In article <q7amhell1qbp4cvmt8qoprbkg5beftlv6v@4ax.com>, Buck
<Buck@Scanners.Inc> wrote:
> I don't speak Greek so I stopped trying to pronounce them or wonder
> about the name. Sometime it seems as if they just pulled them out of
> their ass, because the name doesn't seem to have anything to do with
> the photo set.
As for *why* they do that, it took me long enough, but it finally
occurred to me: It's so the photographers can more easily find pirated
copies of their work posted on web sites, on (non-obfuscated) Usenet,
and in torrents. For instance, searching for "Aintzira" will produce
many fewer false hits than "Irina with a dildo" (or whatever).
About the names themselves, I'll bet someone has written a phone app
that the photographers use to create the bizarre names.
It's sort of like naming a new model of car (or sometimes even the car
company itself): the marketeers want something that is unique, can be
trademarked, and sounds good. If it sounds like Latin or Greek, all
the better. Previa, Elantra, Ciera, Lexus, Altima, Maxima, Integra,
Jetta, Acura, etc. Brand names of prescription drugs are similar
except that they usually include one or more syllables from the name of
the chemical compound.
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