What is your preferred abbreviation for Distance Over Time?

[ZirconBlue]

D/T  It's a proper mathematical notation for the title.

[mikeyd23]

DOT

[cramx3]

probably DOT although I voted Kevin Moore, because

[Chino]

I like D/T, but I voted for DOT because I think it'll be less confusing.

[hefdaddy42]

I will just call it George.

[noxon]

Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be

[bosk1]

John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.

[gzarruk]

Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be

The master has spoken


...I'll still call it DOT, though

[MirrorMask]

John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.

[lonestar]

I'm kind of surprised D/T is losing the poll that badly...it seems the type of overthought, nerdy shit you guys'd dig.

[bosk1]

John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.

Obviously, I'm kidding.  So please don't tell him I said that.  One of my favorite things is being alive, so I would hate for that state to come to a premature end.  Please.

[Another_Won]

Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be

We need to see the context to be sure they were actually referring to the album . . . 

[Cool Chris]

it seems the type of overthought, nerdy shit you guys'd dig.

I know this bugs me more than it should, but this is my problem. It isn't "nerdy shit." This is "nerdy shit." 



Typing D/T (or Rush's P/G) isn't "nerdy" in the nerdy-but-in-a-cool-way we are talking about. It is more like something a 12 year old would come up with to try and be cool but just made him seem more dorky.

[Sebastián Pratesi]

Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be

Are you allowed to share the content of that e-mail with us?

[Aythesryche]

D/T it is for me.

[cramx3]

Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be

Well we can +1 for D/T then on his behalf

I think this debate in and of itself is already nerdy so whatever the end result is, I'm not sure it gets any nerdier than how we got to the result

[rab7]

Well, I just received an e-mail from JP, with the Subject being "D/T", so I think it's obvious what it should be

Are you allowed to share the content of that e-mail with us?

Wild guess:

Noxon - "Can I continue to reveal little tidbits about things I know, like the teaser?"

JP - "Yes"

[Counselor of Prog]

D/T.  Like a Rush p/g vibe.

[The Letter M]

With regards to "Over" vs "over", someone on the wikipedia article for the album keeps changing it back to "Distance over Time" because wiki rules state that prepositions under 5 letters do not get capitalized in titles (in most cases).

However, the band's own press release definitively types the title as "Distance Over Time", so do we follow creator's intent and capitalize the O, or follow the wiki  (and probably some outdated English book's) rules and keep "over" lowercase?

Personally speaking, for all titles, I always capitalised letters just because it looks nicer to me, it helps keep song and album names apart from lyrics and other words, especially when italics and quotations aren't being used for albums and songs respectively.

-Marc.

[MirrorMask]

To me, capitalizing words as "the", "of" and the likes seem weird. I prefer Scenes from a Memory to Scenes From A Memory. But really, it's not big deal.

[cramx3]

To me, capitalizing words as "the", "of" and the likes seem weird. I prefer Scenes from a Memory to Scenes From A Memory. But really, it's not big deal.

Yea, also under 5 letters seems like a lot of words to not capatilize in a title.  I never heard that rule and won't deny that maybe it is a thing in the English language, but I would have thought Over would be correct personally.  If that's the way it is on the album, then maybe someone needs to object to wikipedia on that and see what happens.

[noxon]

If there's a compelling reason to use Over, like if that's how it's printed everywhere, it would be possible to argue an exception to the title caps rule. BUT; as it is now, the title is actually ALL CAPS on the cover, so...

[lonestar]

John Petrucci's opinion carries no weight here.

Obviously, I'm kidding.  So please don't tell him I said that.  One of my favorite things is being alive, so I would hate for that state to come to a premature end.  Please.

Screencapped for blackmail purposes.

[ToT-147]

However, the band's own press release definitively types the title as "Distance Over Time", so do we follow creator's intent and capitalize the O, or follow the wiki  (and probably some outdated English book's) rules and keep "over" lowercase?

Hahaa, it's not about following "wikipedia".. Personally, I'm cool with both options (DOT and DoT)... and if I'd prefer "DoT" instead of DOT would not be because of what wikipedia says, but because I'd like it more..

I've written so many times "DOT" that I realized it's actually a word in one of the song titles... coincidence?.. 


Also, if we would religiously follow the band's intent, then we would always write ToT for Train of Thought (as it's typed on the cover) and that's not the case, have seen it several times written as TOT instead... not to mention WD&DU (written as When Dream and Day Unite on the cover), I&W (Images and Words), or 8V, which is obviously a different case anyway..

[RMGadelha]

Pale Blue Distance over Time. D:

[gzarruk]

Pale Blue Distance over Time. D:

Nuggetz

[|KirK|]

JP on facebook: "James and I doing some UK press yesterday for D/T at @planetrockradio @dtimages @dreamtheaterworld"

[Pettor]

D/T all the way! Love how you can actually say "Let's hope the new DT album D/T is better than DT"