Style

Style Guide

The Bavarian Brainrot newsroom follows the standard Associated Press Stylebook, with the following Helen-specific clarifications.

A

• Anna Ruby Falls. Two falls. Capitalize “Falls.” Do not characterize as a “twin” waterfall; the falls are joined at the base but not symmetrical. The Park Service prefers “tandem.”

B

• Bavarian. Always lowercase “Bavarian Brainrot” when used as the name of this publication. Capitalize “Bavarian” when modifying any other noun. Do not hyphenate Bavarian-style.
• BabyLand General Hospital. One word, two capitals. “Hospital” is part of the proper noun.
• Bratwurst. One word.
• BOC. Spell out “Board of Commissioners” on first reference; “BOC” acceptable on subsequent reference. White County BOC, Habersham County BOC, etc.

C

• Cabbage Patch Doll. Capitalize “Doll.” Use the full name on first reference; “doll” acceptable on subsequent reference.
• Chattahoochee. Two t’s, two h’s, two e’s. Always capitalize.

G

• Glockenspiel. Capitalize when referring to the Helen Downtown Glockenspiel; lowercase as a generic. “The Glockenspiel” for the Helen instrument; “a glockenspiel” for any other.
• Goose / Geese. Avoid “the goose” when more than one is present. The plural is “geese”; do not use “gooses.” Police-blotter convention: a goose-related call is “a goose call,” not “a call regarding a goose.”

L

• Lederhosen. Plural noun, takes a plural verb (“these lederhosen are”). Avoid “a pair of lederhosen” unless attempting to be precise about quantity.

M

• Mil / mils. Always lowercase. “8.4380 mils”, not “8.4380 mills”. The unit of property-tax assessment.

S

• Sautee Nacoochee. Two words, no hyphen. “Sautee” before “Nacoochee.” The mound is the “Sautee Nacoochee Indian mound”, lowercase “mound.”
• Strudel. One word. Plural is “strudel” (uncountable in newsroom usage).

T

• Tuber. A person on a tube on the Chattahoochee. Lowercase. Not to be confused with the agricultural noun.
• Tubing. The recreational activity. “The tuber went tubing” is acceptable; the apparent redundancy is not.

W

• White County. Capitalize both words. The seat is Cleveland.

Updates and additions to this style guide may be addressed to [email protected].