An editing conversation

As I finished writing my last post, I asked Erin a grammar/spelling question.

Me: 'Driveway.' One word or two?

Erin: One. But just say 'dooryard.' You're writing for a mostly Maritime audience.

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous21 October 2008 at 05:26

    Dooryard? I've never heard that one before, said the guy from Sydney.

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  2. wordswords21 October 2008 at 07:03

    Hmm... must be a New Brusnwick thing, said the guy who can't remember where he's from.

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  3. wordswords21 October 2008 at 07:31

    Aha!

    http://www.dooryard.ca/dooryard.html

    I was right.

    Tho, Walt Whitman used it too.

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  4. Dead Robot21 October 2008 at 10:04

    Learn sumtin new every day!

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  5. wordswords21 October 2008 at 10:21

    It just struck me that brother Walt might spell it 'Tho' as well.

    http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2292.html

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  6. Anonymous22 October 2008 at 22:31

    Lookit... you must of learned that one up in Fred'icton. Here in Saint John where it's some cold we know what a driveway is... that is if your house even has one. - Deb

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