Kbh i The AP Stylebook
« Updates to AP Style, Part I | Main
February 05, 2010
You Bet Djibouti - Updates to AP Style, Part II
When I see a document refer to something going on in “London, England,” or “Detroit, Mich.,” I’m never sure if adding “England” and “Mich.” is a result of the writer’s ignorance (they don’t realize everyone knows where these places are) or arrogance (they know where these places are but assume others don’t) or just some misplaced duty to being complete. But many cities in the U.S., as well as around the world, do not require the larger locations appended to them and, in fact, look pretty silly when they are. Yes, there’s Paris, France, and Paris, Texas, and Philadelphia, Penn., and Philadelphia, Miss., so use common sense. If you have an event in Cairo, Ill., by all means be specific!
The AP Stylebook recently updated its list of cities in the U.S. and globally that stand alone, which is determined by the population of the city and metropolitan region, the frequency of the city's appearance in the news, the uniqueness of its name, and the chance that it’s almost synonymous with the state or nation where it’s located (when you hear Paris, do you think of Texas?).
In the U.S. these cities are:
- Atlanta
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Dallas
- Denver
- Detroit
- Honolulu
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- New Orleans
- New York
- Oklahoma City
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- St. Louis
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Washington
Here are those cities around the world. I’ve added an asterisk to those newly added.
- Amsterdam*
- Baghdad
- Bangkok*
- Beijing
- Beirut*
- Berlin
- Bogota*
- Brussels*
- Cairo*
- Copenhagen*
- Djibouti
- Dublin*
- Frankfurt*
- Geneva
- Gibraltar
- Guatemala
- Hamburg*
- Havana
- Helsinki*
- Hong Kong
- Islamabad*
- Istanbul*
- Jerusalem
- Johannesburg*
- Kabul*
- Kuwait City
- London
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madrid*
- Mexico City
- Milan*
- Monaco
- Montreal
- Moscow
- Munich*
- New Delhi
- Oslo*
- Ottawa
- Panama City*
- Paris
- Prague*
- Quebec City
- Rio de Janeiro*
- Rome
- San Marino
- Sao Paulo*
- Shanghai*
- Singapore
- Stockholm*
- Sydney*
- Tokyo
- Toronto
- Vatican City
- Vienna*
- Zurich*
Posted at 03:06 PM | Permalink
Så er Kbh med i The AP Stylebook, iøvrigt sammen med en masse andre europæiske byer som jeg ville have troet allerede var med. Men igen, hvor meget ved jeg lige om US?
Comments [0]