Softback, Softcover ... ?

[rust]

Mongoose has announced Traveller Book 3: Scout as a "Softcover" and
The Universe of Babylon 5 as a "Softback", so there is probably some
kind of difference between a softcover and a softback - but neither my
knowledge of English nor my dictionary can determine that difference. :?

Could someone please give me a hint ... ?

Thank you very much !

 

[AndrewW]

Mongoose has announced Traveller Book 3: Scout as a "Softcover" and
The Universe of Babylon 5 as a "Softback", so there is probably some
kind of difference between a softcover and a softback - but neither my
knowledge of English nor my dictionary can determine that difference. :?

Could someone please give me a hint ... ?

Thank you very much !

Softback is made out of the skin off the back of the slaves that toil to produce the books. Softcover on the other hand is made out of their rags.

 

[Greyscale]

It just has to do with what part of the book is softest: the cover or the back.

A softback has a a diamond like front cover, with a pliant, soft area in the back - like a Zelda enemy. A softcover is just the opposite.

 

[lastbesthope]

But to be serious for a moment, there is no difference so far as I know.

LBH

 

[Anonymous]

But to be serious for a moment, there is no difference so far as I know.

Thank you - as a non-native speaker I get sometimes a bit confused by
English terms ...

 

[lastbesthope]

Don't worry, sometimes they confuse us native speakers as well.

Though technically, since I'm from Scotland, my native language is bad English, like Bruce Willis in Fifth Element :lol:

LBH

 

[BP]

He also claimed to know English...

 

[lastbesthope]

Yeah, but the way he talks I'm working on the assumption that Bad English was hsi mother tongue, I mean he is an American :lol:

LBH

 

[BP]

Yeah, but the way he talks I'm working on the assumption that Bad English was hsi mother tongue ...

"hsi mother tongue" = his sole inherited mother tongue?

[Oops - crap - that was supposed to be posted as guest- how do you delete these frak'n things - darn computers]

 

[rust]

Yeah, but the way he talks I'm working on the assumption that Bad English was hsi mother tongue, I mean he is an American :lol:

Well, his mother was German, so I understand his problem ...

 

[cbrunish]

You mean American English isn't proper?!?!? I thought we invented the English Language. :shock:

 

[rust]

I thought we invented the English Language. :shock:

It is more like retro-engineered, I think ...

 

[Dave Chase]

You mean American English isn't proper?!?!? I thought we invented the English Language. :shock:

You mean American English an't proper english. Sheesh, git ur typeing skils up to sped.

Dave Chase

 

[BP]

You mean American English isn't proper?!?!? I thought we invented the English Language. :shock:

You mean American English an't proper english. Sheesh, git ur typeing skils up to sped.

Dave Chase

Ain't is spelled with an 'i'

I'm just say'n - I gots words...

 

[whtknght]

He also claimed to know English...

But, he never claimed to speak the Queens English.

 

[lastbesthope]

He also claimed to know English...

But, he never claimed to speak the Queens English.

By that point in the future it could be the King's English, or we might have junked the monarchy completely.

LBH

 

[BP]

Nah, Grandfather's English

 

[Mithras]

Americans don't speak English; I'm sure I heard John Wayne say in one cowboy film "Where did you learn to speak American?"

 

[towerwarlock]

Actually I think English has nothing to do with it. I think it is Marketing Speak. Them and Lawyers do not actually speak English. They speak only jibberish.

 

[Donkeykong]

I hate this magazine feel Softcover thing.
If all the supplements were Hardcover I would have to buy them for the joy of ownership.
............
!!!
which would cost lots

....

I quite like softcovers.