Fic - Upsetting people

[jack]

Let's see who I can be controversial to.

*-nomen

I painted myself into a corner by thinking of a couple of names I liked and then thinking what system could fit them, preferably also:

* Making people be referenced by the same name only
* Showing family ties
* Allowing cool names
* Not being too confusing

I thought "Wow, the linguists will roast me to a crisp for this one" but looking on wikipedia, it seems I've re-invented the roman system, if everyone were in the same clan. That is, people are usually refered to by a cognomen, which is either inherited or adopted, but may also have a praenomen for intimate use and to tell them apart.

Religion

Miracles from gods:

* You can use it as a nice metaphor for miracles from gods or God
* But the whimsical/impotent nature of the god would cast aspersions on God in such a comparison
* Why has Athiest Jack put religion in at all? Because it's cool and I get to explose Issues (TM) :)
* I can use it as an occasional "out" provided it isn't at the end of a story

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

You love proofreaders? Oh good. I am not only a proofreader, I'm a compulsive one. *hugs back* May I be your auntie? :-)

I think I can hold off till the end of the month, since, although it looks quite certain that I can write 100 000 words in that time, you can bet I'll still be sitting there at 11 pm on 30 November tidying up the loose ends!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Well, ok, not quite. I love copyeditors/proof-readers who I can always turn to for grammar decisions, and I love that some people will help my with my typos, but I hate that I make any typos in the first place, let alone a lot, and feel guilty that I need someone else to look for them.

LOL. *hugs auntie*