Furries have their own thieves' cant as well. I learned, quite embarrassingly, what it meant to "yiff."
Sally On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if Okrent is familiar with Malinowski's admonition that for a good > ethnographer, what people *say *they do is only the beginning: It's not > real ethnography until you watch & record what they *actually* do. > > Anyway, that's quite a rogue's gallery she's got there. Computer > programmers -- hoo boy, what nerds those guys are! Robot engineers? Get 'em > a pocket protector! (Does "Trekkie" actually even have a clear meaning, > anymore?) > > Anyway, everyone knows that OT Furry Role-Players are way below any of the > groups she mentions... > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:06 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From this month's Ansible: >> >> 'Klingon speakers, those who have devoted themselves to the study of a >> language invented for the _Star Trek_ franchise, inhabit the lowest >> possible rung of the geek ladder. Dungeons & Dragons players, ham >> radio operators, robot engineers, computer programmers, comic book >> collectors -- they all look down on Klingon speakers. Even the most >> ardent _Star Trek_ fanatics, the Trekkies, who dress up in costume >> every day, who can recite scripts of entire episodes, who collect >> _Star Trek_ paraphernalia with mad devotion, consider Klingon speakers >> beneath them.' (Arika Okrent, _In The Land Of Invented Languages_, >> 2009) >> >> http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/ >> >> Sarah's Teonaht is listed in the book, BTW. >> >> Steve >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
