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Re: Tractor beam?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:00:33 GMT
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ssgore@superonlineNOMORESPAM.com
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jason Maxwell writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > BTW: It's SF or Science Fiction... scifi is the term used by mundanes. :-)
> > > You're not one of *those*, are you?
> >
> > OK, I've got to ask, what's the big deal about this? I'm harldy a scifi
> > mundane but I find it easier to refer to Science Fiction as scifi (because
> > it's shorter) than SF (because everyone looks at you and asks what SF
> > means). The whole SF/scifi/fantasy/science fiction debate seems to be a
> > debate for the sake of having something to argue about.
>
> What's fantasy got to do with it? Just because bookstores misfile David
> Eddings in the SF section doesn't make fantasy science fiction.
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> As for using SF vs. scifi, it's simple. It's an insider vs. outsider thing,
> if you call it scifi, you're not "in", you're a mundane. For instance, ever
I call it as "bilimkurgu" almost always since there is no "BK" or
"bilkur" in my own language..:-)
> been to a con? It's just like LEGO(tm) vs. Legos... if you call the brick
> Legos, you're not a TruFan.
Again, almost always, I call "the brick" as "legolar(1)" which exactly
is legos, when translated. Anyone here that *really* dare enough to call
me not a true fan?..:-)
> Hoped that cleared it up for you. :-)
Maybe another example, say AFOL vs. TFPwL(2), could be more appropriate,
since the former makes you in, and the latter makes you perfectly
NL...:-)
Selçuk
(1) Yes, short form of your name(3) is same the "-s" in english.
(actually it is "-ler" or "-lar", since we have a "appropriate sound"
rule in turkish)
(2) Those Freaks Playing with Lego
(3) Larry is already a pretty short name, isn't it?..:-)
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