Sort of along those nitpicky lines, I am reading (and enjoying) The Help, except when they described a photograph caption in the New York Times in 1962 as reading (say) "The home of John and Jane Smith." I am 90% sure that would have said "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith." I mean, right? Several years later, my mother still had to get Mrs. [his name] on her Filene's charge card, and my father didn't even have a job!
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jesse - Sep 06, 2011 6:21:20 am PDT #16247 of 28282
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Sep 06, 2011 6:23:52 am PDT #16248 of 28282
Because books.
I think the Times still refers to people in captions as well as text as Mr. Name, rather than just Name, yeah.
Consuela - Sep 06, 2011 6:32:56 am PDT #16249 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I am 90% sure that would have said "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith."
In 1962? Absolutely.
Jesse - Sep 06, 2011 6:35:07 am PDT #16250 of 28282
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is what I'm saying! It was jarring.
Ginger - Sep 06, 2011 7:11:42 am PDT #16251 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It would have been Mr. and Mrs. John Smith until into the '80s and later in some sections unless "John and Jane Smith" was specifically requested. Today, it's John and Jane Smith, and the second reference is Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith, unless Jane Smith requests to be Ms. Smith.
Toddson - Sep 06, 2011 7:14:37 am PDT #16252 of 28282
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Or, with the way things have gone, it might well be "John Smith and Jane Jones-Smith" with their adorable toddler, "Joshua Jones-Smith".
sumi - Sep 06, 2011 7:36:03 am PDT #16253 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, the very first Miss Silver mystery is on kindle for $1.99.
smonster - Sep 06, 2011 7:49:14 am PDT #16254 of 28282
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
So Amazon had a Kindle deal for the Parasol Protectorate, and I got the first three books for $10. Finished Soulless last night.
Hey, that's still going! This would be my first Kindle purchase.
megan walker - Sep 06, 2011 8:41:10 am PDT #16255 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
and the second reference is Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith, unless Jane Smith requests to be Ms. Smith.
Seriously? That's just seems wrong.
Ginger - Sep 06, 2011 9:21:22 am PDT #16256 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Times may have moved as far as Ms. Smith unless she requests to be Mrs.