Post AXgzPRNHKinhRs8UV6 by nomdeb@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AXgvZtEWD6fovilX5U by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-07-14T17:04:58Z
       
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       Here's a deep cut related to the entertainment industry:If two writers are listed in the credits with their names connected by an ampersand, it means they wrote the script as a team. But if two writers names are connected by the word “and,” it means they worked on the script separately."Smith & Jones" has a different meaning from "Smith and Jones."https://www.wga.org/the-guild/about-us/faq#credits4
       
 (DIR) Post #AXgwAa12cges2ixOQi by christymarx@wandering.shop
       2023-07-14T17:11:14Z
       
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       @grammargirl And the sequence of names also tells you who worked on the script first and last.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXgxHQNyvQym9oVyjY by royal@theres.life
       2023-07-14T17:24:01Z
       
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       @grammargirl So "Gilbert & Sullivan" but "Laurel and Hardy"?Not that they're active.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXgyDKAIDD91exijoW by APBBlue@zirk.us
       2023-07-14T17:34:34Z
       
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       @grammargirl wow -- that's wild!
       
 (DIR) Post #AXgyWiTg2grEZA2BuK by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-07-14T17:38:06Z
       
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       @christymarx I didn't now that! Cool.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXgzPRNHKinhRs8UV6 by nomdeb@mstdn.social
       2023-07-14T17:47:54Z
       
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       @grammargirl having to rethink my shortcuts using & to fit in character limits on social media now! 😊
       
 (DIR) Post #AXh43n2sa1HI3m5dnE by Elephino@mastodon.social
       2023-07-14T18:40:03Z
       
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       @grammargirl I didn't know that, thanks.  But Smith and Jones will always mean this song to me.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ONbooypFSd4R.I.P. David Berman
       
 (DIR) Post #AXhABCNnNFxoOVmzho by purpleidea@mastodon.social
       2023-07-14T19:48:37Z
       
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       @grammargirl What do you write if A + B worked together, B + C worked separately, and C + A worked together?
       
 (DIR) Post #AXhBLKcdh91OnZ7ziC by mlevison@agilealliance.social
       2023-07-14T20:01:39Z
       
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       @grammargirl so writers pair program? Do they use the driver/navigator metaphor?
       
 (DIR) Post #AXhdWd7W3chO4SkK5g by acm_redfox@jawns.club
       2023-07-15T01:17:28Z
       
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       @grammargirl and if it says "Smith and 'Jones' " we're all in trouble... 😜
       
 (DIR) Post #AXi3k7a8i7J77REDTc by smartwatermelon@worldkey.io
       2023-07-15T06:11:15Z
       
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       @grammargirl I first learned this from the credits in Star Trek IV: The One With The Whales (1986).SCREENPLAY BYSteve Meerson & Peter Krikes and Harve Bennett & Nicholas MeyerSTORY BYLeonard Nimoy & Harve Bennett
       
 (DIR) Post #AXiB7QLbo1XZevUSi8 by shrikant@noc.social
       2023-07-15T07:33:52Z
       
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       @grammargirl Interesting, because the Indian film industry chose the hyphen instead of the ampersand. Any popular duos - writers, composers, directors - are all joined by a hyphen. And first names only.It took me an embarrassingly long time after I heard their names to realise that Salim-Javed, Nadeem-Shravan, and Abbas-Mustan were SIX people, not three... :)