tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post4948527975727066579..comments2024-03-27T02:13:13.079-04:00Comments on Original Content: Baloney Vs. Bologna: An Editing DilemmaGail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-12801255221795683422007-08-20T10:43:00.000-04:002007-08-20T10:43:00.000-04:00It's been years since I've read that book, and I t...It's been years since I've read that book, and I think I saw a post about it at the Newbery Project. Perhaps this is a sign I should try to reread.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-30042356436592141372007-08-19T21:50:00.000-04:002007-08-19T21:50:00.000-04:00Surely someone at your publisher has read From the...Surely someone at your publisher has read <I>From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</I>, in which the baloney/bologna/Bologna connection is a crucial plot point. Is that not enough of a literary precedent for the copy editor?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-34255542224997480572007-08-18T14:27:00.000-04:002007-08-18T14:27:00.000-04:00As soon as I read this post, I began to sing, My b...As soon as I read this post, I began to sing, My baloney has a first name....Liz Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-74511478156719775892007-08-18T12:59:00.000-04:002007-08-18T12:59:00.000-04:00When my computer guy heard about the baloney/bolog...When my computer guy heard about the baloney/bologna problem, he said, "How does Oscar Meyer spell it? Well, then, why are you even discussing it?"<BR/><BR/>The weiner people are the final authority as far as he is concerned.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-74633196825327251482007-08-18T11:44:00.000-04:002007-08-18T11:44:00.000-04:00This makes me miss the late '70s, aka my youth: ev...This makes me miss the late '70s, aka my youth: every kid used to know the commercial that ended "cause Oscar Meyer has a way/ with B-O-L-O-G-N-A."grrlpuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755649595417118072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-70243663469327415452007-08-18T07:58:00.000-04:002007-08-18T07:58:00.000-04:00In Melvin Beederman bologna could turn deadly.I th...In Melvin Beederman bologna could turn deadly.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of editing relates to very unexciting things like spelling, font size, and the wording in tables of contents. That kind of thing makes a world of difference.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-61654135487916651772007-08-17T22:21:00.000-04:002007-08-17T22:21:00.000-04:00This reminds me of a three-way conversation among ...This reminds me of a three-way conversation among two Charlesbridge editors and me over whether the appropriate reference for the 1950s was "Popular Science" or "Popular Science Monthly." We talked about the font size used for "Monthly" on the magazine cover, the primacy of the wording on the cover vs. the wording in the table of contents, etc., and the thing that really came through was just how much these folks cared about getting things right -- even to the point of sweating nitpicky details that few readers would ever notice.<BR/><BR/>Not that "bologna" isn't a big deal. You don't mess around with lunch meat.Chris Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891925951616484973noreply@blogger.com