A listener who works as a proofreader for academic texts wrote in with his own eponymous law that, like the academic texts the law addresses, is way too long to transcribe here. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Listener Eponymous Law”
We asked you to send in your examples of your own laws, like Murphy’s Law.
Mine was something about if you change lanes in your car, then the other lane is going to go faster.
We heard from Joshua Racklin, who is a proofreader for an academic publisher.
And he says he believes he’s uncovered a rule that many textbook authors follow.
And so this is Racklin’s rule.
In the course of composing textual content for scholarly purposes, care must be taken to always utilize the absolute largest number of words possible in the process of conveying any specific piece of factual information.
In addition, thesaurusizing is a valuable component to any and every academic writing process such that the author can ensure that verbiage containing the largest syllabic count conceivable is employed.
His point is well made.
Joshua, we feel your pain.
Sorry, bud. I apologize for all of academia.
If you’ve got a rule or a law that you want to name after yourself, give us a call, 877-929-9673, or tell us about it in an email to words@waywordradio.org.
