Consider the Courtesy Unextended

Photo Courtesy of Stacie Corliss

Oh. Is it? Really? Because I don't remember ever giving you the photo, courteously or discourteously.

What happened to the days when a photo credit was simply a photo credit, acknowledged with those two words, a colon and a name. I understand that the newer syntax is more eloquent, implies a certain civility, and is a marker of a polite society; I just also happen to think it's a bit presumptuous.

Ok, yes, fine, I use it. And I will keep on using it. I can't help it - the general aesthetics of the courteous credit are a definite improvement over the credit with a colon, and I'm a sucker for looks and manners. I still think it's a little weird.