My OperaRemembrance of Things Past
Monday, June 22, 2009 2:55:56 PM
This has no relevance to Blagden Alley or Naylor Court, but only to this blog.
The editor spent many years in the computer world. The various computer grammars of the several languages he had to learn sorely tested what the Benedictines and Jesuits had tried to inculcate. Over time, he thinks he has gained most of that back.
However, he finally looked http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/pubstyle.html to check whether the four seasons are capitalized. He was sure at some earlier point in his life, but the quality of writing and editing he is exposed to there days is not necessarily good training: See, for example, the Saturday morning letters to the editor section in the WaPo. At any rate, the NYU "PUBLICATION STYLE" has:
Seasons are lowercased (spring, summer, fall, winter) unless part of a proper noun (Dartmouth Winter Festival).
The last part was the reason for this post. His high school debate partner was one year ahead of him, and went to Dartmouth. Sometime during the editor's senior year, he saw the former debate partner. He was describing the "Dartmouth Winter Festival", which he called the "Dartmouth Winter Carnival". He commented that Bennett Cerf had said that "if all the girls at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival were laid end to end, he wouldn't be surprised". Since Cerf went to Columbia, the editor wonders how he could have said such a thing.
The editor spent many years in the computer world. The various computer grammars of the several languages he had to learn sorely tested what the Benedictines and Jesuits had tried to inculcate. Over time, he thinks he has gained most of that back.
However, he finally looked http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/pubstyle.html to check whether the four seasons are capitalized. He was sure at some earlier point in his life, but the quality of writing and editing he is exposed to there days is not necessarily good training: See, for example, the Saturday morning letters to the editor section in the WaPo. At any rate, the NYU "PUBLICATION STYLE" has:
Seasons are lowercased (spring, summer, fall, winter) unless part of a proper noun (Dartmouth Winter Festival).
The last part was the reason for this post. His high school debate partner was one year ahead of him, and went to Dartmouth. Sometime during the editor's senior year, he saw the former debate partner. He was describing the "Dartmouth Winter Festival", which he called the "Dartmouth Winter Carnival". He commented that Bennett Cerf had said that "if all the girls at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival were laid end to end, he wouldn't be surprised". Since Cerf went to Columbia, the editor wonders how he could have said such a thing.
