Paging Mr. Lnu
Readers probably think I obsess on the local paper's inadequacies, but it's really just astounding to me how BAD a paper it is considering that it's the only one in the nation's fourth largest city. Besides, I try NOT to read the thing -- I'm a casual reader at best, so I can only imagine how much I might post if I obsessively read it cover to cover (but that five minutes is best spent on more important matters daily). Anyway, Connelly found something funny, which I'm going to reproduce:
RIP, Mr. LnuNo, I don't obsess over the Chron. It really IS that bad.The February 4 Chronicle contained a brief item on a traffic accident that killed three people the previous day.
"Natalie Gilmore, Jermaine Talley and Wyndall Lnu died in the accident�The three passengers in [Dominique] Conrad's car -- Gilmore, Talley and Lnu -- were declared dead at the scene," the story read.
The deaths are sad, of course, and the victims' relatives deserve sympathy. None of those relatives, however, is named Lnu. As cop reporters and (most) copy editors know, "LNU" is an acronym on police reports for "last name unknown."
"When I started out�I was seeing all these names of 'Fnu Lnu,' and I thought it was some Chinese gangster," says Harris County sheriff's Lieutenant John Denholm. He's head of the traffic enforcement division, which listed the victim as "Lnu" until his real last name, Walker, was determined.
[Posted at 00:10 CST on 02/21/02] [Link]
