Forum / Violence in the world of publishing

Dolemite
Jan 07, 07:29pm

NEW YORK—Law enforcement officials confirmed Friday that four more copy editors were killed this week amid ongoing violence between two rival gangs divided by their loyalties to the The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual Of Style. “At this time we have reason to believe the killings were gang-related and carried out by adherents of both the AP and Chicago styles, part of a vicious, bloody feud to establish control over the grammar and usage guidelines governing American English,” said FBI spokesman Paul Holstein, showing reporters graffiti tags in which the word “anti-social” had been corrected to read “antisocial.” “The deadly territory dispute between these two organizations, as well as the notorious MLA Handbook gang, has claimed the lives of more than 63 publishing professionals this year alone.” Officials also stated that an innocent 35-year-old passerby who found himself caught up in a long-winded dispute over use of the serial, or Oxford, comma had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

strannikov
Jan 07, 10:30pm

No one wants to incite dispute, but I sincerely hope the Hyde Park Gang prevails over those AP stooges. (Yeh, I was initiated into the CMS fraternity years ago: wanna make something of it?) I know, it's sad to see so much red ink flow over what might look to a bibliophile's eyes to be a number of petty disputes--okay, hundreds of petty disputes (OKAY OKAY, thousands of disputes)--but this is ONE dispute the Feds will NOT be settling! Frankly, I hope an alliance between CMS and the MLA gang can render those AP dupes as invisible as photoblue pencil to an ozone-hot photocopier: time will tell. Meanwhile, Fictionauters can rest easy that we have as diligent a chronicler of these dicey days as McGruff the Crime Dog, who is in line for an extra kielbasa with the mustard of his choice for this timely update.

Sally Houtman
Jan 08, 02:51am

"The grammarians are revolting," one eyewitness was heard to say. To which a local authority issued the following response: "Yes. Yes, they are."

MichaelDickes
Jan 08, 02:28pm

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