tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post5797468086965911916..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Headline Writers Revision Coursefatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-90454293631019269002015-02-02T11:49:22.254+00:002015-02-02T11:49:22.254+00:00Mousse from a bowl is very nice....but to put it o...Mousse from a bowl is very nice....but to put it on a person is demented. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-7521725372802541352015-01-31T12:42:37.007+00:002015-01-31T12:42:37.007+00:00Purely practical RC169. I needed to show that the ...Purely practical RC169. I needed to show that the offending phrase was in lieu of a headline; where typographical rules have long since ceased to apply. It is one of the many conventions that important words get a capital whereas conjunction etc. don't.<br /><br /><br />The vision of Phil Stockley (not the most svelte of bus managers) rising into the azure blue "Up"-like has brightened my Saturday no end. Would that it were possible - that <b>would</b> create a good headline!fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-11018991349395799932015-01-31T10:09:11.526+00:002015-01-31T10:09:11.526+00:00Hmmm, FBB, since you are, by your own admission, i...Hmmm, FBB, since you are, by your own admission, in pedantic mode, let me be even more pedantic and point out that your version is also not entirely correct, as the words "Passenger", "Numbers", "Continue" and "Rise" are not proper nouns, and should therefore not have capital letters.<br /><br />This has been the subject of discussion with colleagues in connection with translations of our handbooks, and it is not really clear to me what this (largely American) practice achieves. First of all, each author determines their own rules about which words should have extra (incorrect) capitalisation, some manage to be inconsistent within one publication or website; and, in any case, as most bus operators have recognised, capitalisation does not improve readability - hence the now widespread use of lower case on destination blinds, etc.RC169https://www.blogger.com/profile/03921368833118123055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-22487567935478188922015-01-31T09:21:10.171+00:002015-01-31T09:21:10.171+00:00Holding that bunch of balloons on a windy day, it ...Holding that bunch of balloons on a windy day, it was a struggle to make sure I didn't continue to rise, so I can easily see how the passengers could be affected. Luckily I'm close friends with gravity.Phil Stockleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317690157738868544noreply@blogger.com