Internet killed the paperback star

[Dario de Judicibus]

An article published on my blog about how Internet is changing the way people look at the real world, and which is the risk: «Internet killed the paperback star»

Dario de Judicibus

PS: Article is in English language, blog in Italian one. Feel free to write your comments in English, Italian, French, or Spanish.

[Shelagh Watkins]

This is a quote from my novel, The Power of Persuasion:

When the mountain road crossed the Canadian border, we found ourselves back in the States, in the northern most part of Montana, where we stopped to fill up with petrol at a lonely gas station. I sat inside the car and waited while Frances filled up with gas. A small Indian-American girl spotted me and came over to say hi. After a short exchange of words, she pointed towards my mouth and said, “What’s that?” I didn’t understand and replied, “What?” To which she answered, “That – the language you’re speaking.”
I said that I was speaking English, and she said, “Uh, I speak English too.”
What was that phrase about two nations united by a common language? Or was it divided by a common language?

I used pertol and gas in the same sentence. The words are interchangeable. This is how we have ended up with so many words in the English language that mean the same thing. It has been going on for centuries. Scandinavian writers envy us because it makes writing easier and more interesting. Even the French have adopted the English langauge for pop music. That really pleases the French. LOL!

[Shelagh Watkins]

Interesting to note the split infinitive in the quote:

estimated to currently have 995,000 words

This too, apparently, is becoming accepted. Seems like the Americans boldy went and changed the rules! Or Star Trek rules, okay. LOL!

[Pam Robertson]

hee hee...that's part of what I love about language. The fun never ends!

[Candy Adderley Dawe]

great informative blog

[Dario de Judicibus]

Thank you. Most articles are in Italian language, but I plan to write more and more English articles too in future. The problem is that I am a writer, so my expectations on my writing style are high, and I honestly cannot write so well as I would in a language which is not mine.