The Cardiffian, here&#8217;s a few things his students will never forget&#8230; 1. 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