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Post by vrabinec on May 14, 2015 21:59:16 GMT -5
Okay the sentence is: We exchanged some small talk, the appetizer, and another round of purple geese then Lucia began to vent about a petty office squabble she was waging with Emily, that coworker competitor of hers.
What gets hyphenated?
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Post by Becca Mills on May 14, 2015 22:42:05 GMT -5
Nothing, so far as I can tell, but I'd definitely put a comma before "then," since you're forcing it into conjunctionhood (which I do all the time, too ... love that structure).
What the heck are purple geese?
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Post by lindymoone on May 15, 2015 0:09:51 GMT -5
I agree with Becca.
And I assumed purple geese were cocktails, but my usual site doesn't list them. Among their many offerings there's Bloody Goose, Crippled Goose, Extra Dirty Beefeating Goose, Goose Squirt, Mother Pluckin' Goose... but no Purple Goose. So I am off to Google Goose Land. Be right back.
I found a Purple Goose restaurant (UK) and a Boutique, and a purple Cocktail which for some reason is called a Grey Goose. Color blind bartender?
(I will do anything to procrastinate. And I will procrastinate about anything. Right now: breakfast.)
Now: should color blind be hyphenated?
Answer: yes. Color-blind. I looked it up to be sure.
Cuz breakfast.
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Post by Becca Mills on May 15, 2015 0:27:52 GMT -5
Good call on the cocktail, Lindy! Grey Goose with a splash of grape juice, maybe?
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Post by vrabinec on May 15, 2015 11:13:33 GMT -5
Crap, good call on capitalizing the drink. I was thinking maybe the coworker competitor thing might get hyphenated. I'll leave it as is. As for the drink name, there's no such drink, but I got the name fromba bar/restaurant I liked years ago back in Maryland.
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Post by Daniel on May 15, 2015 14:56:52 GMT -5
Crap, good call on capitalizing the drink. I was thinking maybe the coworker competitor thing might get hyphenated. I'll leave it as is. As for the drink name, there's no such drink, but I got the name fromba bar/restaurant I liked years ago back in Maryland. Some of my favorite alcoholic beverages have names we got from a local bar or made up ourselves: * Turkey Nuts (my wife and I named this one): 1 shot of Wild Turkey 101 1/4 shot of Amaretto Disaronno * Grandmother's Cookie (name from a bar in Tucson, AZ): 1 shot of Stolichnaya 1/4 shot of Frangelico Heat in microwave until warm |
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Post by Becca Mills on May 15, 2015 23:24:07 GMT -5
Hmmm ... coworker-competitor ... maybe. Maybe what you really need is coworker/competitor, but I don't think you can do that.
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Post by Pru Freda on May 16, 2015 2:07:39 GMT -5
Personally, I'd hyphenate co-worker. it sits better to the eye, to my way of thinking. And how about competitive co-worker?
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Post by whdean on May 18, 2015 9:46:50 GMT -5
Good to see you back, Fred.
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Post by lindymoone on May 29, 2015 6:03:38 GMT -5
I was just checking Grammar Girl for the "In to vs Into" thread, and remembered the cocktail capitalization business came up here. And that I really didn't know the correct thing to do. So here. Looks like most of the time cocktail names shouldn't be capitalized.  |
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Post by vrabinec on May 29, 2015 9:39:02 GMT -5
I was just checking Grammar Girl for the "In to vs Into" thread, and remembered the cocktail capitalization business came up here. And that I really didn't know the correct thing to do. So here. Looks like most of the time cocktail names shouldn't be capitalized. Damn it, Lindy. Thanks for confusing the shit out of me. Okay, I'm just gonna go on instinct and let whoever I get to edit the thing make the call. |
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Post by lindymoone on May 29, 2015 10:38:00 GMT -5
Sounds good. ( And sorry! ) |
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