On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the matter of just having fun? This is an electronic mailing list > among friends and colleagues, not serious work intended for publication. Is > it really an issue that needs debate? If for some reason I post a press > release from the local CBS affiliate from Washington DC, will I be subject > to this if I don't strip out the stars they sneak in between the W and the U > in its call letters (though they do it inconsistently)?
I tend to govern my own behavior, not dictate what others should do. I tend to go with whatever is proper, and I tend to avoid the more annoying variants (I can't use the official series title "Numb3rs," for example -- what they recently referred to as 'lite-speak -- without wanting to barf up a lung). I use one m in programing and more than one l in cancelled. I put show titles in quotes but not the names of franchises (if I refer to the series "Star Trek," it is in quotes, but not the Star Trek franchise). You can have as much fun as you want, as long as we can understand what you are trying to say. I have my rules, but other people have theirs, and, where this sort of stuff is concerned, nobody is obligated to do anything. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
