September 23, 2024

The New Chicago’s Here! The New Chicago’s Here!

After years of waiting, the 18th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style is here, and it brings some big changes, starting with the electric yellow cover. But don’t worry—the familiar orange is still there on the spine. (Though Carol Fisher Saller once informed me that the official Pantone color is technically called “warm red.”) Inside, […]

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July 3, 2024

25 Percent Off at the Arrant Pedantry Store on July 4

Tomorrow, July 4, you can get 25 percent off all items at the Arrant Pedantry Store. Get T-shirts, mugs, tote bags, buttons, and more for yourself or the word nerds in your life. And if you don’t see the product you want, just click “Customize” at the top of the page to put the designs on […]

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June 18, 2024

How to Send a Style Guide Discussion Straight to Hell

From time to time it’s necessary for copy editors to have discussions about style. Maybe an issue keeps popping up that isn’t quite covered by your style manual or house style, and you need to decide how to handle it. Maybe it’s been a while since you reviewed your house style guide, and you want […]

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December 27, 2023

Coming Next Year to Cambridge University Press

I’m excited to announce that I have a new publication coming out next year. Last year I was invited to contribute a chapter on dictionaries and editors to The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary, and the book is (finally!) available for preorder. You can get 30 percent off with free shipping for the next month […]

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November 25, 2022

35 Percent Off at the Arrant Pedantry Store Today

Hey, folks! Today’s the biggest sale of the year at the Arrant Pedantry Store! Get 35 percent off on T-shirts, mugs, tote bags, stickers, and more for the language lovers in your life. Just click “Redeem” near the top of the page. The sale ends today, so check it out!

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October 11, 2022

The Volkswagen Beetle Car Game

The long-awaited results of the Name That Car Game survey are here! I had to throw out some results that did not appear to have valid postal codes or that left the postal code blank. (Unfortunately, due to the original wording of the survey, some people who weren’t familiar with the game answered “N/A” or […]

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September 20, 2022

Name That Car Game

A few weeks ago, I tweeted about a car game in which players call something out when they see a Volkswagen Beetle and then hit the person next to them. The game is known by a few different names, and I’m wondering if there’s any sort of geographic distribution to the names. Whether or not […]

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June 21, 2022

22 Percent Off at the Arrant Pedantry Store Today

Sorry for the complete dearth of real posts lately! I promise something is coming in the near future. In the meantime, you can take advantage of one of the biggest sales of the year at the Arrant Pedantry Store. Today only, you can get 22 percent off all orders just by clicking on “Redeem” near […]

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November 26, 2021

25 Percent Off at the Arrant Pedantry Store

Today’s the biggest sale of the year at the Arrant Pedantry Store, with 25 percent off all orders. There’s no coupon code required—just click the “Redeem” button below the navigation bar. And don’t forget that you can customize colors and even put the designs on other products. The sale only lasts today, so check it […]

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November 8, 2021

I Am Begging You to Learn How Dictionaries Work

It’s a phenomenon as predictable as the tides: a dictionary adds new words or definitions, and then people grouse about those changes, either because they don’t like the new words and think that the dictionary is declaring them acceptable, or because they personally have never heard of those words before and therefore don’t see why […]

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