Do you dudes and dudettes prefer to write/read your dialogue tags as: "said Bob" or "Bob said" And why do you prefer it either way?
I like '' Bonjour, dit Sarah. '' Cause I mostly read in french (which makes me look sophisticated of course). lol but seriously I would go with ''said Bob.'' it sounds better to my non-english ear.
To my ears, "said Bob" sounds like juvenile literature (I think I remember reading it all the time in the old Tom Swift, Jr. adventures), whereas "Bob said" is for adults. But that's just me.
It depends. If the previous paragraph is about the character who will speak, I use "said Bob". When the previous paragraph is about another character or a situation that does not involve the character, I use "Bob said". The latter happens with much more frequency.
