Charles Kuralt - For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of str...

Charles Kuralt Zitate

For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy.

Charles Kuralt

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Für eine Weile war ich Stringer. Der Ausdruck stammt aus der alten Angewohnheit, die von Ihnen geschriebene Spalte Zoll zusammenzufügen. Sie würden es abmessen und Ihnen 10 Cent pro Zoll für Ihre gedruckte Ausgabe zahlen.

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