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I feel sorry for USAian authors whose writing is forced to look weird to many readers...
by lotsofcows 12y ago
I feel sorry for USAian authors whose writing is forced to look weird to many readers...
- deciplex 12y agoYet 'USAian' looks weird everywhere.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoThat's probably down to the brightly coloured shorts.
- Crito 12y agoDoes "NASA" actually look weird to anybody? That's how NASA themselves write it... so do you Brits think that everything NASA publishes with their name on it looks weird? I say defer to however the organization in question writes it. That should surely lead to the least confusion and weirdness. It would certainly help UK news organizations with consistency: * "CARE International": http://www.theguardian.com/lend-with-care/entrepreneurs-seeking-a-hand-up http://www.theguardian.com/lend-with-care/entrepreneurs-seek... * "Care" _and_ "CARE": http://www.theguardian.com/lend-with-care/tackling-the-root-causes-of-poverty http://www.theguardian.com/lend-with-care/tackling-the-root-... * "Nasa" _and_ "NASA" (But "Ladee" rather than "LADEE"): http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2013/sep/07/nasa-launch-moon-probe-ladee-video http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2013/sep/07/nasa-la...
- lotsofmangos 12y agoYou dare accuse The Grauniad of inconsistency? (That'sh Private Eye's job. Ed) http://www.private-eye.co.uk http://www.private-eye.co.uk
- lotsofcows 12y agoIn logos I agree but in normal writing it always looks like unwanted emphasis too me. I think there's a cultural difference here, USAian papers kept up the many founts with underlining, etc thing long after it had become unfashionable in the UK. The norm is the norm - whatever you're used to. ...which is what my previous post was supposed to highlighting. Somebody took it personally :-(