The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom

‘In writing corrections and corresponding directly with readers we usually avoid industry jargon.’ Photograph: Anjo Kan/Alamy

As the new year started, a correction appeared below a story on the Guardian’s website that left some readers baffled and amused. It read: “This article was amended on 3 January 2023. The original furniture said the fireworks display was on Christmas Eve.”

“Oh, please do put a correction beneath this correction,” wrote one reader, “Unless you actually have a talking armoire in the Guardian offices.”