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Old 09-14-2011, 01:10 AM   #46
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Old 09-14-2011, 04:05 AM   #47
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So I've often wondered what the correct term was for someone who leaves comments on a blog (or other such whatnot on the internet), and the thread title happened to remind me.

Commenter
Commentor
Commentator

Nothing seems quite right. My spellchecker doesn't like the first two and the last one—while spelled correctly—hardly seems appropriate.

WTH!? "One who comments?"
In my language (Romanian) the word is "comentator", so I would have gone with the last one anyway. Maybe the origin of the word is Latin.
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Old 09-14-2011, 06:43 AM   #48
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Paul Harvey used to say that the correct term was "Common Tater."

Guess he was an authority on the topic.
Perhaps he'd been reading the "common 'taters on the axe" gag in one of the Little House books.
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Old 09-14-2011, 07:23 AM   #49
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Maybe he is a rapper.
Probably. The guys clearly an idiot, more into marketing than writing.
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Old 09-14-2011, 07:34 AM   #50
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I think we're about to find out his views on piracy.
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Old 09-14-2011, 07:35 AM   #51
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I will add that good authors can use bad spelling and bad grammar judiciously to make a stylistic point. See also the "spiraling into madness" chapters in Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury".
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Old 09-14-2011, 08:19 AM   #52
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Old 09-14-2011, 10:36 AM   #53
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Old 09-14-2011, 10:40 AM   #54
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If an author can't be bothered to spell or punctuate correctly, then I can't be bothered to read his/her work. If they can't be bothered to learn and use their own language intelligibly, then I'm not going to waste my time trying to decipher their meaning. Laziness like that shouldn't be rewarded with either my time or my money.

That's my bottom line.
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Old 09-14-2011, 12:33 PM   #55
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I think we're about to find out his views on piracy.
I think that even pirates have higher standards.
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Old 09-14-2011, 01:04 PM   #56
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Some typos I can forgive. But too many and I start to have problems. Anyone who is this blatant about not caring will not get any time/money from me.

I have really enjoyed one author who self-publishes, when I started reading I started with a prequel and really enjoyed it. So when I started catching up on the later timeline/earlier written books and found numerous typos, it really hurt my immersion. I have stopped reading the author completely - I have 1 or 2 books of his just sitting on my Kindle unread - because of this. Fortunately I know he improved and I know that he was actively trying to correct and republish the older works, so I can go back to him in a few months when that gets done.
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Old 09-14-2011, 01:29 PM   #57
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Old 09-14-2011, 01:32 PM   #58
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If an author can't be bothered to spell or punctuate correctly, then I can't be bothered to read his/her work. If they can't be bothered to learn and use their own language intelligibly, then I'm not going to waste my time trying to decipher their meaning. Laziness like that shouldn't be rewarded with either my time or my money.

That's my bottom line.
And mine, too. Language is an author's toolset. For an author not to be able to use language correctly is as inexcusable as a carpenter not being able to use his tools correctly.
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Old 09-14-2011, 02:37 PM   #59
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I think that even pirates have higher standards.
Oh, I don't know 'bout that....
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Iz cuz I try read Sound and Fury
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