Day Without A Gay

[SWTXBelle]

I like George Strait.

[nittanyalum]

And the Straits of Gibraltar.

[christiangirl]

^^^Really? Straits of Magellan are my favorite.

Originally Posted by LightBulb

The APA Manual says to say "lesbian" or "gay man," not "homosexual." (Look it up: gay men is in the index.)

Ironically enough, I happened to have an APA manual open right next to me so I looked it up and read the entire section. You're right, they do make an interesting point about the frequent misuse of context by the majority in the usage of "homosexual" vs. "gay men and lesbian women."

Now that my paper's finished, I think I don't have enough to do.

For the record: 1. I don't like being called a "breeder" but it doesn't exactly offend me . 2. I always said "straight" vs. "crooked" but I guess bent does work a little better. And I do miss the old days when "queer" just meant weird and you could bestow that adjective upon yourself without people edging away from you. 3. If I were in a managerial position, anyone with no PTO or personal time saved up who does not use a legitimate excuse for missing work would face serious consequences with me, though they may not get fired unless company policy calls for it. That being said, I don't think anyone would actually do this unless they a) had PTO or personal time saved up or b) are looking to quit their job anyway and would use this as a way to go out with bang.

[LightBulb]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I like George Strait.

A few years back, there were a lot of country station billboards where I'm from that said "Is George Strait?" Hardy har har.

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Ironically enough, I happened to have an APA manual open right next to me so I looked it up and read the entire section. You're right, they do make an interesting point about the frequent misuse of context by the majority in the usage of "homosexual" vs. "gay men and lesbian women."

Wooo, APA! In your face, MLA!

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by LightBulb

A few years back, there were a lot of country station billboards where I'm from that said "Is George Strait?" Hardy har har.

Wooo, APA! In your face, MLA!

Okay. LightBulb, you made my day. How many MLA jokes do I, long-suffering English major in-the-middle-of-grading-the-research-papers-from-hell get to enjoy? Not many. Thanks!

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by LightBulb

Wooo, APA! In your face, MLA!

Okay now, settle down. APA may be my current language, but my language of origin is MLA. It will always reign supreme in my heart (and peaks through in my papers from time to time. I am constantly getting in trouble for that).

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Okay. LightBulb, you made my day. How many MLA jokes do I, long-suffering English major in-the-middle-of-grading-the-research-papers-from-hell get to enjoy? Not many. Thanks!

I use the SAA Style guide. Society for American Archaeology, and they can be super fascists. All measurements are required to be metric, unless the site date is so old it was done in English measurements. They even are specific about which dictionary should be used for English or Spanish words, and which spelling to use. They also discourage too much math int he text, hahaha.

[agzg]

I used to be an MLA girl, but for an internship I had to use Chicago style - it's a lot easier to use. Pretty much, your intuition is right. Whereas with MLA I had to learn it backwards and forwards in order to use it regularly.

Just my $.02.

[SWTXBelle]

Ah, I remember Chicago style . . .


I've been using MLA so long now that it is second nature. I'd hate to have to learn APA at this late date.

[barbino]

After years of writing MLA style for Art History and the Humanities, I had to learn APA just to edit my husband's undergraduate psychology papers. APA is much easier. The upshot of this is that when I go to grad school next fall, I am prepared to write either way because I will be applying for interdisciplinary type programs.

Here's a question -- isn't Chicago style just a longer, more formal version of MLA? I know that some of my papers have included some Chicago style formatting. I used to write completely out of Kate Turabian's handbook and it is still my standby reference volume for any formal academic writing. However, I am also aware that things have changed since I first started writing in the mid-seventies.

[LightBulb]

Oh ho ho. I started with MLA and have sometimes used the Chicago Manual of Style... but APA rocks my linguistic world. I would like to add that MLA has the best way of formatting links though... get with the program, APA!

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Okay. LightBulb, you made my day. How many MLA jokes do I, long-suffering English major in-the-middle-of-grading-the-research-papers-from-hell get to enjoy? Not many. Thanks!

Hooray! I made somebody's day!

[LightBulb]

Ten minus eighty minutes for the East Coast and Appalachia... anybody participating? GreekChat could get a little quiet by the time Hawai'i strikes midnight...

[Kevlar281]

So did Ellen cancel her show today?