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Re: Cost overruns
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Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:55:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John P. Henderson writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > Just saw this in yesterday's paper
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> > > http://www.ucomics.com/thefifthwave/2003/04/20/
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> > > (note the correct use of (r) and TM! ... grin!)
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> > Ahh, but also note the *incorrect* form of the word "LEGO" (use of lowercase
> > letters instead of the proper uppercase).
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> > JOHN
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> Ahh, but also also note that in the world of copy editing and publication,
> it is improper to use ALL CAPS in that manner... Revisit my post from last
> year's discussion and note the bit about theslot.com... :)
> http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=4887
Ah... I see the problem. It's right there in your posting that you mention.
You wrote, "Just the other day I called to request
a song on a local radio station and had to explain I was "having a beer and
playing with Lego Toys." Though, I didn't name the beer brand."
You've got to stop drinking and building man! ;)
But...
On a lighter note. There's are several creeds I try to live by and one of
them goes something like this:
"Just because something 'is' doesn't mean it has to stay that way."
Will all due respect to your notable reference (made in your older post) I
think he's wrong. He sounds like an old-school writer who relies too much
on his compact OED and not enough on his own good sense.
Note that the copy writing (or is it copy-writing?) article is mostly
talking about how the punctuation issue relates to issues related to company
names, the web and how those translate to articles written by journalists.
The LEGO company was around long before eBay.com or other new fangled
companies using wacky spellings to define their corporate identity. But do
you normally see it written as 'ebay.com'? And if you do... what's wrong
with putting the capital letter where the company has asked you to put it?
If people start calling me 'allan' just because some book says they should,
well... there's gonna be heck to pay. ;)
I guess my point is that if LEGO(R) wants to be called 'Bubba's House of
Used Fish' then I think we should allow them to do so... and we should make
sure that we put capital letters on Bubba, House, Fish etc. Without
dragging this into a mucky debate... think of some of the major religions of
the world. Out of respect (regardless of whether we agree with them) good
writers generally use a capital letter when writing the name of the belief.
Out of respect, I think LEGO deserves the same..... respect. :)
Regards,
Allan B.
(an old school writer who dropped out half-way through punctuation class)
Newsgroup note: This posting is probably more suited to off-topic.geek.
However, I'm always nervous about highjacking a thread to another newsgroup,
in case people wanted to keep it in a certain vein. I hope all the smilies
I've included are enough to indicate that I'm trying to keep this posting
light and non-combative. I most certainly will not cross-post this to
.debate, since I don't ever post there. If I'm wrong on any count, please
don't start calling me 'allAn'. Thanks. :)
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| (...) Haha! I think you did a fine job of keeping this light and non-combative. On topic (or is it off-topic, I get confused in this area of Lugnet, or LUGNet, or wherever we are)... I must admit that one of the reasons I chose to point out the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Ahh, but also also note that in the world of copy editing and publication, it is improper to use ALL CAPS in that manner... Revisit my post from last year's discussion and note the bit about theslot.com... :) (URL) Galactic Mediator (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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