Copyedit 101

[RGMike]

I haven't actually seen this in print, but I hear people say it (even our beloved Greg Edwards of CGSS and Jazz-FM) and it makes me crazy: for the plural of "text" instead of "texts" people say "texes". Argh!

[Lightnin' Rod]

An interesting commercial I saw last night while watching the NBA -- a MJ Hanes commercial advertising the "lay down collar" of their t-shirts.  A guy starts complaining it should be "lie-down" collars, and another guy points out MJ made lay-ups, not lie-ups.  Anyway, the point of the ad was questioning their own ad copy.

[RGMike]

An interesting commercial I saw last night while watching the NBA -- a MJ Hanes commercial advertising the "lay down collar" of their t-shirts.  A guy starts complaining it should be "lie-down" collars, and another guy points out MJ made lay-ups, not lie-ups.  Anyway, the point of the ad was questioning their own ad copy.

so, that Crapton song shoulda been "Lie Down Sally"?

[Gazoo]

An interesting commercial I saw last night while watching the NBA -- a MJ Hanes commercial advertising the "lay down collar" of their t-shirts.  A guy starts complaining it should be "lie-down" collars, and another guy points out MJ made lay-ups, not lie-ups.  Anyway, the point of the ad was questioning their own ad copy.

so, that Crapton song shoulda been "Lie Down Sally"?

Yes, unless he's giving someone other than Sally a directive.

Similarly, "Would You Lay Me in a Field of Stone" is correct either way, depending on context.

[RGMike]

Dunno how much they pay (probably not much, if anything) but the SF Bay Times seriously needs a copy editor. In this weeks issue, in 2 separate headlines -- HEADLINES!! -- they spelled "Stonewall" as "Styonewall" and actually misspelled "queer" (as "qeer") ... in a gay paper. Jeezus H. Kee-ryst on a stick.

[RGMike]

Didn't know where to put this, but 'LNG just played the Capt & Tenille cover of "Shop Around" and it always grates that they changed

Try to get yourself a bargain, son
Don't be sold on the very first one

to

Try to get yourself a bargain girl

when they could've used used "hon" which would've made sense AND rhymed with "one".

[RGMike]

One for the "misspelled foreign CD/DVD covers" list -- this is up there with "Eric Crapton":

[sundaygal]

One for the "misspelled foreign CD/DVD covers" list -- this is up there with "Eric Crapton":

That's genius.  You sure it isn't the porno version?   

[RGMike]

One for the "misspelled foreign CD/DVD covers" list -- this is up there with "Eric Crapton":

That's genius.  You sure it isn't the porno version?   

all I know is, Drew has a rather startled look on her face...

[Tinka Cat]

One for the "misspelled foreign CD/DVD covers" list -- this is up there with "Eric Crapton":

That's genius.  You sure it isn't the porno version?   

all I know is, Drew has a rather startled look on her face...

and while you can see both of Adam's hands, I wonder where Drew's right hand/fist is...?

[RGMike]

A former ABC co-worker and current FB-friend,  writing on the NY radio message board, in a thread on grammar/punctuation:

"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse."

[Wayback]

Of the nominees received, here are SFGate's finalists for 2010 Word of the Year:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/12/16/word16.DTL&tsp=1

[Wayback]

Grammar Police Decree 'Twenty Eleven', not 'Two Thousand Eleven'
Coming off of "two thousand nine," you might have said "two thousand ten." But you would be wrong, according to the National Association of Good Grammar (NAGG).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/MN621BB41U.DTL

[Tinka Cat]

Grammar Police Decree 'Twenty Eleven', not 'Two Thousand Eleven'
Coming off of "two thousand nine," you might have said "two thousand ten." But you would be wrong, according to the National Association of Good Grammar (NAGG).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/MN621BB41U.DTL

dude, that article is so last year. 

I still say "two thousand ten,"  however.   it will take a while before it sinks in.

[Gazoo]

Grammar Police Decree 'Twenty Eleven', not 'Two Thousand Eleven'
Coming off of "two thousand nine," you might have said "two thousand ten." But you would be wrong, according to the National Association of Good Grammar (NAGG).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/MN621BB41U.DTL

dude, that article is so last year. 

I still say "two thousand ten,"  however.   it will take a while before it sinks in.

Perhaps in the year two thousand five hundred twenty five!