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Telegraph
17-07-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Telegraph style book: Aa
A a/an: If the H is pronounced, use a: a hotel, a historian; if not, use an: an hour, an heir Aborigine: Note the cap A. Aboriginal should also be capped when referring to native Australian people abdicate, abnegate and abrogate: All have different meanings. Abdicate = renounce high responsibilities; abnegate = deny oneself or others something; abrogate = abolish by official proclamation accents: Use on foreign proper names and words in regular English usage (café, pâté). Avoid in headlines and on capital letters Achilles heel, Achilles tendon: No apostrophe acronym: If pronounced as a word (e.g. Nasa), cap first letter only. If said as letters (e.g. NHS, CPS), use upper case Act (law): Takes a capital letter at every mention actress: The preferred term for a female actor AD: Comes before the year (AD 1066) and after centuries (fourth century AD). Do not use CE Addenbrooke's hospital adrenalin: No 'e' on the end advertisement: Should be shortened to advert, not ad adviser but advisory Afrikaner: The people and culture Afrikaans: The language ageing/ageist: Not aging/agist AI: No full points; no need to spell it out as AI (artificial intelligence) Aids: Initial cap only. Since it is a condition rather than a disease, write 'died of an Aids-related condition', not 'died of Aids' air strike, air base: Not one word A-level: Lower case 'l' alibi: Is not an excuse; it means proof of being elsewhere allelulia: Hallelujah is preferred al-Qaeda alright: Is not correct; use all right alsatian/Alsatian: Lower case for dogs; capital for people alternate: As an adjective means 'every other'; e.g. 'he had maths on alternate days' alternatives: There can only ever be two alternative reality: Not alternate reality among: Used when there is more than person 'The money was shared among the team' see between ancestor: An earlier generation of a family descendant: The opposite of ancestor and/or: Avoid, rewrite instead 'You may bring your passport, your driving licence or both' St Andrews University annex: Verb annexe: Noun anti-Semitism any more/anymore: We do not want any more errors... we will not put up with this anymore apostrophe: Used to indicate the omission of letters and in plural forms of lowercase letters (e.g. dotting the i's) apparatchik apps: No need to describe as 'mobile phone apps'. 'Applications' is too formal archaeology Argentina: Argentine for the citizen and adjective, not Argentinian Argyle: Knitwear Argyll: The county Armed Forces: Use upper case if referring to British forces artefact: Not artifact Ascot: The town and racecourse Royal Ascot: The racing event attended by the Royal family Asperger's syndrome assume/presume: Assume = to take for granted; presume = to suppose based on probability assure/insure: Assure for lives, insure for property at a glance: No hyphens Atacms: Acronym of Army Tactical Missile System (initial cap only) ATM: Banned American term. Use cash machine Attorney General: No hyphen Auschwitz: Nazi death camp within modern-day Poland. Do not call it 'a Polish death camp' Australian Labor Party: No 'u' in Labor autarchy: Absolute sovereignty autarky: Self-sufficiency author: A noun. Avoid use as a verb Ayatollah Khomenei (dead), Ayatollah Khamenei (living)
Daily Mail
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Respected Channel 9 presenter Peter Overton makes awkward gaffe while discussing first Aboriginal MP
Veteran journalist Peter Overton suffered an awkward gaffe during Channel Nine's election night coverage when he used the politically incorrect term 'Aborigine'. Overton was talking about legendary Australian politician Neville Bonner AO, who was the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. According to Reconciliation Australia, 'Aborigine' is perceived as offensive because it has racist connotations from the country's colonial past, promotes negative stereotypes and puts people with diverse backgrounds into a single group. 'Let's move on to the seat of Bonner now in Queensland,' Overton said during the broadcast. 'Of course, named after Neville Bonner, the first Aborigine to serve in the Australian parliament and a Liberal. 'If those votes (from the early count) hold up, it won't be Liberal for long. 'Ross Vasta had the seat for a long time, he's getting 30 per cent. Kara Cook's had a great night so far she's up 12 per cent compared to that.' Overton paused for a split second in seeming recognition of the slip-up, but then Nine's coverage rolled on despite the hiccup. Amnesty International agreed the term Aborigine was not correct. 'You're more likely to make friends by saying Aboriginal person, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander,' the non-profit said. 'If you can, try using the person's clan or tribe name and if you are talking about both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, it's best to say either 'Indigenous Australians' or 'Indigenous people'. 'Without a capital a, aboriginal can refer to an Indigenous person from anywhere in the world. The word means 'original inhabitant' in Latin.' As about 8pm in the seat of Bonner, the voting numbers had grown closer, however, Ms Cook was still well head on 54.7 per cent of the vote compared to 45.3 per cent for Mr Vasta, an 8.1 per cent swing to Labor. The electorate's namesake, Neville Bonner, made history after he had been appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy in the representation of Queensland in the Senate. He later became the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the parliament by a popular vote.
