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[wickedflea]

Copyediting question: in a magazine article about celebrity lawsuits, the author refers to "Lorenzo Lamas and playmate Shauna Sand." They're married (for the time being), and she's a former Playboy model. Shouldn't "playmate" be capitalized? Even if you don't really want to, otherwise it's misleading. I can't find anything in the NYT stylebook. I already marked it once and they haven't fixed it.

Comments

[sarcasmosis.livejournal.com]

meh.

i'm the world's most obsessive tard when it comes to english, and i honestly don't think you should give a fuck about that particular case. mostly because there's probably not enough reference in the entire country (and england) to back up capitalizing it or not capitalizing it.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

hmmm. I dunno.

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

yes it is misleading because it makes you think she is his playmate, not a Playboy Playmate.

[shigolch.livejournal.com]

I vote that it does matter for this very reason!

[alicdeni83.livejournal.com]

why wouldn't you say, "...former Playboy Playmate Shauna Sand"

I think it's misleading any other way.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Duh, yeah, that would be better.

[4hour-ramona.livejournal.com]

playmate, in that instance, is capitalized.