Blissful

PAY ATTENTION -- The St. Patrick's Day Parade in Philadelphia stepped off with the TV announcer praising the bagpipe band as it played "a great Irish ditty." It was the Marine Corps Hymn, "From the Halls of Montezuma."


OUPS -- The Oxford University Press needs a few good copy editors. In its book, American Immigration, A Very Short Introduction, the text credited population growth in Europe during the 18th and early 19th centuries to better nutrition and better sanitation, which "brought down morality rates." Yup, that'll do it.


SPELLCHECK REDUX -- The OUP let through a reference to emigrants needing a visa from a "counselor" office. It's "consular." And the New York Times let an r escape though inattention to meanings.