This Is Getting Ridiculous

Introduction

Stephanie Hoogstad published this article yesterday, and I said it was probably not too much of a problem, but maybe it could be:

The Reason Why With Examples

My latest poem was rejected because it contained the word "Espinela" a few times, because that is the form that I used. The solution is to remove the "offending" words, publish, then re-add the words you removed to get the story published.

Using a foreign word or phrase does not make the story in a foreign language, so phrases like "c'est la vie", "carpe diem" and "status quo" should be fine, and the last one is also a band name, so it may appear on playlists.

Two years ago, Vocal had this challenge:

It required entrants to make up a new word, and under the current regime, every entry would have been initially rejected.

Love to hear your experiences and thoughts.

The music is "Rejection" by AC/DC.

And yes, it did get rejected initially: