Sunday, May 25, 2008

[TK]

Why [TK], you may ask? The obvious reason being it's our initials, but the beauty lies in the dual meaning. For those of you in the publishing world, you may recognize this traditional abbreviation used in marking up proof or copy that is still awaiting an element that is missing, or "to come". When scribbling the letters t and c, they meld to look more like a t and k side by side . . . thus becoming "tk". Unfortunately, the copyeditor never got involved in correcting it, and it's been this way for years. Call it publishing folklore.

1 comment:

Carol and Dan said...

hmmm...never knew!.....c.