The Hyphenator!

SF Gate columnist Jeff Yang on Barack Obama ...

"Asian Pop: Could Obama be the first Asian American president?"



Also seen on today's SF Gate home page ...

"Cooking in Common: Chilling out with noodles"

"Naengmyun is a popular Korean summer dish and one of the many cold noodle dishes favored in East Asia at this time of year. But it doesn't take a trip to the Far East to get a taste of them. Many Asian restaurants in the Bay Area offer cold noodle dishes, most of which can also be made at home.

Naengmyun literally means cold noodles in Korean. It's generally served in either of two versions - one, immersed in a cold beef broth (mool naengmyun); the other, mixed with a spicy-sweet red chile sauce (bibim naengmyun)."


Mul naengmyun from my home district of Mapo-gu in Seoul.

"Former Jayhawks members reunite for album"

Their first record in more than 10 years is slated for a September release!

I wanna hear samples NOW!

Yay! My 2008 AP Stylebook has arrived!

Now, I know you are all envious of my new spiral-bound style guide, but you can get one of your very own at apstylebook.com.

An interesting change in the 2008 version:

"Orient, Oriental Do not use when referring to East Asian nations at their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of those regions."

The 2007 entry just stated that Orient and Oriental should be capitalized when referring to the Far East nations of Asia and nearby islands, and that Asian was the preferred term for an inhabitant of these regions.

And, of course, the AP still gives the example of "Oriental rug" as standard usage of the term.