"Bob Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:34 AM [GMT+1=CET], >Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Andrew Dyke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I am about to get the GIG Sid Arkless Memorial Tankard ( the one >>> that is awarded for the most noteworthy journey to the GIG site ) >>> engraved. Just to make sure it's correct, can someone please confirm >>> the spelling 2005 Nb Zephyr and 2006 Nb Albion. > >> Surely those "b"s should be capitalised? Compare with "SS" for "Steam >> Ship". > >I would suggest not. NB would be Narrow Boat, whereas both Zephyr and >Albion are Narrowboats.
"narrowboat" is a recently made-up "word " of no pedigree. The only correct term for this object (i.e. a type of vessel designed to fit the narrow canals) is "narrow boat". So there! Martin Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mister, Doctor and Company are abbreviated to Mr., Dr. and Co., not MR. >DR. and CO., so I can't see why Narrowboat shouldn't be abbreviated to >Nb. Each of the examples given refers to an abbreviation of one word. "narrow boat" is two words. Even if one did accept "Narrowboat" <ptui>, and your examples, then surely the abbreviation you should propose on that basis would be "Na." or "Nt". Incidentally, the abbreviations for "Mister" and "Doctor" are "Mr" and "Dr" respectively. i.e. with no terminal ".", which is applied only to show where letters have been omitted at the end of the word - so the abbreviation for "Company" is indeed "Co.". "Baz Juniper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It certainly would help if the abbreviation could be distinguished from >that for Nota Bene. When I first joined this list some years ago I >spent a little while wondering why my attention was being particularly >drawn to some rather odd bits of text at the foot of messages. I have assumed for a long time (and I think I was taught) that the abbreviation for "nota bene" is "n.b.", by analogy with the abbreviation for "exempli gratia" -- "e.g.", which would differentiate it from "NB" nicely. However, I have just checked a dozen or so web sites, and their is no consistency. Tsk! Actually, come to think of it, I believe the abbreviation for "Steam Ship" is actually "S.S.". Hmm. There is a narrow boat in London with the name "N.B.", precisely so it can be identified as "n.b. N.B." A clever official once assumed its name is actually "Nota Bene", but rather spoiled the effect by his bad spelling as he wrote it on his form as "Nato Benin", which I assume is actually an anti-slavery patrol vessel off the coast of Africa. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
