It's in the main body of the Webster's Collegiate, which has a section
at the back for foreign words and phrases, so italics are definitely not
necessary. Watch out folks, the def includes the word hard-boiled. In
the Oxford Canadian, no itals. The def refers to anything having
characteristics of film noir. Suprisingly, my Concise Oxford (1990) has
no trace of noir.
Karin M
On 28/08/2009 4:58 PM, trentrey wrote:
> I thought I'd throw this out here because I know there are a lot of writers and editors on this discussion board.
>
> Should the word "noir" be italicized? Or has it been around long enough that it can be thought of as part of the English language now and not italicized?
>
> I've seen it both ways, and, unfortunately, written it both ways. I need to pick one.
>
-- Karin Montin
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