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What Nutmeg Can Tell Us About Nafta
- titomc 10y agoI am from the state (Kerala) which is called the "Spice Garden of India". Little did I know about the history of Nutmeg that grows in abundance at my home in my state.
- anthonybsd 10y agoThis article seems like it's somewhat lacking focus. If anything, it's a brief foray into history of monopolistic wars that are the anti-thesis of trade agreements. What, indeed can Nutmeg tell us about, NAFTA though? Not much.
- edblarney 10y agoThis article tells us little about Nafta. Also, it's written 'NAFTA'.
- pbh101 10y agoNot sure if it is aberrant for the NYT, but many British publications' style guides (The Economist, for one) dictate using this form for acronyms which are pronounced as words, as opposed to initialisms. So 'FBI' vs. 'Nafta'.
- sctb 10y agoThis is reasonably well-known thing for the NYT, see the FAQ regarding acronyms: http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/faqs-on-style-2/?_r=0 http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/faqs-on-st....
- chimeracoder 10y ago> Also, it's written 'NAFTA'. The NYT style guide dictates that acronyms of five letters or more be capitalized as proper nouns (ie, first character capitalized, with the rest lowercase).
- r00fus 10y agoSeems very confusing and muddling to me, despite the appeal to "consistency". Sounds like 20th century style guide, not aligned with the need for specificity in the Internet age.
- chimeracoder 10y ago> Sounds like 20th century style guide, not aligned with the need for specificity in the Internet age. Ironic that you say that! The AP styleguide (which is not the NYT style guide, though they are similar) now recommends that "Internet" be lowercased (ie, no longer treated as a proper noun).