|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
08-28-2014, 08:59 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Spruce Pine, NC
Posts: 1,458
|
minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Let's take another couple licks at a poor dead horse:
How hard is it to use correct terminology? The latest Restorer magazine has a Convertible Sedan incorrectly referred to as an "A-400" instead of a "400-A". It also referred to Dean's A-495 as an "AR" instead of an "early 28". I can forgive the average goober for getting it wrong, but our national magazine should be held to a higher standard. j.m.h.o.......
__________________
our next Model A is out there in the unknown...... Last edited by Chris in WNC; 08-29-2014 at 09:41 AM. |
08-28-2014, 09:07 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Windy City
Posts: 2,919
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Volunteer your services as a proofreader. I'm just happy there is a national magazine- make that two!
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
08-28-2014, 09:22 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 1,055
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
I'm going to go ahead and say that its because more people will know it as an A400 rather than a 400-A, same with AR. You could say early 28, but itll get more peoples attention if they say "AR". But like Mike said, if youre going to complain about it then volunteer next year to be the editor, and take on the hundred of hours of work per year, and make sure you make every single person happy when you do it. Because if you dont, someone will tear apart your hard work on an open forum on the internet.
__________________
Cowtown A's |
08-28-2014, 09:40 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Eureka, California
Posts: 1,716
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
- PERFECTION is an affront to God. - Plato
- "Nit-picking" is the second cousin to the heckler. - Ogden Nash - A good public speaker adjusts his 'tone' to the audience. - Benjamin Franklin - "You can please all the people some of the time - You can please some of the people all of the time - BUT you can not please ALL of the people ALL of the time." - Abraham Lincoln __________________________________________________ _ - "'A rose by any other name is still a rose" - Anonymous - "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare (from 'Romeo & Juliet') - "A Rose is a Rose, by any other name". - Robert Burns - "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - Wm. Shakespeare - "A Rose By Any Other Name" - in a song by Ronnie Milsap. - ""A rose is a rose is a rose" - in a poem by Gertrude Stein _______________________________ I say 'tomatoe' - you say 'tomato' . . . . . I say Potatoe - you say 'Potato'. - Fred Astair Any one have any confusion with where 'The Big Apple' is ? - "NYC" (New York City) ? ; "Frisco" , - 'San Francisco" ? ' The Windy City' (Chicago) ? We are not talking 'Bean Town' (Boston) here, or 'Moscow' (Idaho). I am sure some miss the quiz, but most will recognize the qulloquil names. Just like 'Model A' does not clearly identify the model as being Ford. My Duesenberg, for instance is a 'Model A'; and I know of about six other marques that have a 'Model A' designation. In fact, the FORD marque has TWO ! But we let it all 'slide' , because we get the intent in context. Last edited by DougVieyra; 08-29-2014 at 05:12 PM. |
08-28-2014, 10:00 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
You are right there should be a higher level in a magazine the people depend on for information.
If an on line class (and the number of on line schools and classes are growing) said the Declaration of Independence was signed on June 4th 1776 we should shut up and volunteer to be the editor of the test book the next time? I think not.
__________________
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II |
08-28-2014, 10:13 PM | #6 |
Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Sacramento Ca
Posts: 1,179
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
don't even think of changing it ... LOL tom |
08-28-2014, 10:47 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 5,906
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Some nit-pickers could also take issue with your lack of proper capitalization, subject, and articles.
__________________
Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole. |
08-28-2014, 10:53 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,849
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
|
08-29-2014, 07:35 AM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: cedar rapids iowa
Posts: 527
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
My question is who decided that the proper term is 400 A instead of a A 400? Until I came to this forum I had never heard it called that. Who are these decision makers and what makes them the authority as to what it is called?
Todd |
08-29-2014, 08:25 AM | #10 | |
BANNED
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto.
Posts: 5,800
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Quote:
|
|
08-29-2014, 08:50 AM | #11 |
BANNED
Join Date: May 2010
Location: California, Maryland
Posts: 1,421
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
|
08-29-2014, 09:05 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: H.B. So. Calif
Posts: 411
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Some people get great joy in finding someones error no matter how small. Makes them feel that have some degree of intelligence. These people are never happy with anything.
|
08-29-2014, 09:30 AM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Glendale, AZ
Posts: 2,952
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Todd follow the link below for body numbers assigned by Ford
http://www.mafca.com/downloads/Techn...dy_Numbers.pdf A400 is a nickname |
08-29-2014, 09:45 AM | #14 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Spruce Pine, NC
Posts: 1,458
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Quote:
I think my wife must have put you up to that- she has tried for years to correct my sloppy email format. I have edited my original posting and hope it looks much better now. However, two wrongs do not make a right- the Restorer should still strive to get things correct. If the editor wants me to proofread, I'm available.......
__________________
our next Model A is out there in the unknown...... Last edited by Chris in WNC; 08-29-2014 at 09:52 AM. |
|
08-29-2014, 09:50 AM | #15 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Spruce Pine, NC
Posts: 1,458
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Quote:
Does it make me feel intelligent? Not particularly. Just attentive to detail. Ask anyone who knows me, I am one of the happiest and most optimistic people around.........
__________________
our next Model A is out there in the unknown...... |
|
08-29-2014, 09:51 AM | #16 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 5,906
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Quote:
__________________
Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole. |
|
08-29-2014, 10:45 AM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Posts: 2,763
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
There, there,
__________________
-Mike Late 31' Ford Model A Tudor, Miss Daisy I don't work on cars --I'm learning about my Model A. Cleveland, Ohio |
08-29-2014, 10:48 AM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,593
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Chris is correct. The national magazine should be held to a higher standard as it is a reference to those wanting/needing to know what is correct. To my knowledge the editor is paid and not a volunteer so MAFCA doesn't just accept anybody. Chris is not referring to people who volunteer a post here on fordbarn or other forums. Joop is right that the A-400 is akin to a nickname which started a long time ago. I usually refer to my convertible sedan as a 400-A but casually, A-400 doesn't bother me.
|
08-29-2014, 11:09 AM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: FRESNO, CA
Posts: 12,560
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Well, sum call them Model As & sum call them A Models, whuts the BIG deal?
Bill W.
__________________
"THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF" |
08-29-2014, 11:11 AM | #20 |
Senior Member
|
Re: minor nitpicking (again) - Restorer magazine
Chris, if you're so attentive to detal, you should be aware the editor has had serious health problems the last several months. GROW UP and contribute something worthwhile to the forum, while keeping your self-grandising criticism to yourself.
You hit my hot button, so I had to speak up. |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|