Where do you file your DVDs.....
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Originally Posted by Trevor
As a guy, I don't have any movies that start that way.
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Well, mine are all filed by director, not title. But, if they were, 'L'Age D'Or' would go under "A."
Then it would be "Le Femme Nikita", wouldn't it?
Say, Isn't Nikita a guy's name anyway?
Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k
Aaaaah...come on....La Femme Nikita is a guy flick.
Say, Isn't Nikita a guy's name anyway?
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Avventura, L'
Biches, Les
Dolce Vita, La
etc.
But my DVDs are organized by director anyway.
As a guy without issues, I don't define my masculinity based on my DVD collection.
Biches, Les
Dolce Vita, La
etc.
But my DVDs are organized by director anyway.
Originally Posted by Trevor
As a guy, I don't have any movies that start that way.
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I go buy the cataloging system that i learned in elementary school. First real word of the title is where it gets filed. No "the, and, an, a etc" Foreign films no translations of above mentioned words. Of course I do have several dvds that start with the letters "les"... but those get filed in a different area.
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Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k
Aaaaah...come on....La Femme Nikita is a guy flick.
Originally Posted by wendersfan
As a guy without issues, I don't define my masculinity based on my DVD collection.
I have several titles that start with L' or similar.
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Who here files 'A Clockwork Orange' under "A" and who under "C" (especially seeing as how the spine of the disc just lists the title as 'Clockwork Orange')?
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Do you file all the movies that start with "The" under "T"? If you do, then I would say the La, Les type movies would be filed that way.
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Originally Posted by Giles
so what about 'Das Boot'? D or B?
Other than that, I can't imagine filing something under a for "a" or t for "the", that makes no sense to me
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Originally Posted by eedoon
Boot, Das.
I mean, even the English title is The Boat. Makes no sense if it goes under D.
I mean, even the English title is The Boat. Makes no sense if it goes under D.
Originally Posted by Trevor
Good point. For some reason, this is the only film, foreign or otherwise, that I file under the definite article.
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Originally Posted by Trevor
As a guy, I don't have any movies that start that way.
But if I did, probably the same as my "the" or "a" movies, under the letter of the first "real word" of the title.
But if I did, probably the same as my "the" or "a" movies, under the letter of the first "real word" of the title.
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I file La Femme Nikkita under F, I think I did L to begin with but notced it was sorted as L in my DVDspot collection. I didn't even think about it until then, but I did fix it. I don't have das Boot, but I would ahve filed it under D. But now if and when I get it I will put it under B.
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Here's another good reason to skip the definite articles when filing movies or books or anything else you want alphabetical:
There are several titles* that are sometimes confusing as to whether there is an 'a' or 'the' in front of them or not. By filing everything under the first "real" word, there is less confusion.
* Of course I can't think of a single good example right now.
There are several titles* that are sometimes confusing as to whether there is an 'a' or 'the' in front of them or not. By filing everything under the first "real" word, there is less confusion.
* Of course I can't think of a single good example right now.
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For me, it depends on the movie. With The School of Rock, it's under S because I never call it The School of Rock, I always drop the "the". However, with movies like The Edge, I will file under T, because I call the movie The Edge.
So it all comes down to how the movie is known for me.
So it all comes down to how the movie is known for me.