A Whole Nother (rebroadcast) - 26 July 2010

<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 8px; background-color: #ffffff;"> <p>For the final word on grammar, many writers turn to the Associated Press Stylebook http://www.apstylebook.com/. But if you find that stylebook too stuffy, you'll love 'Fake AP Stylebook' http://twitter.com/fakeapstylebook, the online send-up that features such sage journalistic advice 'The plural of apostrophe is 'apostrophe's.'' Grant and Martha share some favorite 'rules' from that guide. Also this week: Why are offices and apartments named after landscapes and wildlife that are nowhere to be seen? Is it correct to use the phrase 'a whole nother'? And what's the difference, if any, between a 'naturalist' and a 'biologist'?<br /><br />Grant and Martha share some of their favorite tweets from 'Fake AP Stylebook' http://twitter.com/fakeapstylebook, the Twitter feed that tweaks journalistic style and tropes, such as 'Do not change weight of gorilla in phrase, '800-lb gorilla in the room.' Correct weight is 800 lbs. DO NOT CHANGE GORILLA'S WEIGHT!'<br /><br />Natural names for unnatural objects. Why do subdivisions and office complexes have names invoking landscapes and animals that don't exist there? A Fort Wayne, Indiana, listener got to wondering about this after passing the 'Bay View Apartments' in her hometown: there's not a bay in sight. Here's the Billy Collins poem on that topic, 'The Golden Years' http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20415.<br /><br />What's happening linguistically when someone's using the second-person singular possessive in a list of items? A Charlottesville, Virginia, caller began wondering that recently after heari