On Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:18:36 -0500, Randy Wang <r@ndy.wang> wrote:
>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.
That makes sense.
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