Production Tip
May 2008
Reference Book Shelf: Use it!
This tip deals with a part
of our studio you may not have visited since your orientation. It’s our
reference shelves area, behind booth four, and we’re hoping to reacquaint you
with this very important resource area.
Not only are there a variety
of dictionaries to help you find pronunciations for material you’re unfamiliar
with, but there are also texts to help you with unusual abbreviations you may
encounter. Our goal is to accurately transcribe all the material that
the author has written.
We are doing a disservice to
our students if we just stumble through names and terms simply because we
haven’t checked in the reference area for assistance.
A couple of key books to
take note of are:
Biographical Dictionary - to
help with name pronunciations
Geographical Dictionary - to
help with location pronunciations
“Larry’s Speakeasy Guide for
Spoken Math.”
There are also multiple
language dictionaries and some very specific types of references like star
charts and a list of all the
So please, when in doubt,
readers and directors should both take a moment to search the reference shelves
for help with unfamiliar pronunciations.
It’ll make a big difference!