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Category Archives: Language

February 26, 2013

Copy editors take to the streets? Reply

by West Coast Editor • Curios, Language • Tags: AP Stylebook, CMS, Montreal riot police at play, scottmontreal, The Associated Press Stylebook, The Chicago Manual of Style, The Onion

DIVERSIONS. Yikes! Have stressed-out copy editors turned to violence? More…

December 21, 2012

Winter Word Art Reply

by CherylHannah.com • Curios, Language, Word Art • Tags: Avalanche tips, Humour, Rosemarie Jarski

DIVERSIONS. More…

December 21, 2012

Bookshelf: more mini book-reviews Reply

by CherylHannah.com • Book reviews, Curios, Language • Tags: Reading

DIVERSIONS. More three- to five-word book reviews of Christmas gift-worthy books. More…

November 22, 2012

Hark! The Harried Editors Sing! (lyrics) 2

by CherylHannah.com • Language • Tags: Christmas carols, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Humour

DIVERSIONS. It’s time for West Coast Editor’s annual, editing-themed Christmas carol. This year’s panegyric to editors is sung to the tune of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” More…

November 18, 2012

OED crowdsourcing redux 1

by West Coast Editor • Curios • Tags: Crowdsourcing, Lexicography, OED, OED Appeals, Oxford English Dictionary, Philology

DIVERSIONS. In 1859, the British and American public was called upon to crowdsource what would eventually become the Oxford English Dictionary. The call has gone out again. More…

November 18, 2012

Bookshelf: mini book-reviews Reply

by CherylHannah.com • Book reviews, Curios, Language • Tags: Reading

DIVERSIONS. Three- to five-word book reviews of Christmas-gift-worthy books. More…

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