I'm in, permission-wise. Not that I'm a prolific poster, nor have been. Still, in.
Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.
'Objects In Space'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
Beverly - Jan 26, 2004 8:50:38 pm PST #3420 of 10289
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Cashmere - Jan 26, 2004 10:59:14 pm PST #3421 of 10289
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'll opt in and I have to say, I'm pretty excited about the prospects of the project.
erinaceous - Jan 27, 2004 5:33:42 am PST #3422 of 10289
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Susan, let's see how many K of text we get out of the Buffistas, and then I might follow up with you.
One of the cool things about the ANC is that it's a balanced corpus, so that there's not too much of any one kind of text. It's not all novels, or all newspapers, or all spoiler threads ...
Thank you for the offer!
Susan W. - Jan 27, 2004 6:38:09 am PST #3423 of 10289
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
You're welcome--I thought of it because I was reading some messages DH had forwarded me months ago and thinking about the contrasts in how his group plays with language, etc.
Sean K - Jan 27, 2004 7:51:22 am PST #3424 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm fully in support of this proposal, and intend to opt in.
I do have a question, though...
Erin, you mentioned that $PERSON NAME will be stripped, and not make its way into the lexicon. Is there any way to make some kind of a footnote about the usage of $PERSON NAME as a verb? We're not even close to the first set of people to do something like that, and even if specific words aren't common enough to be included in a dictionary, that specific form of usage seems to be getting more and more common, and worthy of some kind of note. So I just wonder.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2004 7:57:54 am PST #3425 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is there any way to make some kind of a footnote about the usage of $PERSON NAME as a verb?
Over and above the name-verbs actually remaining in the text? Etymology, you mean?
Sean K - Jan 27, 2004 8:17:07 am PST #3426 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Etymology, you mean?
Yeah, because I got the impression from the proposal that words like nillying or mearaing were going to be stripped from the text.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2004 8:20:22 am PST #3427 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I got the impression from the proposal that words like nillying or mearaing were going to be stripped from the text.
Nope: erinaceous "Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!" Jan 26, 2004 5:17:48 pm PST
Sean K - Jan 27, 2004 9:17:26 am PST #3428 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Ah! Okay. I got all confuzzled somewhere.
Laura - Jan 27, 2004 9:18:41 am PST #3429 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
We're not even close to the first set of people to do something like that, and even if specific words aren't common enough to be included in a dictionary, that specific form of usage seems to be getting more and more common, and worthy of some kind of note.
t Natter I worked with a man whose reputation for bullshit was such that for years after his departure we still called bullshitting "lastname"ing. Fortunately nillying or mearaing are more positive behaviors. t /Natter