Dr. Matt J. Duffy is an academic media scholar. An assistant professor of communication, Duffy teaches journalism, ethics and media law at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. His academic work has been published in the Journal of Middle East Media, the Journal of Mass Media Ethics, and the Newspaper Research Journal. Duffy is writing the book "Media Laws of the UAE" for the Encyclopedia of Media Laws series. He received a Ph.D. in Public Communication from Georgia State University in the United States where he studied the use of unnamed sources in journalism. Duffy is an active member of the Arab-United States Association of Communication Educators, an organization that aims to improve journalism in the Middle East. He writes regularly for the Dubai newspaper Gulf News. Follow him on Twitter.
Anonymous SourcesCheck out this online proofreading game. May have to assign this to my journalism students…
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Proofreading game FAIL — it does not count "moustache" as an acceptable variant spelling of the word "mustache."<Cliff Clavin opens up his OED>"Y'see it says here in reference to the etymology of the word, that it is…um… French, derived through Italian and before that, Greek…referring to the upper lip, and as such…er…"Not sure how your J students will feel about being given a proofreading test that only goes up to 8th grade. LOL
Journalism students would be using the Associated Press guide, ergo, mustache has but one spelling. Excellent Cliff Clavin impersonation, btw.
Really? Huh. I didn't know the AP could do that. They must have a field day with the more obscure words then… "Hmmm…should it be crwth? Or crowd?" I love to use the Canadian/British versions of words too, sometimes — I mean…take "honor." Add a "u" to it and it's just…that much more honourable, I think. <g>
Yeah, and AP has some oddities, too. Like they tell you to just say "cactuses," not "cacti." You should sign up for this twitterfeed, which pokes fun at the AP and all their silly rules: http://twitter.com/FakeAPStylebook
And likely "octopuses" rather than "octopi" yes? Platypuses rather than platypi?
I dunno…something in me instinctively bridles at the thought of any agency placing such narrow restrictions on what counts as correct. It is that insistence on homogeneity that is turning the stew in our melting pot of languages into a bland pablum.I suppose you have already shared with them that delightful poem about the absurdities of the English language (UK version), "The Chaos," by Trenité? There's an updated one for American English as well — very funny!Thanks for the Twitter recommendation — am following as we speak!