Talk:Jarndyce and Jarndyce

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[edit] 'and' or 'versus'

I deleted the unnecessary explanation of why we say 'and' instead of 'versus'. It is certainly not 'unconventional' to say 'and'. Indeed - with the exception of the United States - this is standard in the UK, Australia etc. Saying versus in UK legal parlance is a serious faux pas! Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia, because something isn't American doesn't make in unconventional.--smcskim 00:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Personally I'd keen it as Jarndyce v Jarndyce. Although in England we say "and" orally, it is always written down as "v." (but never, ever, "vs."). Legis 17:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes true, but Dickens writes 'and' (from memory) which is rather unusual; if he doesn't I'd be in favour of using 'v.'. It was only the lengthy explanation which I found annoying. --smcskim 06:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I have the Penguin Classics 1996 edition, which includes a preface written by Dickens in 1853. In both the preface and the main text, he uses Jarndyce and Jarndyce. — OtherDave 18:26, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd agree with getting rid of 'unconventional', since it's standard in the UK, but while Wikipedia is international, a large portion of the readers are American, and using 'and' between the names of the parties isn't ever used. The former explanation needed work, but I think some explanation is appropriate. PaulGS 15:26, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

It may not be unconventional to say "and," but it is certainly unconventional to write "and." john k 16:05, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

OSCOLA 2006 gives the citation format as a v without a period (full stop). It's a minor point in terms of this article, so I tried rewriting the intro and adding a link to OSCOLA for the extremely source-minded. —OtherDave 14:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

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