Yes, you eventually got there, so you knew before publishing exactly why she carried an umbrella. As you inanely put it: "in an effort to shield the Sun." Inane, because it's not to shield the sun. It's to shield oneself from the sun. An umbrella carried for sun protection can be called a "parasol."
Does the reporter not know this? He's Shane Galvin: "Shane is an experienced writer with a proven track record. He has a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from The New School." How is English literature taught these days? Does one never encounter fictional characters who use parasols? There's nothing bizarre or nutty about protecting oneself from sunlight. I guarantee you that in Jane Austen novels nobody ever slathers on sunscreen.
I looked to see what else Shane Galvin had written. What is this "proven track record"? I find, from December 29, 2024: "I look like Luigi Mangione — and it got me a hot date with a model who slid into my DMs."
Yeesh. I'll move on. Just one more thing. I see Galvin capitalized "sun." That's wrong, but why is it wrong? We capitalize the names of the planets — Venus, Mars, etc. Is it because "sun" is like "planet," and not a name at all? What then is the proper noun for the sun? Other stars have names — Alpha Centauri, Sirius, Betelgeuse. If you're talking about our sun along with other stars, what name do you use?
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One not uncommonly sees women, mostly middle-aged and older, walking with parasols in South Florida.
From appearances, none of them speak English.
That's wrong
Is it? It’s been ‘the Sun’ as long as I recall. NASA uses the Sun. What would Jane Austen do?
Sol
NASA uses the Sun…
Ra
Sol sounds like Saul, an older Jewish guy eating matzo ball soup.
"One not uncommonly sees women, mostly middle-aged and older, walking with parasols in South Florida.
From appearances, none of them speak English."
There is a Chinese woman in our neighborhood who walks with an umbrella when it is sunny. Cab drivers in Asia wear gloves to prevent their hands from getting tan. The reporter is a provincial.
Hmm... I generally say the Sun but I feel like if our star has a proper name one should be able to drop the article. Just Sun feels off to me, but just Sol doesn't.
I can't recall a specific time I've seen a person using a parasol in person. But while I'm out walking I do somewhat frequently see folks wearing wide-brimmed hats. I myself slather on SPF 70 sunscreen. Sunscreen is also a moisturizer.
What kind of object is the sun? - it is the brightest object in the world.
YES, brilliant to such a degree! We have just seen it.
It takes a whole orchestra: drums, bugles, fifes, tubas. And the tambourines and the tympani.
All that to voice a single monosyllable. A single ononmatopoeic monosyllable.
The sun cannot be replaced by any logical formula, FOR the sun is not an object. THE BRIGHTEST of all objects in the world is - consequently - NOT - _is not_ an object; it is a void, the metaphysical abyss; the formal and indispensable condition of everything in the world. The condition of all other objects.
The condition of sight itself.
And this is what makes it atrocious. Really the last word in bad taste!
What leaves us really unsatisfied, and prevents us from adoring it: The sine qua non condition of everything in the world is revealed in it, imposed by it, appears in it.
It has the effrontery to show itself!
What's more, it reveals itself in such a way that it forbids you from looking at it, that it turns your eyes back into your body!
Really, what a tyrant!
Not only does it force us to be, I will later say under what conditions - but it forces us to contemplate it - and it nevertheless prevents us from staring at it.
YES and NO!
It is a tyrant and an artist, a fireworks specialist, an actor!
- Francis Ponge "Reading the Sun on the Radio"
Better call [it] Sol
A lot of headlines are “incredibly stupid” but few get called out by Althouse. I mean she does read the NYT every day so…
"NASA uses the Sun…"
Yes, I was going to put this in the post but thought it was a bit in the weeds. In scientific writing, it is the convention to capitalize "sun" and "moon" when referring to our sun and to Earth's moon, but in other writing, including journalism, "sun" is not capitalized. So it was wrong in that article to capitalize "sun."
Another related issue is "Earth." What on earth is the rule there? I think it's something like, capitalize it only when you're discussing it in the context of its being one of the planets. We dig in the earth, somebody is down to earth, etc. etc.
I just voted. I see there are twenty other voters who read enough science fiction to know that the star our planet orbits around is variously called “Sol” or “Solaris.”
