{"id":11397,"date":"2015-04-28T09:36:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T13:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=11397"},"modified":"2015-04-28T09:36:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T13:36:58","slug":"here-are-the-words-my-copyeditor-was-warned-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2015\/04\/here-are-the-words-my-copyeditor-was-warned-about.html","title":{"rendered":"Here are the words my copyeditor was warned about"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_11400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11400\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2015\/04\/11306328493_02fe14330c_z.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11400\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2015\/04\/11306328493_02fe14330c_z.jpg\" alt=\"(Chris \/ Flickr)\" width=\"504\" height=\"334\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/46878136@N02\/11306328493\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris \/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Once my book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1594715874\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1594715874&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=unequyoked-20&amp;linkId=ZHL4WXI4GD6MQWPU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers that Even I Can Offer<\/em><\/a>, (out May 7th! Tell your friends) was written, there was a lot of editing to come. \u00a0At one point, my editor wrote up a style sheet \u2014 basically a document warning the copyeditor about any deliberate deviations from normal spelling\/grammar and as a heads-up for any particularly obscure words.<\/p>\n<p>I thought it might be fun to collect a few of the terms that appeared on my style sheet, along with, in the best spelling bee traditions, their example sentences (out of context).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baldr<\/strong> (<em>n<\/em>) \u2013 One of the Norse Gods, died in an unusually ironic way, even for mythology<\/p>\n<p><em>Once his safety is secured, the Asgardians amused themselves at feasts by throwing knives and other weapons at Baldr, in order to watch the objects keep their promises, defy their natures, and leave him unhurt.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Haftarah<\/em><\/strong> (n) \u2013<span style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0selections from the books of\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"color: #252525;\">Nevi\u2019im<\/i><span style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0(\u201cProphets\u201d) of the Old Testament that is read aloud in synagogue<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>In E. L. Konigsburg\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1416957987\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1416957987&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=unequyoked-20&amp;linkId=R2RXW2J7I6IABNFD\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">About the B\u2019nai Bagels<\/a>, her protagonist, Mark, recruits his brother Spencer to help him prepare for his upcoming bar mitzvah. As part of the ceremony, Mark has to chant his haftarah (an excerpt from the Old Testament) and is self-conscious about his weak singing voice.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seelie Court<\/strong> (n) \u2013 a formal part of fairy society in some strains of folklore<\/p>\n<p><em>In that story, the intrepid Janet falls in love with the knight Tam Lin, who is in the thrall of the Seelie Court of fairies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ur-<\/strong> (prefix) \u2013 original<\/p>\n<p><em>I supposed that there might be some kind of authentic ur-Madison, just as literary scholars discuss the existence of an ur-Hamlet, the original source for Shakespeare\u2019s text.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And now, if you\u2019d like a little challenge, match the word\/sentence to its proper context\/topic in the book:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. Baldr<\/p>\n<p>2. Haftarah<\/p>\n<p>3. Seelie Court<\/p>\n<p>4. ur-<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>a) Petitionary Prayer<\/p>\n<p>b) Confession<\/p>\n<p>c) The Problem of Evil<\/p>\n<p>d) Peter the Apostle<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Technically, you can all just look up the answers on May 7th, but I promise to provide them in Friday\u2019s Quick Takes.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once my book,\u00a0Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers that Even I Can Offer, (out May 7th! 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