Editing The Pen Addict 300/transcript (section)

== Grammar Girl Article ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' It was a three page article on Grammar Girl and a bunch of us sent it this, sent it to us last week and I loved it. It was hilarious. And I understand why. And the actual, I don't know what you call the actual issue that this is, the, the vowel sounding the same is actually called the pin and pen problem. Like it's named after these, these words, when you read the article, the actual issue, when you bring it up, if you're using other words, it's referred to as the pin and pen problem. So, and apparently it is a Southern thing, which I would not have realized either, but yeah. And it goes through some examples of a few other words. I don't know. The problem is I kept reading on, reading through that article on how do I fix it? And that's what I never found. You know, I can't, I don't know how to fix that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You can't be fixed.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're beyond fixing at this point. That's the problem. That is true. That is true.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's one of those things. I bet that there are a bunch of words that contain this sound within them, right? That sound. There are.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. They give a bunch of examples. The second, one of the most, the second most common one was caught and caught. They caught the bed and caught like a robber. Huh. Okay. And I guess as well. C-O-T and C-A-U-G-H-T.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you said the word open, you could also be exclaiming about you're surprised that there are pins everywhere, right? Open and open, right? Oh, oh, pins and open.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So it's a fun article. You should go, we'll have it in the show notes. You should go read it. It's pretty cool. And like I said, the only thing I didn't get out of that article was how to fix it. But I guess it's nothing I would ever try to fix anyway. It just is what it is. I just have to always have the disclaimer pin like you write with, you know, if I'm putting them together.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So we have some episode 300 last TPA.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So first off, it's follow-up from last week's or the last few weeks. First follow-up is from last week's when we had the Visconti question, you know, buying it online and making sure you get a good nib. But I had two excellent resources that were sent to me. If you're purchasing in the US, nibs.com is an authorized Visconti retailer and will modify and check the nibs for you before shipping. Also, the writing desk in the UK. I think I got like three emails or tweets like immediately. Writing desk in the UK does this. Writing desk, writing desk. So those are two great options for anyone looking to have your Visconti nibs checked out prior to shipping. So keep that in mind if it comes up for your future Visconti online purchases. And another email, we keep getting the feedback on the save it or keep it notebooks, which was originally a notebook preservation society meeting. It's now into should you keep it or should you save them at all? And when I get new thoughts on this, I always like sharing them. And this was another one. This one's from Kelly. I've enjoyed the conversation over the last couple of weeks about the pros and cons of journal saving. Like Brad, my instinct lies in the toss them camp. Then I remember that history only remembers those who leave their marks. And while I don't think my mark is worth all that much, we don't know much about the lives of women in history because they didn't leave much behind that gives scholars a glimpse into their lives. I'm still not sure history is a great reason to save my bullet journals. Today's commonplace book relating the bullet journal to the old commonplace books. Reason to save them in perpetuity. But I do think it's something to consider, especially if you're not necessarily real well represented in historical scholarship. I thought that was brilliant. Like that's something I haven't considered. Right. You know, there's always been underrepresented portions of our society that unfortunately, we may not learn about all the details of their lives until it's too late. So having these notes of record, if you will, is just fantastic. And Kelly says, while I don't think my mark is worth all that much, well, you don't know that Kelly. And we may not know that for a hundred years. So having your notebooks behind for us to, you know, take a look at it as a resource. I think that's pretty cool. You know, I think that's a really good reason thing for keeping it. So chalk one up in the keep it, in the keep it column. Myke, what do you think?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I agree with that. Right. Like you never, you don't know, you don't know what your mark on the world will be. And that is definitely a good reason to keep these things. Yeah. I agree with that for sure.