BTW, one never capitalizes “earth.” I don’t know why not.
Ghislaine for Vice President!
Umbra-ella. From the Latin for "little shade".
I think the fact that we say "the sun" and "the moon" shows why it's not capitalized. We don't say "the Jupiter." And there aren't other Jupiters.
We say do sometimes write "sun" without the "the": Don't get too much sun. I think that may be because we used to say "sunlight." It's not the orb, per se.
@Althouse, so Shane Galvin has a proven track record — as a horn dog. Ooookay.
The Son is capitalized, not the sun.
[Chuckling]. Althouse was answering my question about not capitalizing “earth” while I was asking it. Pretty amazing.
I've always seen just 'the sun' when referring to ours. I wasn't aware NASA capitalizes it as well.
As the Professor notes, Earth can be capitalized when used without an article to indicate our planet as opposed to being a synonym for ground or dirt though I think 'the' is used just as often. Probably comes down to what a particular publications style is.
Hehe….What?…You look like Mary Poppins…Is he cool?…Hell yah, he’s cool…I’m Mary Poppins y’all!!!
Watched a few football games in Texas yesterday. The sun was very bright. But I think the parasol was as much to lower her profile as it was to protect her skin.
It's not like the New York Sun or the Chicago Sun Times.
She’s in solidarity with the Hong Kong umbrella protesters. CC, JSM
Our sun is "the sun" because it's the only one we care about. And we refer to all the others as "stars," even though they're other planets' suns, because we don't care about those planets either (at least, until we start getting visitors from some of them). It's like saying "the president" (lower-case) -- sure, other countries have presidents, but, c'mon, unless they're meeting with our president or starting a new war, we don't care about them either.
Each of the seasons should also start with a capital.
Shane Galvin is the felching go-to guy at the NY Post.
"Not healthy -- but certainly a human service."
Certainly a human service? It's something a dog might do. Or a chimp. Many animals have probably done it. My dog Blue was kind of a notorious poo eater when she was a puppy. Also not healthy.
The proper name for our sun is "Marvin". Just so you know. Use this bit of info at your next cocktail party.
I suspect both the author and editor have never lived in a Southern state where Marvin is pretty intense. Here in Florida, they sell 'Marvin Umbrellas'.
That’s just life here on Sol III.
Ann Althouse said...
I think the fact that we say "the sun" and "the moon" shows why it's not capitalized. We don't say "the Jupiter." And there aren't other Jupiters.
We say do sometimes write "sun" without the "the": Don't get too much sun. I think that may be because we used to say "sunlight." It's not the orb, per se.
This is actually an interesting point.
My favorite Post headline remains...
Headless Body in Topless Bar
I love it. More on that headline here
"...wearing a pair of blue athletic shorts and a matching blue t-shirt..."
Like it's some carefully curated designer outfit. I guess he's gotta write something.
The best umbrellas come from Acme. Acme products are designed to work with one another,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQZ6MWlVoAAuLNf.jpg
https://lights4models.com/cdn/shop/products/Roadrunner.jpg?v=1682640713
And umbrellas.
The one thing I got out of this post is the important part of the word parasol is Sol. Yeah I'm that illiterate 🤪
The International Astronomical Union recommends using the Sun as the proper name for our star in English. In non-astronomical contexts, where there is only one sun to be considered, we reference 'the sun' without capitalization just as we do not capitalize air in 'the air is fresh'. It's primarily in contexts where we recognize that there are many stars -- each of them a sun to its own solar system -- that we use the Sun as a proper name.
Let’s all use ílios and be done with it.
I was taught to capitalize Sun in the late fifties. We also capitalized the four season which also appears to have fallen out of favor (much like the comma).
I have fond memories from living in Singapore and seeing the Chinese ladies strolling with parasols to keep the sun off. I've also seen black ladies doing the same thing on Texas streets, but with plain umbrellas.
The NY Post generally has a better quality of trash in its pages. From the short video clip, it's clear that Ghislane was walking with the umbrella to shield her face from the cameras, not the sun. Galvin knows this, but wants to pretend we all won't remember that journalists like him are a key part of the Epstein culture.
