Author Topic: New column-type thingy (Read 112649 times)

Brinestone · « **Reply #275 on:** October 29, 2011, 07:31:31 AM »

Does he even read your blog?

(I mean, yeah, you DO hate AP style, but I don't see what that has to do with your username.)

Jonathon · « **Reply #276 on:** October 29, 2011, 08:18:47 AM »

Well, on Twitter my user icon is just AP. And I'm guessing no, he doesn't read my blog.

pooka · « **Reply #277 on:** October 29, 2011, 10:43:46 AM »

So what is the twitter handle? I'm trying to decide if AP is strongly enough associated with style to suggest you might have anticipated that association. To me, AP is associated with classes first and then news. Was there a fake AP style twitter thing for a while?

Jonathon · « **Reply #278 on:** October 29, 2011, 10:48:02 AM »

My Twitter handle is ArrantPedantry. And here's FakeAPStylebook. It's still a thing.

Jonathon · « **Reply #279 on:** October 29, 2011, 08:51:30 PM »

New post: "Whose Pronoun Is That??

Jonathon · « **Reply #280 on:** November 06, 2011, 12:48:26 PM »

"Till Kingdom Come", on the decline and fall of a preposition.

Jonathon · « **Reply #281 on:** December 06, 2011, 10:28:46 PM »

Distinctions, Useful and Otherwise

BlackBlade · « **Reply #282 on:** December 07, 2011, 08:11:05 AM »

When I'm no longer uninterested, I'll peruse your latest post.

KarlEd · « **Reply #283 on:** December 07, 2011, 11:42:48 AM »

Quote from: Jonathon on December 06, 2011, 10:28:46 PM

Distinctions, Useful and Otherwise

I enjoyed that.

Jonathon · « **Reply #284 on:** December 07, 2011, 11:49:02 AM »

Thanks, Karl!

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #285 on:** December 07, 2011, 12:05:55 PM »

Karl's here? When did Karl get here?

Hi Karl!

Porter · « **Reply #286 on:** December 07, 2011, 01:26:03 PM »

Karl's very fickle. Hard to pin down.

Or at least his current avatar is.

dkw · « **Reply #287 on:** December 07, 2011, 02:24:41 PM »

I enjoyed that one also, and read a few back that I'd missed. How is your research project coming? Mom doesn't read over here (that I know of) but she's a retired professional editor* and I could point her this way if you still need people.

*This is how I justify the fact that I still have my mommy check my homework even in grad school. She's the best proofreader on the planet.

Jonathon · « **Reply #288 on:** December 07, 2011, 02:43:35 PM »

I've gotten about a dozen volunteers, though only four have returned their edited manuscripts to me. I think I'll be able to write my thesis just fine without them, though it'd be nice to have that extra data to make sure my results and conclusions are valid. From what I've seen so far, though, the changes from the professional editors are pretty comparable to the ones made by the students. But if she'd like to participate, I'd be glad to have her.

KarlEd · « **Reply #289 on:** December 07, 2011, 08:18:55 PM »

Quote from: Tante Shvester on December 07, 2011, 12:05:55 PM

Karl's here? When did Karl get here?

Hi Karl!

<waves>

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #290 on:** December 08, 2011, 05:12:06 AM »

Quote from: dkw on December 07, 2011, 02:24:41 PM

I enjoyed that one also, and read a few back that I'd missed. How is your research project coming? Mom doesn't read over here (that I know of) but she's a retired professional editor* and I could point her this way if you still need people.

*This is how I justify the fact that I still have my mommy check my homework even in grad school. She's the best proofreader on the planet.

I proofread my mother's doctoral dissertation when I was in high school.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #291 on:** December 08, 2011, 06:41:56 AM »

Quote from: Tante Shvester on December 08, 2011, 05:12:06 AM

Quote from: dkw on December 07, 2011, 02:24:41 PM
I enjoyed that one also, and read a few back that I'd missed. How is your research project coming? Mom doesn't read over here (that I know of) but she's a retired professional editor* and I could point her this way if you still need people.

*This is how I justify the fact that I still have my mommy check my homework even in grad school. She's the best proofreader on the planet.

I proofread my mother's doctoral dissertation when I was in high school.

Sounds like she got quite stressed out towards then end, almost to the point of insanity some might say.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #292 on:** December 08, 2011, 07:48:03 AM »

I was her proofreader all through her doctoral education, so pretty much through most of my high school career. This was before spellcheck, so I kept a dictionary at hand throughout. It was a way that I could help out and contribute. That and fixing supper and driving carpools and picking up groceries. The oldest child tends to get the most responsibilities. I don't think she ever had my younger sibs do any proofreading.

Anyway, I liked doing it. In my last job, I was the go-to girl for proofing and editing. In my current job, they don't believe in proofreading or editing (apparently). Sets my teeth on edge, it does.

Jonathon · « **Reply #293 on:** December 23, 2011, 02:39:45 PM »

Which Hunting

The Genuine · « **Reply #294 on:** December 23, 2011, 05:22:47 PM »

Great article.

I'm a stickler when it comes to which Rule.

Jonathon · « **Reply #295 on:** December 23, 2011, 10:16:44 PM »

Thanks, and I'm sorry to hear that.

pooka · « **Reply #296 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:53:19 AM »

I was just looking up the origin of "fish or cut bait". I used "cut bait" to mean quit, but as I thought about it I realized it might actually mean being relegated to a menial task. Wikipedia suggests that is the original meaning, but it was in a phrase "fish, cut bait, or go ashore."

I guess I'm posting it in this thread because it is informed by the question of whether an older usage is necessarily better.

Jonathon · « **Reply #297 on:** January 11, 2012, 11:08:39 AM »

I've never heard either of those phrases and have no opinion.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #298 on:** January 11, 2012, 12:17:24 PM »

I'm surprised. I thought they were common parlance.

Jonathon · « **Reply #299 on:** January 11, 2012, 12:39:37 PM »

Maybe it's a regional thing.