[Air-l] air-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 36

[Margie Borschke]

On 31/03/2007, at 3:13 AM, air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org wrote:

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> From: "Kevin Guidry" <krguidry at gmail.com>
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> On 3/29/07, Margie Borschke <margieborschke at iinet.net.au> wrote:
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>> Further,  since the Internet is ultimately a 'pop' medium....
>    "Considerably" a pop medium I could understand and almost agree
> with.  But "ultimately" a pop medium?  Interesting.  I feel as if I'm
> missing a piece of the puzzle.

The ultimately was unnecessary. But I don't think I can go for  
considerably. I think I should have written  "It is a pop (as in  
popular) medium".  To say it is a popular medium doesn't in anyway  
dictate the sorts of activities that happen there.  I see no problem  
with both the serious and silly being communicated via the same  
medium. The Internet is neutral with regards to content.  But if one  
is interested in studying the culture that occurs on and around the  
Internet, I think dismissing one of the commercial magazines that has  
made a home for itself there would be a mistake.  It's part of the  
organism. Wired's choices about style are sure to be relevant to many  
people.

And, if I put my copy hat on, I actually disagree with their copy  
choice and stick with an upper case 'I' because Internet is a proper  
name in my books.  Chicago Manual of Style is backing me up but it  
still remains a question of style and while many try to assert their  
authority when it comes to style conventions, really there is none.  
(Bruce Lee's style of no style being the notable exception.) MB