Nashville vs. "Nashville" (Germantown: house, movies, construction)

[CountryGirl2b=]

Have just noticed that when articles come out about the ABC show, they use:

"Nashville"

And if they are just referring to the city, it's plain old

Nashville

Subtle yet effective!

[DonCorleone]

I think we should do that on this forum. When we talk about the idealized/celebrity fawning/New York Times salivating/pie-in-the-sky "it city", we should use Nashville. For example:

"I like to stop in Las Paletas in 12South after we have dinner at City House in Germantown, but before we stop by Holland House for drinks. Nashville is such a great city!"

That would let us use Nashville for ordinary purposes in everyday conversation:

"Got stuck in traffic on my way into work again today. I remember when Ellington used to be the best kept secret in town. Now with the Trinity Lane construction zone on 65 north stretching into its 3rd decade, I think the word is out. Nashville needs a real mass transit system...like 10 years ago!"

[CountryGirl2b=]

I like it!

We can also use

NASHVILLE

or

nashville

. . . for other explanatory purposes!

[Bellamouse]

This is not something subtle?? This is just standard rules of writing?

In-text citation capitalization, quotes, and italics/underlining

Always capitalize proper nouns, including author names and initials: D. Jones.
If you refer to the title of a source within your paper, capitalize all words that are four letters long or greater within the title of a source: Permanence and Change. Exceptions apply to short words that are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs: Writing New Media, There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
(Note: in your References list, only the first word of a title will be capitalized: Writing new media.)

When capitalizing titles, capitalize both words in a hyphenated compound word: Natural-Born Cyborgs.
Capitalize the first word after a dash or colon: "Defining Film Rhetoric: The Case of Hitchcock's Vertigo."
Italicize or underline the titles of longer works such as books, edited collections, movies, television series, documentaries, or albums: The Closing of the American Mind; The Wizard of Oz; Friends.
Put quotation marks around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles, articles from edited collections, television series episodes, and song titles: "Multimedia Narration: Constructing Possible Worlds"; "The One Where Chandler Can't Cry."

[N.Cal]

Don, I'll save you some driving...

"I like to stop for Jeni's Ice Cream at Jeni's East Nashville after we have do izakaya and ramen at Two Ten Jack, but before dinner we'll have a margarita at Rosepepper. Afterwards, we'll go hear music and dance at The 5 Spot or see what's happening at The Building. Nashville is such a great city!"

[DonCorleone]

Yeah, that would probably be less mileage.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by CountryGirl2b=

Have just noticed that when articles come out about the ABC show, they use:

"Nashville"

And if they are just referring to the city, it's plain old

Nashville

Subtle yet effective!

Originally Posted by Bellamouse

This is not something subtle?? This is just standard rules of writing?

In-text citation capitalization, quotes, and italics/underlining

Always capitalize proper nouns, including author names and initials: D. Jones.
If you refer to the title of a source within your paper, capitalize all words that are four letters long or greater within the title of a source: Permanence and Change. Exceptions apply to short words that are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs: Writing New Media, There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
(Note: in your References list, only the first word of a title will be capitalized: Writing new media.)

When capitalizing titles, capitalize both words in a hyphenated compound word: Natural-Born Cyborgs.
Capitalize the first word after a dash or colon: "Defining Film Rhetoric: The Case of Hitchcock's Vertigo."
Italicize or underline the titles of longer works such as books, edited collections, movies, television series, documentaries, or albums: The Closing of the American Mind; The Wizard of Oz; Friends.
Put quotation marks around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles, articles from edited collections, television series episodes, and song titles: "Multimedia Narration: Constructing Possible Worlds"; "The One Where Chandler Can't Cry."

^^This. It's just correct grammar to put the name of the TV show in quotation marks. That's all this is.

[CountryGirl2b=]

I understand, but I can see people saying "Nashville" meaning the show and using their hands to add the quotes . . . you know??? Kind of like sign language?

Also . . .

. . . according to what Bellamouse posted, the series should be

Nashville or Nashville

The names of specific EPISODES, such as last nights Road Happy, should be

"Road Happy"

[Bellamouse]

I just got that from a quick google search. Rules of writing (whether to use italics or quotes) change sometimes, or differ slightly depending upon the form (newspaper articles vs. school papers, etc.). The point is it's in quotes because you are supposed to put it in quotes. It's not some new thing they just came up with so people could differentiate between the show Nashville and the city Nashville...

[CountryGirl2b=]

Well, if it's on the Internet, it must be true!