I searched the Canadian Journal of Microbiology and first followed the path of
style guides and it said Chicago Manual of Style. In the Q&A I searched petri
and it said lower case because it was in such common use. I did not stop there
because I’ve mostly seen it as Petri. So I went and checked a sample journal
and it uses Petri with upper case P.
Anita Drabyk
On Dec 7, 2017, at 3:32 PM, martin5@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I would rely on Oxford rather than the Globe and Mail. As a tutor for
journalism students at Red River College, I have learned not to put my faith
in newspaper writers.
Lynne
From: "Peters Susan" <speters110@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 3:12:19 PM
Subject: [mea] Re: spelling: Petri versus petri dish
I checked the Globe and Mail, and it appears their style is lowercase P on
petri dish. I wish I knew their reasoning.
From: mea-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mea-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Douglas Whiteway <doug.whiteway@xxxxxxx>
Sent: December 7, 2017 1:07 PM
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mea] Re: spelling: Petri versus petri dish
There’s Melba toast named after opera singer Nellie Melba. It’s capped in my
OED. Generally, though, lower case looks more modern. I think we’re finally
got from Internet to internet. But if it is named after someone like Melba or
Petri, then I would say caps. (I’m not sure I’m being at all helpful.)
On Dec 7, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Peters Susan <speters110@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
A client asked me to deliver an authoritative ruling on the spelling of Petri
dish versus petri dish. It's apparently named after Julius Petri, a German
bacteriologist. My dictionary (Oxford) has it with a capital P. I see some
examples with a lowercase p.
Are there any thoughts about: American versus U.K. spelling, does it look
more modern to change from uppercase to lowercase?
I was trying to think of similar examples: where an uppercase is used to
signify that an object was due to an inventor. But I can only think of
trademarked cases.
--Susan Peters
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Allard <simallard@xxxxxxxxx>
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Hiya~
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From: Debra Maione <elcprof@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Cheri Frazer <clfrazer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2014-12-02 02:19 PM
Subject: ListServe
Hi!
Either this list has been very inactive, or I'm still not getting emails. Am
I on the list yet?
elcprof@xxxxxxxxx
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