tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post2663079234358378518..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-51539729042050875152008-08-24T10:44:00.000-05:002008-08-24T10:44:00.000-05:00You would need to know how to pronounce "Bruichlad...You would need to know how to pronounce "Bruichladdich" in the first place though (and hope that the person on the other end of that request would know how it is pronounced too - do you feel lucky?)... <BR/><BR/>Some successful writers do get their stories sponsored and those books can sound like advertising (but we are not talking about high brow literature there, so I suppose it is acceptable - as long as it sells). Of course one could argue that having a hero order a Bruichladdich would be more of a cultural thing rather than just commercial (possibly the owners of the distillery might not be against free publicity) but maybe in the Batman case the matter was more that of having a readily recognizable alcoholic product displayed for all to see where alcohol is usually sold in shameful brown paper bags (protection of youth and all that jazz)?spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-61221258954168033122008-08-23T02:53:00.000-05:002008-08-23T02:53:00.000-05:00"Most writers would like to be free to name produc..."Most writers would like to be free to name products or commercial entities in dialogue just as people do in real life. "<BR/><BR/>Last time I watched Disney's "The Love Bug" (the sixties one) it was odd that nobody once mentioned the word Volkswagen.<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>B SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-65278475477906494292008-08-22T09:14:00.000-05:002008-08-22T09:14:00.000-05:00Geoffrey Chaucer hath a blog. The thinges ye shal ...Geoffrey Chaucer hath a blog. The thinges ye shal see shal be so funnye they shall maken yow to “laughen out loude”. Or else ask “what the swyve?”<BR/><BR/>http://houseoffame.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com