Talk:Ford Prefect (character)

message: i have read the german version of the book, so this might be wrong, but in the german language it was told, that fords real name is inexpressible, even to him self, because it is spoken in the dead language of his destroyed planet. Ix was the nickname, given to him by the children of his school.
:Yes, you're right. It is like that in the English version of the book as well. —Paul A 04:14, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  fords real name is not Ix 

message: It would be nice if there was an image of Ford on the article.
:Done. David Dixon in the TV version of Ford Prefect. --JohnDBuell 20:17, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Can we use the image of Mos Def as Ford from the website cited in the image? Or is this a copyvio? --JohnDBuell | Talk 01:02, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The TV series was created before the movie so I think that would take precedence. 202.76.132.215 05:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Douglas Adams is often quoted rejecting the idea of a 'canon' or precedence.  Why not have two pictures as leaving out Mos would seem perhaps a racist POV Briantist 09:11, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think we need to worry about racism, just copyright law. If we wanted to be completists, we'd need to find a photo of Geoffrey McGivern.... --JohnDBuell 16:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: not sure if he's ever being depicted in the novels, but I think his hair color was given as reddish? Might be worth mentioning that Mos Def doesn't look like that at all :) (clem 19:50, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description on Ford's appearance? 

message: I've noticed people repeatedly adding and reverting this info about a famous cat:
Ford Prefect is also the name of a famous cat who resides in Cary, North Carolina. Like the real Ford Prefect, Ford's owners believe he is also from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Ford Prefect photo
A link to an article (proof) is really needed for this sort of thing.  Why is it famous, why should the reader need to know about it, and is it really that relevant?  --Brandon Dilbeck 15:41, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous cat 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:FordandArthur.jpg

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:David Dixon as Ford Prefect.jpg

message: Possessive apostrophe is followed by an S.
So, Adams' is wrong. It should be Adams's. 
Fact.
If you don't believe me, ask Strunk & White, Fowler, or any other respected authority on English.
:In traditional (British) grammar, it was taught that certain "famous" names did not require an appended 's' for the possessive form. I've never found it a convincing rule. 
:The usual examples quoted were the Biblical names "Moses" and "Jesus" (rather less famous now, perhaps, than even when I was at school 30 years ago). The problem there, though, seems to be the awkwardness of pronouncing three successive syllables ending with an "s" sound when 's' is added after the apostrophe. That makes it a matter of speech rather than writing. I don't know if anyone is still teaching the rule, but in my opinion it is invalid. It is certainly unworkable, as there is no certain means of determining if the name being quoted is considered to be sufficiently famous to meet the rule.
:Phew! Anyway . . . I agree with your observation and have applied standard punctuation to Mr Adams's (thus) name in this article. Alfrew (talk) 23:46, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punctuation 

message: Do other visitors to this page know this expression? It is new to me. I have looked up the linked Wiki article and the phrase seems to be a technical legal term in patent law. Unless the term is considerably better known than I think it is, this is too oblique for a general encyclopedia article that is not concerned with patents. If the phrase is common as a colloquialism, then pardon my ignorance. Otherwise, a more common and simple form of words belongs here. Alfrew (talk) 23:56, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prior art 

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