[projectaon] Re: 25totw errata
- From: Sam Seaver <samseaver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:20:50 -0500
As a recent graduate of bacterial metabolism, I can tell you with
confidence that you should be saying 'these bacteria'. A bacterium
is a single micro-organism which, of course, you can only distinguish
under a microscope.
S
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 26/04/2011 01:21, Jonathan Blake wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Simon Osborne<outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 25/04/2011 19:15, Jonathan Blake wrote:
>>>>
>>>> (er) 8: Clunk!. -> Clunk! [onomatopoeia: ne]
>>>>
>>>> Why not "clunk!"? Do we often capitalize onomatopoeiae?
>>>
>>> No, but they are often already capitalised mid-sentence, which is a
>>> perfectly acceptable way to add emphasis to the word, AFAIK.
>>>
>>> Other capitalised occurrences: 16tlov 273: Crack!; 18dotd 117, 350:
>>> Crack!;
>>> 21votm 223: Crack!; 23mh 20, 51, 119, 235, 290: Crack!; 24rw 108, 131,
>>> 215,
>>> 342: Crack!; 25totw 8, 93, 218: Clunk!; 99, 181, 331: Crack!; 175:
>>> Clang!;
>>> 26tfobm 110, 114, 232, 310, 341: Crack!; 27v 12: Click!; 92: Clang!; 266:
>>> Crack!; 28thos 95: Crack!
>>>
>>> If we plan on changing this, let's do it all in one go while we
>>> remember...
>>
>> Eh, I think "Clunk!" is just fine. :)
>
> (Phew!)
>
> Fixed/Rejected/Footnoted pretty much everything so far, since the issues
> didn't seem all that contentious. Haven't touched the Bacteria/Bacterium
> issue, though; I'll wait for someone better able than I am to comment on
> that one.
>
> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/25totw/title.htm>
>
> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/25totw.htm>
>
> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/25totw/title.htm>
>
> (Note that some of the illustrations currently have the wrong dimensions set
> in the xml and so may look slightly distorted. This isn't a problem with the
> scans.)
>
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