Faith vs. WF
Faith vs. WF on Language Log and AZBlog:
in addition, there are a number of postings on avoidance vs. use of taboo vocabulary in quotations
☛ AZ, 1/29/06: Dubious quotation marks:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002796.html
punctuation and spelling
☛ AZ, 4/9/07: Ducky identity:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004388.html
spelling
☛ AZ, 8/1/07: Cousin of eggcorn:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004777.html
(mis)quotation
☛ AZ, 8/12/07: e e cummings and his iPod: Faith vs. WF again:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004821.html
spelling (esp. capitalization)
☛ AZ, 9/21/07: Punctuational hypercorrection:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004938.html
punctuation
☛ AZ, 3/23/08: Article-article article abstract:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005486.html
articles in proper names
☛ AZ, 8/17/08: A few dollops of taboo avoidance:
taboo avoidance
☛ AZ, 10/30/08: Periods:
periods in abbreviations
☛ 4/21/09: Sallys:
spelling
☛ GP, 2/2/09: If you’re uneducated you say it right:
borrowing
☛ 6/23/09: BlackBerrys and BlackBerrying:
spelling
☛ 6/27/09: Faith vs. WF:
inventory of postings
☛ 12/1/10: Data points: Faith vs. WF 12/1/10:
spelling, periods in initialisms
1☛ 2/23/10: Data points: Faith vs WF 12/23/10:
periods in initialisms
☛ 12/25/10: More periodophilia in the NYT:
☛ 2/28/11: A little more periodophilia:
NYT periodophilia
☛ 9/19/11: September 19th:
ordinals in dates
☛ GP, 12/11/12: Accuracy versus consistency:
Martini in Economist, martini in NYT style
☛ 10/31/14: whisk(e)y:
WHISKEY vs. WHISKY
☛ 1/3/15: Centres:
Centres for Disease Control
☛ 5/29/15: Faith vs. WF in the magazine world:
Guardian US, the Economist
☛ 6/8/16: -able -ible:
collectable, collectible
☛ 1/12/18: STIR FRYS:
spelling STIR FRYS vs. STIR FRIES
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