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6239001 No.6239001 [Reply] [Original]

>footnotes are in the back of the book rather than on the bottom of the page

>> No.6239010

>>6239001
When they're at the back of the book they're called endnotes.

>> No.6239019

>>6239010
That's fine, but is cringey when the footnotes are there too

>> No.6239023

>>6239019
>*its

>> No.6239033

Yeah man, fuck endnotes.

>> No.6239039

>>6239001
buy a kobo

>> No.6239066

>>6239001
tell me why does he wear the panties?

>> No.6239145

>>6239066
It's a weeaboo thing from way before the internet.

>> No.6239219

>>6239145
If I removed them would he die?

>> No.6239303

>>6239023
>it's*

>> No.6239309

>>6239219
Nah but you'd probably have to touch his face which would be pretty icky so I don't recommend it.

>> No.6239320

>>6239019
>but is cringey when the footnotes are there too
That's literally impossible, silly. When they're at the end they are endnotes, not footnotes.

That said, I hate it too.

>> No.6239370

>>6239001
Endnotes are the proof that the writers and editors do not read what they sell and never ever put themselves in the situation of the reader as they remain to egotistic.

>> No.6239388
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6239388

>not including footnotes in your endnotes

>> No.6239429

that's the worst thing about oxford world classics. i wish they were on the bottom of the freakin' page! they are in the introductions.

>> No.6239488

Imagine a far-future world where DFW and Terry Pratchett works are treated as classics and have all the footnotes moved to the end and annotated with further translation and cultural notes.

>> No.6239500

who cares? I don't even read the footnotes anyway. They're never insightful or add anything to you. You always just read them and think "Ok.....so fucking what?"

>> No.6239605

What about when there are no indications to check for endnotes (fuck you Fagles)

>> No.6239613

>>6239488
Poetry time :)

>> No.6239644

>>6239500
Wrong. In fiction they're part of the narrative so of course they're important. They're also used really well by a number of non-fiction writers to insert interesting points without destroying their flow.
Scullard's Carrhae footnote in From the Gracchi to Nero is a brilliant piece of work and one of my top ten footnotes of all time.

>> No.6239719

>>6239500
>Reading Dante's Comedy without footnotes.

>> No.6239823

>>6239309
For you

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6239849

back and forth. like tennis

>> No.6239994

>>6239023
Retard

>> No.6240053

>>6239219
it would be extremely painful

>> No.6240087

>>6240053
You're a big guy.

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6240092

>footnotes aren't quick observations about feet

>> No.6240119

>foot notes are not the sounds feet make

>> No.6240507

>>6239388
screw Wallace. Reading Infinite Jest was such a damn hassle because of this. Seriously used smaller font than the reading text.

>> No.6240512

>>6239001

Then they're not footnotes are they you fucking dylan?

>> No.6240518

>>6239001
I hate that shit, makes things so much more complicated.

>> No.6240529
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6240529

>cover of the book shows what characters or locations look like