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Angbasdil
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Posted: Wed 29 Jun , 2005 1:08 am
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We being "members of the board77 community"?
You know, like "TORCers" or "Trekkies".

"b77ers" just ain't gonna cut it. [ img ]

But we need to call ourselves something.
Don't we? :scratch

Or do we? [ img ]

And if we do, then what?[ img ]

I usually like to let these things evolve organically. But I think that this time, evolution needs a little jump start.
So I'm opening the floor for suggestions.


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Blode?

(Can't come up with anything better than that. :Q Proof that the Pippin brain needs sleep to function. :()

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Sorry Pip, but I can't say I care much for it.

Don't get me wrong - I usually enjoy being blode. [ img ]
But not in this instance.


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Ang, :salmon:

And Pips, :salmon: too—isn't it awfully late where you are? :D

And who are we? I think it would be a very long name in Entish.

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Well . . .

If a basketball team can be called the 76ers, then we can call ourselves 77ers

If we are the Last Homely Site on the Web, then we can call ourselves homies

If we are a democratically governed internet community, then we can call ourselves democrats

If we stand for Free Exchange of Ideas, Diversity, Fellowship, Transparency and Self-Government, then we can call ourselves fdfts . . . er, fudfuts

If B77 is a refuge in the turbulent seas of the internet, then we can call ourselves refugees

If we have a mayor in Michel Delving and are guarded by Rangers, then we can call ourselves shirelings

If we all like to post on a messageboard, then we can call ourselves posters

Okay, apparently I have no good ideas at all, just some free time to kill


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I think it would be a very long name in Entish.
Indeed. Hoom...


I'm not sure why "B77ers" doesn't work. Why, Ang, why? Hmmm?

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I'm not sure why "B77ers" doesn't work. Why, Ang, why? Hmmm?
Try saying it out loud. It just doesn't roll off the tongue very well.
And since I can't read without moving my lips, this creates a real problem for me.


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Angbasdil wrote:
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I'm not sure why "B77ers" doesn't work. Why, Ang, why? Hmmm?
Try saying it out loud. It just doesn't roll off the tongue very well.
Neither does Board77. :suspicious: (Not that I don't like it, of course. :blackeye ).

Let's see. . . b77. B. Two sevens. BSevens. Bevens. :suspicious: :help:

Nevermind.

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Oh.

*tries to roll it off his tongue*

B77, it's sort of like a buzzing noise. Neat.



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I got no problem with the "b77" part. Sure, it's not the most onomatopoeic name in the world, but all in all, I like it.

It's when you add that pesky "-er" suffix to it that it gets unwieldy.

b77er. bleh!
b77ite? No better.
b77ista? Definitely not.
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Well . . .

If a basketball team can be called the 76ers, then we can call ourselves 77ers
Yeah, but let's not.
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If we are the Last Homely Site on the Web, then we can call ourselves homies
As in - 'sup homie?
ehh.. the best so far, I guess.
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If we are a democratically governed internet community, then we can call ourselves democrats
That one's taken already.
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If we stand for Free Exchange of Ideas, Diversity, Fellowship, Transparency and Self-Government, then we can call ourselves fdfts . . . er, fudfuts
You do and you'll clean it up.
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If B77 is a refuge in the turbulent seas of the internet, then we can call ourselves refugees
Too evocative of the whole exodus from TORC aspect of our past. We're moving onward into the future.
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If we have a mayor in Michel Delving and are guarded by Rangers, then we can call ourselves shirelings
hmmm... too cutesy for my tastes, but I still don't have a better suggestion.
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If we all like to post on a messageboard, then we can call ourselves posters
Too generic.
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Okay, apparently I have no good ideas at all, just some free time to kill
That's okay, we're used to that. :P
But your ideas were still better than my complete lack of ideas.


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Why does "buzzers" come to mind?

* patiently awaits father's chastising *

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:suspicious: :salmon:


Like father, like son....


Second question: Why call ourselves anything at all? Why not just....exist? Hmm?




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Seventh heaveners?
Seven deadly sinners? I mean, we've already had wrath, envy, sloth... here.
Seven Uppers?

Both a bit long, though.



How about just Se7ensies? Tolkienish, of sorts - sounds like a mealtime for a hobbit.

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How "bout "those message board people". Works for me.:roll:

Inklings?

Bevenses? (sounds a little Gollumish)

Scions?

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You know I like Shirelings for some reason. :scratch :help:

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I say "seventyseveners" or "seventysevers" in my mind, although I like to pronounce "b77" as "bizz". And a m77t or B77 moot is a "meet".

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I have been referencing to people as bee-seven-ee-seven-ers for quite some time now. I like it, despite Ang's protests.


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Me too. :)

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I like b77er, too. I don't care much for how well it rolls off the tongue, or not since the messageboard doesn't include any type of voice chat.

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b77ers looks fine, but how do you think it? It's unweildy. At TORC we were "torcers." Short, simply, easy. But "bee seveneesevener"? It's LONG.

But I'm used to that. . . so, while I agree with Ang, I don't think it will change anytime soon. . .
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I like to pronounce "b77" as "bizz
I've always wondered how people pronounced that.

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