Am I the only one annoyed by double proper nouns?

[HandsomeHarley]

The stupid "Joe Blow says blah blah blah..." and "The boy is rushed to the hospital..." (He isn't still in the process of being rushed to the hospital, dickwad AP) aside...

Am I the only one sick of reading double proper nouns in news/sports stories and headlines because people don't seem to have a clue that it should be TIME, DATE, PLACE, in that order?

Oakland defeats Detroit Tuesday

Who the **** is Detroit Tuesday?

I agree that the word "on" should be used only to break proper nouns, but by following the time, date, place rule, it avoids the conflict altogether.

"The game has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday at Bumble**** Stadium."

Nice, neat, concise.

/rant

 

[SF_Express]

Detroit Tuesday bugs the hell out of me. But adding "on" as a solution is also fine with me.

 

[JPsT]

I always think of English soccer club Sheffield Wednesday when I see something like this.

 

[SoCalDude]

Are you going to see Jeff Saturday Saturday or Sunday?
We always got a chuckle when Rick Monday did something Monday.

 

[HandsomeHarley]

Jeff Saturday and Rick Monday concur.

 

[reformedhack]

Tuesday Weld and Joe Friday cast a dissenting vote.

 

[Steak Snabler]

The problem with the bolded headline above is not the clunkiness of the "double pronoun proper noun", but that it makes it sound like it hasn't happened yet ... like it will happen NEXT Wednesday.

I remember a paper I worked at had a headline something like "Mayor John Smith dies Saturday."

I was thinking "What? Is he scheduled to be executed or something?"

A day that has already passed has no place in a headline.

 

[HandsomeHarley]

The problem with the bolded headline above is not the clunkiness of the "double pronoun", but that it makes it sound like it hasn't happened yet ... like it will happen NEXT Wednesday.

I remember a paper I worked at had a headline something like "Mayor John Smith dies Saturday."

I was thinking "What? Is he scheduled to be executed or something?"

A day that has already passed has no place in a headline.

That's my problem with the AP style. It makes it sound like the poor guy is still in the process of dying, or hasn't yet but plans to.

 

[Batman]

Are you going to see Jeff Saturday Saturday or Sunday?
We always got a chuckle when Rick Monday did something Monday.

Kind of like telling someone about an article you saw in USA Today ... today. Always catch myself on that one, and always have the awkward pause to go with it.

 

[BillyT]

Jeff Saturday and Rick Monday concur.

If Rick's sister married Jeff brother, she'd be Nancy Monday-Saturday.

 

[Double J]

The stupid "Joe Blow says blah blah blah..." and "The boy is rushed to the hospital..." (He isn't still in the process of being rushed to the hospital, dickwad AP) aside...

Am I the only one sick of reading double proper nouns in news/sports stories and headlines because people don't seem to have a clue that it should be TIME, DATE, PLACE, in that order?

Oakland defeats Detroit Tuesday

Who the **** is Detroit Tuesday?

Ruby's brother?

 

[Shoeless Joe]

I HATE the "Detroit Tuesday" thing and throw an "on" in there when I see it.

We had the headline Joe DiMaggio Dies Today when it happened. I argued against for half an hour. "What, are we going to load up and go kick his ass? Why don't we add an exclamation point?"

 

[Batman]

Jeff Saturday and Rick Monday concur.

If Rick's sister married Jeff brother, she'd be Nancy Monday-Saturday.

Wasn't that her nickname in high school?

 

[MileHigh]

Detroit Tuesday bugs the hell out of me. But adding "on" as a solution is also fine with me.

One of big pet peeves of mine, and this is an acceptable solution.

 

[Point of Order]

Jeff Saturday and Rick Monday concur.

If Rick's sister married Jeff brother, she'd be Nancy Monday-Saturday.

So what's her name on Saturdays?

 

[MightyMouse]

I had an editor that would (and still does) do that all the time. He didn't (and doesn't) believe in using the word "on" in the newspaper. Luckily, I no longer work for that mental defective.

 

[JPsT]

Are you going to see Jeff Saturday Saturday or Sunday?
We always got a chuckle when Rick Monday did something Monday.

Kind of like telling someone about an article you saw in USA Today ... today. Always catch myself on that one, and always have the awkward pause to go with it.

I solve this by never telling anyone about an article from USA Today.

 

[Football_Bat]

Are you going to see Jeff Saturday Saturday or Sunday?
We always got a chuckle when Rick Monday did something Monday.

Kind of like telling someone about an article you saw in USA Today ... today. Always catch myself on that one, and always have the awkward pause to go with it.

I solve this by never telling anyone about an article from USA Today.

That's where you substitute the phrase "multicolored fishwrap."