"Moon"

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Skybird

What's is it now again?

See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick

We know you meant the author, luv. But "dick" in English is a common slang term for a certain male body part.

If the guy's name were "Philip K. Schwanz," for instance, and I said "I'm a fan of der Schwanz..."

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

We know you meant the author, luv. But "dick" in English is a common slang term for a certain male body part.

If the guy's name were "Philip K. Schwanz," for instance, and I said "I'm a fan of der Schwanz..."

I know. I also know about capital letters making a significant difference between names and nouns in English?!

[August]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I know. I also know about capital letters making a significant difference between names and nouns in English?!

Such distinctions while technically correct would tend to be ignored in such situations.

No offense intended though...

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I know. I also know about capital letters making a significant difference between names and nouns in English?!

Well, yeah, but - for the sake of stoopid humor, we will always overlook that.

Also people tend to "hear" things in their heads when they read, which negates the capitalization. And when it comes to that word we're all about nine years old. There's just no way to read that sentence and have one's mind not go there with it.

So generally speaking, any time somebody wants to express his/her appreciation for Mr. Dick's body of work* in English, use of the author's full name is highly recommended.


*Case in point: I can't read Mr. Dick's body of work and not giggle.

[August]

I once knew a guy named Richard Head. I just can't believe that his parents didn't understand the grade school hell they were consigning the poor kid to.

[Platapus]

Lewis Black does a comedy routine on that. He says there should be an office where baby names are registered and that office should have the authority to say "uh no".

He is one funny guy

[Skybird]

I need a quick distraction here, it seems. Let'S contemplate the nature of "oops" for a while:

http://www.tcnj.edu/~hofmann/humor/Misc/oops/oops.htm

[August]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I need a quick distraction here, it seems. Let'S contemplate the nature of "oops" for a while:

http://www.tcnj.edu/~hofmann/humor/Misc/oops/oops.htm

Some of those are obvious photoshops but still a pretty cool collection.