I met a few copywriters today again. It was funny meeting all of them as we are all of different ages and we come from extremely different backgrounds. We realised there is a vast generation gap between us. We have some with us whom parents don’t speak English at all as they came from China. And then there was another group whom parents were English educated. And then there were those where parents are too busy to ever be there to care very very much though i’m sure they are still loved.
I was one of the 2 who’s parents were English educated. The other was about 40 years old. In the middle of a conversation, he turned to me and said “Even if you are 40 years old and your mum is about 70, even if you have worked as a copywriter for about 20 years, even if you are married and have your own family, even if you are a senior copywriter and is one of the most well known in your country, your English educated mother will still correct your grammar every time you speak.”
I almost fell of my chair in laughter. This is the 2nd senior copywriter to have told me that and i still do find it very very amusing.
