Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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Hoffmann, The Tales of / holocaust
Hoffmann, The Tales of. 1881 opera by Jacques Offenbach. Note -ff-,
-nn-.
Hoffmann-La Roche. Swiss pharmaceuticals company.
Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, Texas.
Hofstadter, Richard. (1916–1970) American historian.
Hogmanay. Scottish name for New Year’s Eve.
Hohenzollern. German royal family and a former province of Prussia.
hoi polloi means “the masses, the common populace,” and not “the
elite” as is often thought. A second problem is that in Greek hoi
means the, so to speak of “the hoi polloi” is redundant.
Hokkaido. Japanese island; capital Sapporo.
Hokusai, Katsushika. (1760–1849) Japanese artist and wood engraver.
Holbein, Hans, the Elder. (c. 1460–1524) German painter and father of
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543), court painter to Henry VIII
of England.
Holiday, Billie. (1915–1959) American singer; born Eleanora Fagan
Holiday.
Holinshed, Raphael. (d. c. 1580) English historian, known for The
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (1577), which was
popularly known as Holinshed’s Chronicles.
hollandaise sauce. (Not cap.)
Holland America Line. (No hyphen.) Cruise ship company.
Holman-Hunt, William. (1827–1910) English painter.
Holmegaard. Danish crystal.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. (1809–1894) Physician, professor at Harvard,
poet, essayist, and novelist, father of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(1841–1935), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
(1902–1932).
holocaust. In Greek the word means “burnt whole” and, generally
speaking, it is better reserved for disasters involving fiery destruction.
You should not, for instance, use the word to describe