Chinese Economic Journal to British Writer
We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. If we were to publish your paper, it would be impossible for us to publish any work of a lower standard. And as it is unthinkable that we shall see its equal in the next thousand years, we are, to our regret, compelled to return your divine composition and beg you a thousand times to overlook our short sight and timidity.
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Boundless delight indeed! Are there any better ways of rejecting a submission? I wonder what was the British writer’s reaction when he read that? :)
Taken from "How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous & Infamous."
8 comments:
British writer writes back:
"Thank you for your kind words of encouragement, which are heartwarming and amusing at the same time. It's a pity that I cannot get my article published in your top journal, which, incidentally, struck me as one that publishes low-quality papers. This was precisely why I tried to produce the lowest quality article I could. And this, believe me, takes great skill and talent." :)
Omg...these Chinamen are funny...
SgMacross
that's a great reply, hahaha!
Ouch! ;p
Hey SM,
Actually they were being diplomatic lah. :)
I think that's what we call an encouraging rejection. :-)
tis kinda rejection, dunnoe to be discourage or encourage.... :P
We have read your manuscript had cought my attention..Its just huge and intense to recive a rejection ...I for one would not like to try..It really puts me down..
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