By all accounts, Phillip Kennedy Johnson is a nice guy; very well-rounded and highly talented. A veteran, an accomplished musician, a popular comic book writer.
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But he clearly has no idea what "itinerant" means (something or someone that travels from place to place, from the Latin "iter/itineris", meaning "journey") or cares to make sure he knows the words he has his characters use. If there is anything a brick-and-mortar medical facility is NOT, it is "itinerant".
That is ignorant and lazy writing and I myself don't have patience for that in my comics. Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age writers--well, they BUTCHERED science constantly beyond all recognition. Plotting? Insane; absurd.
But ... words? They were WRITERS. Words were their craft. With few exceptions I can recall, they knew the words they used and used them correctly. It doesn't seem like that high a standard to insist on.
You COULD make up a case that this is intentional; it's to show that the PENGUIN uses words he doesn't know. But we both know that's not the case here. It's particularly insulting that this bungle is forced upon one of DC's characters known best for erudition and eloquence.
I was about to buy this comic. Then I saw that. Honestly, if the writers AND EDITORS at DC don't care about what their characters are saying...
why should I?
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