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The Times has trouble with these things. On Sept. 19, the Times’ man in Las Vegas covered a title fight between Julio Cesar Chavez and Meldrick Taylor. Mr. Chavez knocked Mr. Taylor down in the eighth. THe referee let the fallen pugilist continue, but Mr. Chavez “began wailing away to end the bout and resurrect his career.”
Wailing away? Come now. The triumphant antagonist whaled away; he struck vigorously, he defeated soundly. The verb, origin unknown, dates from 1790.
We many condone homophonic confusion in newspapers on the lower slopes of Olympus. Should we forgive such transgressions at the peak? Headline in the Time on July 19:'“IRS Workers Were Peaking at Returns.” No such thing. Curious workers were peeking at returns. Taxpayers had a right to be piqued.
On Aug. 30, the Times filed a story on luxury automobiles. BMW, it appears, has added touches of wood and begun installing seats “with wrinkled, rather than taught, leather.” From old cows, that is, rather than from educated cows.
Homophones happen. Ugly leads ought not to happen. From the New
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