It is hard not to notice that people and publications that have long propped Trump up are now acting like they never took him seriously and are starting to make fun of him.
Ann, I hope you don't play that game.
Here in Los Angeles we get roughly 280 sunny days each year. It's not at all uncommon to see ladies, particularly Asian ladies, using parasols.
That said, let's share a moment of pity for the sad sack reporter whose editor forwarded him the photo and told him to write a 500 word piece making "news" out of nothing.
Let's ponder for a moment just how common that is.
Ann Althouse said...
“We don't say "the Jupiter." And there aren't other Jupiters.”
By Jove, I can think of three off the top of my head: the planet, Jupiter Jones from The Three Investigators series, and our commentor here.
Although, after Elon briefly turned on location services for X yesterday, I am curious if our Jupiter is really posting from beyond the asteroid belt.
As I said, these reporters are usually English Rit majors. They wouldn't deign to subject themselves to the mundane requirements journalism.
We also capitalized the four season which also appears to have fallen out of favor (much like the comma).
I still do. Also Frankie Valli.
Do reporters write their own headlines?
"... the IAU (which names celestial bodies) suggests we all use Sun and Moon, rather than the lowercase sun and moon. As a result, most astronomers do capitalize these words (frequently along with other non-standard capitalizations such as Galaxy, Solar System and Universe), but most media organizations (which tend to use media stylebooks such as the AP Stylebook) don’t." ~earthsky.org
It sounds like everyone is right on this subject. What a glorious experience - total harmony without agreement or compromise. This could start something.
English major equals liar by training.Apparently also by inclination.What does one call a person who seeks to increase their attractiveness by highlighting their similarity to the evil ones among us?
English major equals liar by training.Apparently also by inclination.What does one call a person who seeks to increase their attractiveness by highlighting their similarity to the evil ones among us?
Lest we forget, "Busie old foole, unruly Sunne..." (John Donne)
You can't blame Ghislaine Maxwell for wanting to look her best for the photo op when Trump grants her clemency.
"We don't say "the Jupiter." And there aren't other Jupiters."
Ahem.
The sun, the moon, and the stars.
Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars
Let me see what life is like on Jupiter or Mars.
The Lucky ol' Sun has nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day.
The sun
Lots of asians around here use umbrellas to sheild themselves from the sun. A Parasol would look better, but I guess umbrellas are cheaper.
I will point out, that the people who write headlines are seldom the people who wrote the articles.
Are umbrellas and parasols the same thing?
Is an umbrella used for rain protecion a parasol?
I tend to think of them as different object.
John Henry
“ I find, from December 29, 2024: "I look like Luigi Mangione — and it got me a hot date with a model who slid into my DMs."”
Not sure why he thinks that is an accomplishment. They tend to be neurotic and anorexic, often with weird features and bad skin (because of all the makeup they wear).
I know this because my partner was one of the top models in Las Vegas during the latter 1970s. Her agent wanted her to go back to NYC. Nope. For her, it was easy money in college. And most of the guys in the industry were gay, so weren’t asking her out.
Her view is that most of the women in the business were airheads, and more interested in the glamor of being a model, than just knocking out the photo shoots, getting the heavy makeup off, and getting on with their lives.
She thought that the “Devil Wears Prada” was a good portrayal of models and the fashion industry. Mindless “clackers” living in stiletto heels, on diet colas, counting every calorie, and obsessing about meeting their own Donald Trumps, to take them out of the frenetic business. Her impressions reinforced when her agent took her back to NYC for Fashion Week.
There is a difference between "The Sun" and "a sun".
said...
"... the IAU (which names celestial bodies) suggests we all use Sun and Moon, rather than the lowercase sun and moon. As a result, most astronomers do capitalize these words (frequently along with other non-standard capitalizations such as Galaxy, Solar System and Universe), but most media organizations (which tend to use media stylebooks such as the AP Stylebook) don’t." ~earthsky.org
Yeh, our Sun and Moon versus a sun or a moon. And, yes, we look for other “moons” around other “suns” in other “solar systems”. Indeed, some of the other planets in our Solar System have bunches of moons.
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