2009/6/27 Anthony <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Gray > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> (Perhaps Britannica gets it because "Encyclopedia" is a common word - >> we'd feel silly with the sentence "I looked it up in Encyclopedia >> Britannica", because "I looked it up in encyclopedia" would itself be >> wrong) > > > I don't have a problem with the sentence "I looked it up in Encyclopedia > Britannica". In fact, after consideration, I'd say adding in "the" would be > technically incorrect. Looking at britannica.com, EB consistently refers to > itself without "the" in the beginning.
Interesting. I am inclined to take my lead from the organisation itself for things like this, so perhaps I should change my speech. > Now look at www.cia.gov. Seems to be no rhyme or reason to the use or > nonuse of "the" when the CIA refers to themselves. "About CIA", "History of > the CIA", "Offices of CIA", "Contact CIA". "To accomplish its mission, the > CIA engages in research, development, and deployment of high-leverage > technology for intelligence purposes. As a separate agency, CIA serves as an > independent source of analysis..." They must have used Intellipedia to > create that paragraph. I hate inconsistency like that. What kind of major organisation doesn't have a style guide detailing how its name should be used? _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
