I've Got A Problem With A Lot Of Your Free Site Descriptions!

Pagan · 2013-12-01, 11:37 PM

Proper American English wants to put the articles in there so that it is a complete sentence AND makes sense. But, how many people really do speak proper American English? The Brits and Aussies have their own way of mangling the language. THEN we have this other entire group of people who have learned a form of the Queen's English as a second language. They use a hybrid of their own native capitalization and structure. It totally drives me crazy, but then... I have revenge. My Finnish drives them crazier.

If it makes sense, why stress over it? It isn't a reflection of my work - it is the freesite/gallery publisher. I know, it isn't always pretty but, in some ways these odd descriptions stand out and that may well be what they want. The "newspeak" styles are more like headlines. If all the descriptions were perfect, it would be pretty danged boring. I used to change them all the time. Now, I leave them. Some of these guys are getting them right from the sponsors that way too. (My west coast ear wants to say THE sexy BBW girlfriend and not A sexy BBW girlfriend)

If you want some fun, come to a country that doesn't have articles like A and The. Finnish has one word for He, She, and It. It is hysterical to me to be reading an article written in English (and not translated) that refers to a guy as a she or a woman as an it. Him and Her also get totally mixed up. I see it all the time from our national media.

2013-12-01, 11:37 PM	#15
Pagan Perverted Empress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 5,072	Proper American English wants to put the articles in there so that it is a complete sentence AND makes sense. But, how many people really do speak proper American English? The Brits and Aussies have their own way of mangling the language. THEN we have this other entire group of people who have learned a form of the Queen's English as a second language. They use a hybrid of their own native capitalization and structure. It totally drives me crazy, but then... I have revenge. My Finnish drives them crazier. If it makes sense, why stress over it? It isn't a reflection of my work - it is the freesite/gallery publisher. I know, it isn't always pretty but, in some ways these odd descriptions stand out and that may well be what they want. The "newspeak" styles are more like headlines. If all the descriptions were perfect, it would be pretty danged boring. I used to change them all the time. Now, I leave them. Some of these guys are getting them right from the sponsors that way too. (My west coast ear wants to say THE sexy BBW girlfriend and not A sexy BBW girlfriend) If you want some fun, come to a country that doesn't have articles like A and The. Finnish has one word for He, She, and It. It is hysterical to me to be reading an article written in English (and not translated) that refers to a guy as a she or a woman as an it. Him and Her also get totally mixed up. I see it all the time from our national media. __________________ Is it naptime yet?