Monday, December 28, 2020
Walkie-talkie, walkie-barkie
Speaking of local radio stations doing their own research:
WCLO in Janesville Wisconsin homebrewed equipment that wasn't commercially available.
The radio station was operated by the local newspaper, and each had somewhat different methods of gathering and distributing the news.
Kudos for a homemade transceiver, but even in '36 it could have been made considerably smaller and easier to handle.
Language sidenote: Before 1950, dog names were always in quotes like "Pepper". Human names were never in quotes. Was this an AP style rule? It certainly didn't go along with a purely mechanistic view of dogs. Modern THEORISTS are more likely to see dogs as soulless mere animals.
Answer: No, it wasn't a rule but it was a tendency. This 1918 newspaper stylebook specifically says Do not quote the names of animals, implying that it was a common tendency needing a rule.
Kudos for a homemade transceiver, but even in '36 it could have been made considerably smaller and easier to handle.
Language sidenote: Before 1950, dog names were always in quotes like "Pepper". Human names were never in quotes. Was this an AP style rule? It certainly didn't go along with a purely mechanistic view of dogs. Modern THEORISTS are more likely to see dogs as soulless mere animals.
Answer: No, it wasn't a rule but it was a tendency. This 1918 newspaper stylebook specifically says Do not quote the names of animals, implying that it was a common tendency needing a rule.
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