7:25 AM Sat, Oct 24, 2009 | Permalink
By Sheila Lennon  Email this author | Email this entry |
Fake AP Stylebook is great fun for pedants and desk jockeys.
Always capitalize 'Bible.' You don't want to get letters from those people.
Use 'Scotch' to refer to the adhesive tape or the drink, 'Scottish' to refer to Starfleet engineer Montgomery Scott.
Do not refer to an anonymous source as "Mr. Scaredy Pants," no matter how much of a scaredy pants he might actually be.
A great use of Twitter, since others pitch in. Here's some of the banter on this wacko virtual copy desk:
.@DarthAlbertIII If you spell it "Hallowe'en," you should take a few days off to rethink your priorities.
.@jsgf: I don't know, jsgf, when do YOU think it's OK to use the passive-aggressive voice, MR. SMART GUY?
.@samstromberg According to our technology writer, "Disc" refers to optical media while "disk" refers to magnetic media. NERD.
.@erinberin On first reference, use "retweeted." On subsequent references, you may use "RTed," "copied" or "had nothing original to say."
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