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I just got a review. (It's always sparked by that, isn't it?)
( The review )
( My reply )
Am I being fair? After all, the majority of ff.net fanthings *are* American, but targeting an audience of American teenagers who don't even know the variations in their own language does seem to be selling out more-than-a-little-bit.
And really: Does it make that much difference for a fanthing to be picturing a rugger ball rather than a football? Generally I try to use non-ambiguous words anyway, and I don't want to lecture on 'Football is a game played by two teams, both of which are trying to get the ball to the other end' and that the variations are 'soccer football' with a round ball and 'rugby football' with a rugger ball and one country decided to shorten one one way and one the other and the other country did it the opposite way around, because I have no interest in football of any description and he knows what kind of balls Raimundo plays with and that I'm British so is it really that hard to figure out what's meant?
*deep breath*
Bah Humbug.
( The review )
( My reply )
Am I being fair? After all, the majority of ff.net fanthings *are* American, but targeting an audience of American teenagers who don't even know the variations in their own language does seem to be selling out more-than-a-little-bit.
And really: Does it make that much difference for a fanthing to be picturing a rugger ball rather than a football? Generally I try to use non-ambiguous words anyway, and I don't want to lecture on 'Football is a game played by two teams, both of which are trying to get the ball to the other end' and that the variations are 'soccer football' with a round ball and 'rugby football' with a rugger ball and one country decided to shorten one one way and one the other and the other country did it the opposite way around, because I have no interest in football of any description and he knows what kind of balls Raimundo plays with and that I'm British so is it really that hard to figure out what's meant?
*deep breath*
Bah Humbug.
