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minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·edit-212 days agoThe worst worst part is that’s actually how it’s spelled in novelizations (or at least how they used to spell it). Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio.
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·12 days agoI’ve never read a Star Wars book but this makes me unreasonably unset.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoI used to have a copy of the original novelization of ANH I could post a picture of that had it but I have no idea what happened to it.
minus-squareLarmyOfLone@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoBecause the only rational reason to spell it Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio is if they got paid by the word and they wanted to bolster their paycheck? The alternative that they somehow thought this was a good idea is even worse.
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoFBI not eff-bee-eye. NTP not en-tee-pee. RNC not arr-en-cee.
minus-squarezeekaran@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoI was seven when I learned this and I’ve always hated it.
The worst worst part is that’s actually how it’s spelled in novelizations (or at least how they used to spell it). Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio.
I’ve never read a Star Wars book but this makes me unreasonably unset.
You should get reset
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I used to have a copy of the original novelization of ANH I could post a picture of that had it but I have no idea what happened to it.
…Why?
Because the only rational reason to spell it Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio is if they got paid by the word and they wanted to bolster their paycheck? The alternative that they somehow thought this was a good idea is even worse.
FBI not eff-bee-eye.
NTP not en-tee-pee.
RNC not arr-en-cee.
I was seven when I learned this and I’ve always hated it.