From:	Austin Lin <ovid311@******.hcf.jhu.edu>
Subject:	Re: _lame_ slang overusage
Date:	Thu, 07 Dec 1995 20:31:44 -0500

>
> Folks, uhh....is it just me or are we seeing an overproliferation of
> FASA-style "slang"? I mean really: "frag off, chummer!" I
_sort_ of doubt it.
> And now an entire flamewar about the semantics of the term "nova", when in
> fact the term is just so much FASA-inspired "drek", without any basis in
> current lingual usage. What ever happened to honest profanity?

Aw, c'mon. Although I don't use it that much, I'm sure it's just to add
to the atmosphere of the game--make it seem as much like Shadowland as
possible. Sure we could stick to same old "shit"-"fuck" classic
curses,
I guess you'd call 'em, but hey, it's 2056, 2057----maybe drek, frag,
etc. are commonplace now and have replaced the neanderthal grunts of the
20th century. Who knows. Atmosphere, chum-pal, think atmosphere.