Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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weather conditions / Westchester
weather conditions is redundant, as in “Freezing weather conditions
will continue for the rest of the week.” Delete conditions. Similarly
tiresome is the weather forecasters’ fondness for “activity,”
as in “thunderstorm activity over the plains states.”
Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Wedgwood china. Not Wedge-.
weevil. Type of beetle.
Wehrmacht. German armed forces (1935–1945).
Weidenfeld and Nicolson for the British publisher. Not -field, not
Nich-.
Weil, Simone. (1909–1943) French philosopher; pronounced vay.
Weill, Kurt. (1900–1950) German-born American composer.
Weimar Republic. German republic (1919–1933).
Weimaraner. (Cap.) Breed of dog.
Weinmeister, Arnie. (1923–2000) American football player.
Weir, Peter. (1944–) Australian film director.
weird.
Weisz, Rachel. (1971–) British actress.
Weizmann, Chaim. (1874–1952) Russian-born Israeli scientist and
statesman, president of Israel (1948–1952).
Welch Regiment, Royal Welch Fusiliers, but the Welsh Guards for British
military units.
Welles, Orson. (1915–1985) American film actor and director.
Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
wellington boots. (No cap.)
weltschmerz. German for sadness over the state of the world.
werewolf, pl. werewolves.
West, Mae. (1892–1980) American actress.
West, Nathanael. Pen name of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein
(1903–1940), American novelist.
Westchester, New York, but West Chester, Delaware and Pennsylvania.