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layman

damn, so im writing my streetball in hk story for SCMP right now and for the first time ever, i have to write hoop in a way that can be read by casual readers or people who dont give a crap about basketball.

i mentioned Iverson in my piece and it's just weird to have to then explain who Iverson is.

usually, in forums or blogs, i just call him AI or Iverson. now it's "Allen Iverson, professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies franchise".

then i wanna write stuff like dropping 17 points but instead i have to go "scored 17 points".

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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ben sin

"you can take the kid out of the streets but you can't take the street out of the kid"

14 年多 ago

Marie Jost

Sometimes it is a good exercise to have to explain something with highly specialized language/terminology for the uninitiated. it gives you a chance to concentrate on the essentials and also focus on the bigger picture. The best pieces I ever wrote about flamenco were most definitely not for the initiated on forums, but were general info articles. One of them even got excerpted as program notes for a nationally touring Spanish company. Pretty good for a foreigner since the Spaniards generally believe that only they know about flamenco. I guess I was the exception to the rule.

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语言: english, cantonese
位置（城市，国家）以英文标示: Hong Kong
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加入的时间: January 25, 2008