Comments | nikulai: Troll v Gate

nikulai

Troll v Gate

Feb 27, 2009 11:10

I know, sounds like something SCOTUS should be hearing ( Read more... )

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bdeb February 27 2009, 16:29:35 UTC

Regestrar. But I'm in the "I like Troll and Autocrat" camp, because i've tried it the other way and it just took longer to explain what I meant and slowed me down. Call me old fashioned.

nikulai February 27 2009, 18:40:58 UTC

I am with you on autocrat - I personally dislike event steward - sounds like you are gently shepherding an someone through a the process of becoming an event, escorting them from one government agency to the next and walking them though the paper work.

*PUKE*

stitchwhich February 27 2009, 20:07:06 UTC

Me. two. I like the pun "toll / troll" and the mental image of having to pay extortion to a Big Grey-Green Monster in order to get to the place you really want to be at. It adds humor to my day - and after travelling the roads to get to an event, I appreciate that humor even now, years into it.

But I suspect that in the years to come, I'll be frowned at when I persist in using the term. :(

splagxna February 27 2009, 16:56:11 UTC

hrm. period terms for people who let you in to a place, money or not, would be gatekeeper or porter, as best i can guess....

redsquirrel February 27 2009, 16:57:28 UTC

Hey, in Trimaris I still live in 'CratWorld. EVERYONE is a 'Crat. *sigh* Autocrat. Feastcrat. Nastycrat. (Takes care of cleaning and stocking the potties.) Gatecrat. Rescrat. (Reservations) Oddly enough, we don't have Trolls because Reservations and Gate are separate functions - Gate controls who gets in and gives your initial receipt slip, Reservations takes cash and reconciles the gate receipt slips with attendance. (Historical reason for this - under one Kingdom Exchequer everyone who attended Kingdom events paid with checks for some reason...nobody paid cash...yeah, there was an R&D there...so now one copy of the gate slips goes directly to the Seneschal ( ... )

nikulai February 27 2009, 18:38:21 UTC

You remind me of my observation some years back that Yiddish words are conjugated in English... to daven is davening, to kvetch is kvetching, etc.

thatursula February 27 2009, 22:46:38 UTC

For Ymir I decided I'd rather use "Privyteer" instead of Nastycrat. (Or one could really get into the whole schtick thing.. "Yessir, I be Ploppy the Slopper."

gatherers ramblingheritic February 27 2009, 18:24:23 UTC

I thought the term for people who take money at doorways is gatherers.

There is also pimp, fleshmonger, and pander are also great period terms for someone charging for admission.

Re: gatherers ymasen February 27 2009, 18:27:27 UTC

*spits juice all over my keyboard and dies laughing*

donal_mac_r February 27 2009, 19:29:12 UTC

These definitions are from Dictionary.com

I favour the former.

warder
Show Spelled Pronunciation [wawr-der]
-noun

1. a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.

2. a soldier or other person set to guard an entrance.

porter Show Spelled Pronunciation [pawr-ter, pohr-ter]

-noun
1. a person who has charge of a door or gate; doorkeeper.