Sunday, 1 November 2009

Internet culture

I stumbled upon an apparent social networking site that appeared to me to be based in India. I glanced at a few home pages and marvelled at some of the profile names. Some appeared decidedly Indian in flavour, ironically because they lacked spice, while others I found to be amusing as they remind one of decadently western fare...or flair, as the case may be.

Before starting this post, I checked the suffix (.fr) from the site and found that it is, in fact, from Micronesia, for what it's worth. The name of the site is Shtyle. Your guess is as good as mine whether it has anything to do with "Style".

Names like **ANGEL** *LOVE U ALL* and The Brave Heart can be expected to be chosen by a person of any culture, though for some reason, they give me the impression of non-western choices.

Here's one that starts out sort of ambiguous and then ends somewhat American sounding: °o.O Maddy °o.O™ Keep honking. I'm reloading.

Here's one that is unambiguous to start and then quickly becomes western, spelling notwithstanding. On second thought, I guess misspelling is as western as it is anything else:
Dr.Sumit dalal (Jat Risky After Wisky)

As might be expected, a sprinkling of sexy/suggestive names is evident, like
the coolest chic in hell . In this case, the possible origin is hinted by the accompanying photo of a young woman's lower back with the name "Harshita" tattooed on it.

There's no doubt about this one: life is full of struggle..keep on learning

I had to go through about five pages of names to find a humorous one, although I'm fairly certain the owner meant it more as a political statement: ASIF....:: I GOT HIGH AND NOBODY DIED::

No comments:

Post a Comment