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brown_betty

ATTENTION: IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOLLOWS

Aug 12, 2009 11:29

I hate "ficcer" as the analogue to "vidder." It sounds a bit too much like fucker, and just plain rubs me the wrong way. In the future, when you speak of me as a fic writer, I wish to be spoken of as a fictress.

Thank you, you may go about your business.

me: idork

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ubixtiz August 12 2009, 23:13:54 UTC

Does that make the masculine version "fictor"? "Ficter"?

brown_betty August 13 2009, 01:21:31 UTC

I like it, sure! Rhymes with 'victor' which is a nice positive image.

ubixtiz August 13 2009, 01:43:53 UTC

Does one get to be fictorious?

vito_excalibur August 13 2009, 01:49:54 UTC

That makes sense! It's written by the fictors!

ubixtiz August 13 2009, 06:09:27 UTC

You are my new favourite.

hjcallipygian August 13 2009, 12:59:31 UTC

NO no no. Replace the hard C with a soft C sound and you'll see why that will never work.

ubixtiz August 13 2009, 14:43:38 UTC

Does one ever use that pronunciation of "c" before a "t" in English? Or any other consonant, for that matter? I didn't think one did.

hjcallipygian August 13 2009, 14:48:05 UTC

Well, no, not to my knowledge. But English takes from so many other languages that I'd hardly be surprised to discover at least one exception.

The main thing, for me, is that if you're just quickly reading through and you skim over it, it's fairly easy for your eyes to read it as an S rather than a C.

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