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'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 17, 2006 11:38:11 am PDT #7179 of 10001
What is even happening?
erikaj - Jun 17, 2006 11:41:21 am PDT #7180 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Wrod. Better.
Zenkitty - Jun 17, 2006 1:17:24 pm PDT #7181 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
DeNys
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2006 1:48:03 pm PDT #7182 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
NoBuys.
SailAweigh - Jun 17, 2006 1:49:05 pm PDT #7183 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
but I a lot of hip hop slang--any slang, really, isn't nice, on purpose.
True. But I wasn't thinking of the hip-hop crowd as using the reference. I'm thinking of assholes like my brother who look for any way to turn something into a derogatory phrase, whether it's against yuppies, African-Americans, Muslims, or any group that is not "one of us." I hadn't even thought of it as something someone might have used with pride. I think I'm turning into an old fuddy-duddy.
Typo Boy - Jun 17, 2006 2:11:12 pm PDT #7184 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm wondering do any of us giving feedback know a whole lot about hip-hop slang? If so great. If not, might be better to get feedback from someone who does. IJS.
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2006 2:55:49 pm PDT #7185 of 10001
brillig
Huh, the first thing that came to my mind was "DriveBy", too. Especially when I think back to the stories of kids killing each other for their shoes. "A FlyBy driveby".
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2006 2:58:26 pm PDT #7186 of 10001
brillig
I'm wondering do any of us giving feedback know a whole lot about hip-hop slang?
Except the hip-hop world, especially the high-rolling hip-hop world, doesn't exist in a vacuum. There would undoubtedly be impact from the terminally unhip--of which I count myself in their number, for these purposes--that would need to be dealth with. I can just see "FlyBy driveby" being the kind of obnoxious phrase that would end up on a TV news broadcast.
Though, of course, Deb is fully entitled to mutter to herself, "My story, goddammit, get your oars out of there."
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2006 4:57:05 pm PDT #7187 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nope, I'm weighing all the input. I like the idea of DriveBy being an actual incident-caused usage in the book - the negative result of something, and it sticks.
It's useful. It's all useful.
erikaj - Jun 17, 2006 5:02:27 pm PDT #7188 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I know a little something, not that I'm claiming to know it "on the hoof" or like somebody who's really in it does. Just from watching.