Leftist-sounding names in media

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Leftist-sounding names in media

Postby Woods » 2021-04-07, 22:19

Freedom, Revolution, People's, Liberation, Guardian, Independent - these are just a few examples of words used as brands by left-wing media.

I am looking for some other ideas.

I need something short and striking and left-wing sounding.

(Also a good occasion to ask where (and if) I should place the hyphen in the last word combination. "Left-wing" is attributive to "sounding," but "sounding" is not a noun - did I place it right?)

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Re: Leftist-sounding names in media

Postby md0 » 2021-04-07, 22:29

I'm not sure I understand your question, but references to stars and the new day are common in naming left-wing media:
Morning Star (UK communist paper), Dawn (Greek leftist paper), Break of dawn (Cypriot communist paper), Morning (Belgian communist paper), One Day (Turkish socialist paper)
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Re: Leftist-sounding names in media

Postby Dormouse559 » 2021-06-04, 7:21

Hey there, I just saw this thread.

Woods wrote:I need something short and striking and left-wing sounding.

(Also a good occasion to ask where (and if) I should place the hyphen in the last word combination. "Left-wing" is attributive to "sounding," but "sounding" is not a noun - did I place it right?)

The answer to that depends on the style you're following. Since "left-wing sounding" is being used predicatively here, the punctuation you used is probably fine according to most guides. If the phrase were attributive ("left wing sounding name"), you'd encounter some disagreement.

The Chicago Manual of Style, which is commonly used in publishing, would write "left wing–sounding name", with an en dash between "wing" and "sounding"; the use of the en dash instead of a hyphen indicates that one or both of the elements are themselves compounds.

The Associated Press Stylebook, preferred by news organizations, doesn't use en dashes, and it would write "left wing-sounding name" with a hyphen between "wing" and "sounding"; "left wing" is an obvious compound, but the Stylebook advises rephrasing if the compound is less recognizable.

The American Psychological Association, whose style guide is used in the social sciences, doesn't seem to have explicit guidance on this situation. However, one of the managers for its informational blog advised a commenter to write "health-care-associated infection", with hyphens between all of the modifier elements, so "left-wing-sounding name" in our example.
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