Submitted by Toad In The Hole (not verified) on Mon, 2008/02/18 - 3:55pm.
The county commission meetings and the regular goings on could be marketed by the chamber as a destination tourist attraction, possibly filling up downtown hotels, downtown restaurants, and filling the coffers of other downtown establishments.
Marketers could sell T-shirts and related accessories, much like the vendors do at DisneyWorld and at NASCAR races. Fans could line up for their University Twit, Lumpy, Tank, Scooby, Pinkster, R. Larry, and all of the related character souveniers. Elvis had gold frames, vendors could sell Mike Hammond silver frames, Mike Lowe toupees, Mike Ragsdale read with me children's books, and Knox County Sheriff's department model helicopters and motorcycles.
It would be a bonanza all at the expense of the taxpaying public of Knox County which has paid through the nose for this crap since 2002.
Submitted by R. Neal on Mon, 2008/02/18 - 10:58pm.
I don't know about that. I've discussed it with editors and experts, and there are mixed feelings. Apparently the period inside the quote goes back to the typesetter's discomfort with a dot hanging out there all by itself.
My theory is (but I'm happy to be corrected) that if it's an actual quote of someone speaking, the period should be inside the quote. But if it's a "scare quote", or a mocking of a term, that's not a quote so the period should be after. That's how I write it, but I could be wrong.
Regardless, it's a way cool t-shirt that will go down in Knox Co. political history.
Per the Chicago Style Manual, periods and commas go inside quotation marks -- no exceptions. That's what you'll see in the NY Times, the New Yorker, Supreme Court opinions, etc. They do it differently in Britain, Canada, and the Commonwealth countries generally, I think.
Since the Commish is a journalism professor, he probably should have followed the Chicago Style Manual, but techies never put the punctuation inside the quotes. If I suggest that you type "ls -l", I don't want you typing the comma. I'm not sure what field Mrs. Commish is in, but she's the one that came up with the shirt.
Submitted by B Harmon on Wed, 2008/02/20 - 8:40am.
I am in health care and forgot to have the Twit proof the shirt statement before it went to the printer. My writing is usually reports and spreadsheets, policy and procedures, minutes and memos.
The county commission meetings and the regular goings on could be marketed by the chamber as a destination tourist attraction, possibly filling up downtown hotels, downtown restaurants, and filling the coffers of other downtown establishments.
Marketers could sell T-shirts and related accessories, much like the vendors do at DisneyWorld and at NASCAR races. Fans could line up for their University Twit, Lumpy, Tank, Scooby, Pinkster, R. Larry, and all of the related character souveniers. Elvis had gold frames, vendors could sell Mike Hammond silver frames, Mike Lowe toupees, Mike Ragsdale read with me children's books, and Knox County Sheriff's department model helicopters and motorcycles.
It would be a bonanza all at the expense of the taxpaying public of Knox County which has paid through the nose for this crap since 2002.
We would possibly need a TIF to build a CC hotel in close proximity in order for the thing to be successful.
Otherwise it looks like a moneymaker. Hopefully Gloria Ray's team is on top of this opportunity for Knoxville.
Should the period be inside the double quotes on the shirt?
"Yes."
I don't know about that. I've discussed it with editors and experts, and there are mixed feelings. Apparently the period inside the quote goes back to the typesetter's discomfort with a dot hanging out there all by itself.
My theory is (but I'm happy to be corrected) that if it's an actual quote of someone speaking, the period should be inside the quote. But if it's a "scare quote", or a mocking of a term, that's not a quote so the period should be after. That's how I write it, but I could be wrong.
Regardless, it's a way cool t-shirt that will go down in Knox Co. political history.
Per the Chicago Style Manual, periods and commas go inside quotation marks -- no exceptions. That's what you'll see in the NY Times, the New Yorker, Supreme Court opinions, etc. They do it differently in Britain, Canada, and the Commonwealth countries generally, I think.
Since the Commish is a journalism professor, he probably should have followed the Chicago Style Manual, but techies never put the punctuation inside the quotes. If I suggest that you type "ls -l", I don't want you typing the comma. I'm not sure what field Mrs. Commish is in, but she's the one that came up with the shirt.
I am in health care and forgot to have the Twit proof the shirt statement before it went to the printer. My writing is usually reports and spreadsheets, policy and procedures, minutes and memos.
You're forgiven -- this time. :)
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
Actually, the Commish is probably more familiar with AP Style, it's the grandpa of journalism style. Punctuation, inside the quote.
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
"...and there's mixed feelings."
Randy, ONLY since you said you're "happy to be corrected," shouldn't that be "there ARE mixed feelings?"
(Sorry--one of my pet peeves :-)
Good point, Tamara, thanks. I try to be careful about that but I's sloppy sometimes when I gets in a hurry. I fixted it.
(Actually, I was thinking "there's disagreement" but it came outs wrong.)
"Good point, Tamara, thanks."
'Course, there's that ETIQUETTE rule, too, about correcting one's host...
:-(
And the punctuation inside the quatations is one of mine. We're not British.
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Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
"...the punctuation inside the quatations..."
Pam, what are "quatations?" Are these used by Truth Squats? No, those are "squatations."
(I'll go away now. Could be I'm just giggling alone...)
I confess to needing a spell check. pgs
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
Now I see what University twits do for entertainment.
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Less is the new More - Karrie Jacobs
Isn't it what everybody does? :)
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
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