tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526127125590696183.post8786866263215417094..comments2023-09-19T09:00:41.685-04:00Comments on Inside Out (mcwflint): The right word expands understandingMaryAnn Chick Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183010504600574644noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526127125590696183.post-22548234861793581952010-02-07T04:00:04.924-05:002010-02-07T04:00:04.924-05:00I see by the snailpapers in Britain that a major l...I see by the snailpapers in Britain that a major literary agent has<br />signed up a top journo there to write an “on language” type of book<br />about CRASH BLOSSOMS in the English-language media the world over, for<br />publication in 2012 — and advance of US$25,000 is being reported, the<br />writer keeping low profile, book capitalizing on Ben Zimmer’s recent<br />New York Times “On Language” article about said “crash blossoms” and<br />how they, er, bloomed, er, blossomed ….. THE BOOK SHOULD BE A WINNER!<br />BRAVO!<br /><br />No, the book won’t be Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim, and Other Flubs<br />from the Nation’s Press published by Columbia Journal in 1980, before<br />the term “crash blossoms” bloomed, and no, it won’t be titled Red Tape<br />Holds Up New Bridge a 1987 tome by Gloria Cooper. The title of the<br />Crash Blossoms book is still tentative but for sure CRASH BLOSSOMS<br />will appear in the title. Any suggestions for what to call this book?<br />I will forward them on to the literary agent, the editor and the<br />author.<br /><br />The book also will not be titled Anguished English: An Anthology of<br />Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language which Richard Lederer did in<br />1987.DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526127125590696183.post-53417062017809995482010-01-01T22:44:09.941-05:002010-01-01T22:44:09.941-05:00Hi MaryAnn, thanks for the update on crash blosson...Hi MaryAnn, thanks for the update on crash blossons, you know this made it to the new york times top words of 2009 list. and it started just in August, that was quick! and yes, while I coined the term as a new term for these kinds of headlines, i want to give full credit for the term to Nessie3 in Sapporo, Japan, an editor there who posts often at TestCopyEditors and it is all because of his wit and good eye that the crash blossons coinage occurred. I was just surfing by. So yes, I did coin the term, but I give all kudos and credit to Nessie3, whose real name I am still trying to get. I emailed him a few times but so far no response. He is an expat living in Japan for a long time, that much I know...<br /><br />by the way, in addition to your great blog, re the cupertino thing -- and no, i did not coin that, har -- but have you ever heard of an atomic typo? Google the term. I also did not coin that but i did investigate it a bit. What it means exactly I am not sure and why the atomic is there i do not know for sure, but it is about this item above:<br /><br />"[John] McIntrye also reminds [readers] of the dangers of the spell-checking software programs, that darn Cupertino effect that gets you Cupertino for a misspelling of cooperation. He also gives examples of eggcorn and snowclone. (Why am I surprised that there's an eggcorn database? or snowclones database?)"<br /><br />An ATOMIC TYPO is occurs when a word that is spelled wrong for the context but it still spelled right for another context gets through the spell checker. For example: the spellcheck cannot see the difference between nuclear and unclear, or between Sudan and sedan, or between Governor Chris and Governor Christ, things like that. Someoone, i have no idea who, came up with this term long ago, maybe, and it is now a real newsroom word, but most newsies have never heard it. Maybe do a blog one day on this?DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526127125590696183.post-19856935890288918152010-01-01T22:43:40.374-05:002010-01-01T22:43:40.374-05:00Hi MaryAnn, thanks for the update on crash blosson...Hi MaryAnn, thanks for the update on crash blossons, you know this made it to the new york times top words of 2009 list. and it started just in August, that was quick! and yes, while I coined the term as a new term for these kinds of headlines, i want to give full credit for the term to Nessie3 in Sapporo, Japan, an editor there who posts often at TestCopyEditors and it is all because of his wit and good eye that the crash blossons coinage occurred. I was just surfing by. So yes, I did coin the term, but I give all kudos and credit to Nessie3, whose real name I am still trying to get. I emailed him a few times but so far no response. He is an expat living in Japan for a long time, that much I know...<br /><br />by the way, in addition to your great blog, re the cupertino thing -- and no, i did not coin that, har -- but have you ever heard of an atomic typo? Google the term. I also did not coin that but i did investigate it a bit. What it means exactly I am not sure and why the atomic is there i do not know for sure, but it is about this item above:<br /><br />"[John] McIntrye also reminds [readers] of the dangers of the spell-checking software programs, that darn Cupertino effect that gets you Cupertino for a misspelling of cooperation. He also gives examples of eggcorn and snowclone. (Why am I surprised that there's an eggcorn database? or snowclones database?)"<br /><br />An ATOMIC TYPO is occurs when a word that is spelled wrong for the context but it still spelled right for another context gets through the spell checker. For example: the spellcheck cannot see the difference between nuclear and unclear, or between Sudan and sedan, or between Governor Chris and Governor Christ, things like that. Someoone, i have no idea who, came up with this term long ago, maybe, and it is now a real newsroom word, but most newsies have never heard it. Maybe do a blog one day on this?DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526127125590696183.post-10181201092583046212009-12-31T23:40:20.730-05:002009-12-31T23:40:20.730-05:00Dan:
Thanks for alerting me. I changed the post an...Dan:<br />Thanks for alerting me. I changed the post and am sorry that I didn't credit you from the start.MaryAnn Chick Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183010504600574644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6526127125590696183.post-23693539918617771582009-12-26T01:33:57.606-05:002009-12-26T01:33:57.606-05:00McIntrye wrote a post describing headlines that ar...McIntrye wrote a post describing headlines that are "crash blossom." He even leads us to a collection of examples. and to Testy Copy Editors where Nessie3 of Japan coined the name.<br /><br />actually Nessie3 did NOT coin the term. I did. ask me how and why i coined it. of course all credit goes to nessie3 who first brought the phrase to my attention but actually i coined it and popularized it. ask me how i did it at danbloom AT gmail Dot comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com