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I disagree with some of your edits!
Hi there,
You recently made this trip a Trazzler Trip:
http://www.trazzler.com/trips/flinder...
However, where I refer to a 'tinny' you have changed the single quotes to double quotes. I think this is wrong as it's not something which someone is saying, it's just a slang word and so single quotes are appropriate. I can live with this - but please correct the placing of the comma afterwards, which you currently have inside the closing quote. This should be after the closing quote.
Also, please can you tell me why you have changed the spelling of aeroplane to 'airplane' - I wasn't aware that we had to use American English for these reviews?? Part of what makes the site unique and individual is that the reviews say something about the personality of the traveller. I am British, not American, and I would never say 'airplane'. Can this be changed back?
Thanks,
Gill
You recently made this trip a Trazzler Trip:
http://www.trazzler.com/trips/flinder...
However, where I refer to a 'tinny' you have changed the single quotes to double quotes. I think this is wrong as it's not something which someone is saying, it's just a slang word and so single quotes are appropriate. I can live with this - but please correct the placing of the comma afterwards, which you currently have inside the closing quote. This should be after the closing quote.
Also, please can you tell me why you have changed the spelling of aeroplane to 'airplane' - I wasn't aware that we had to use American English for these reviews?? Part of what makes the site unique and individual is that the reviews say something about the personality of the traveller. I am British, not American, and I would never say 'airplane'. Can this be changed back?
Thanks,
Gill
I’m being a precious copywriter!
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Inappropriate?Hi Gill--
About the punctuation, these aren't typos, they are edits in accordance to our style guide (which is Chicago Manual with a few nuances). When we publish a larger batch of trips written by a British, Australian, or other anglophone writer in his or her own country, we may decide to not make changes, but the rest of our trips are edited to our style.
We're not trying to be linguistically imperialist... just relatively consistent. For what it's worth, if I write for the Guardian or a British website, they do the same.
But I agree about the aeroplane/airplane change. The rest of the article used British spellings and this should be consistent--one way or the other. I changed it back.
best,
Megan -
Inappropriate?Many thanks on the aeroplane issue - however, I still disagree that the comma should come before the closing speech mark on 'tinny' - whether its single quotes or double ones! If you insist, then I'd rather change 'open a 'tinny'' to 'get yourself a drink' or some other phrase.
Thanks,
Gill
I’m happier, but still being fussy . . .
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Inappropriate?Hi Gill--
Commas and periods always go inside the quotes in the American style (be it AP or Chicago Manual).
--Megan -
Inappropriate?Just out of curiosity, approximately what percentage of Trazzler's web traffic is of U.S. origin? What's second?
I’m thinking we should italicize tinny and quotes be damned.
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Inappropriate?> I’m thinking we should italicize tinny and quotes be damned.
Bingo--I agree completely. Done.
About the traffic. I'd need to check, but we have a good mix of traffic from different regions. We do not view Trazzler as an "American" site. We have hired contributors and freelancers from all over the globe. Our vision is diverse, even if our use of punctuation is provincial.
best,
Megan -
Inappropriate?I'm sorry, I think the italics looks completely wrong . . . thanks for trying to help but it really doesn't work. The emphasis is now far too strong and it just looks plain weird. Please, could you just change it to 'get yourself a drink' - with no quotes and no italicization . . .
Or am I able to go in and edit this myself?
Many thanks,
Gill
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Inappropriate?We put foreign words,colloquialisms, and regionalisms in italics (not for emphasis, but to set them apart linguistically speaking). That said, I changed it to your preferred copy to nip the issue in the bud.
As with any publication, when you submit an article to Trazzler, we reserve the right to edit it to fit our style and for maximum clarity.
best,
Megan -
Inappropriate?Many thanks Megan, I will make sure that further articles avoid any content which may cause similar issues. As with all copywriting, there is always an element of subjectivity - whether regional or purely creative!
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