I've no clue what "belletristic" means. None.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
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erikaj - Nov 21, 2003 9:37:26 am PST #6674 of 10000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Dana - Nov 21, 2003 9:38:35 am PST #6675 of 10000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
None of us did either.
And she used it in a drabble. There's no excuse for using that word in a drabble.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2003 9:39:54 am PST #6676 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From M-W (because I certainly didn't know):
a writer of belles lettres, literature that is an end in itself and not merely informative;
Nutty - Nov 21, 2003 9:40:36 am PST #6677 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think it relates to belles letres? Lessee --
Main Entry: bel·le·trist Pronunciation: bel-'le-trist Function: noun Etymology: belles lettres Date: 1816 : a writer of belles lettres - bel·le·tris·tic /"be-l&-'tris-tik/ adjective
So, yeah, I gather it means someone who writes pretty. (Or wrote pretty, in France, in 1816.)
Am-Chau, that skit sounds like an old Benny Hill thing I saw once, where a "feminist" lady teacher was replacing all the masculine words with feminine equivalents. It was a story about Sandy and Womandy, the second of whom was very intellilady.
Lyra Jane - Nov 21, 2003 9:40:48 am PST #6678 of 10000
Up with the sun
Without checking a dictionary, I know belle lettres are sort of personal essays/criticism, so I'd guess it means something like "personal writings-like." It is kind of obscure and unnecessary for use in a drabble, however.
Edit: And x-post.
erikaj - Nov 21, 2003 9:44:47 am PST #6679 of 10000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Funky. And I've got a good vocabulary...despite my preference for cursing and words like "funky". I don't get that confused that often.
Micole - Nov 21, 2003 9:48:13 am PST #6680 of 10000
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
She's got a cadre of adoring fans who apparently find this stuff arousing.
Please tell me you're joking.
Dana - Nov 21, 2003 9:48:57 am PST #6681 of 10000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Please tell me you're joking.
Honey, you know you can't make this shit up.
erikaj - Nov 21, 2003 9:53:01 am PST #6682 of 10000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
There are some...women in particular, that kind of get high offmetaphor for metaphors' sake...me age 15. And I would laugh at the golf course, but I wrote garbage dumpster love...so no soup or moral high ground for me.
askye - Nov 21, 2003 11:28:11 am PST #6683 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Erika---the garbage dumpster love was cool and witty and well written.
This other chick just sounds like she's vomiting up a thesarus.