From:	mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject:	Re: _lame_ slang overusage
Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 1995 21:24:03 -0800 (PST)

According to GKoth2258@***.com:
>
> Herr Neidengard sagt:
>
> > So these terms DO have at least a tenous basis in reality.
>
> Though not as used by FASA...
>
> Actually, yes, they do. Think about it. Frag is used instead of f*ck, even
> by those who never heard of SR, and drek, being dirt, is actually "dirt" as
> in "sh*t." Do you really think a dictionairy is going to translate drek as
> sh*t? ;-)

Probably not =) On the other hand, I have it on good authority that drek
is not currently used in the same way the expletive shit is, so at least
FASA has performed some semantic shifting that might be somewhat suspect.
Also, I have only heard of a very small fraction of the US using "drek",
whereas "shit" is used the world over. Of course, I may just not be aware of
the full scope of drek. =)

> The only one I have a problem with, and has no basis in reality, however
> tenous, is "hoop" to replace "a*s." I have no idea where they
got that
> from...

Other tenuous translations:
bitch -> slitch
fucker -> breeder
??? -> slotting (adverb)

I can certainly see FASA trying to guarantee as broad an audience as possible
for their official sourcebooks, but I always sort of assumed that the reader
was supposed to perform a search-and-replace before actually applying the
terminology. =)

Well, as far as the "atmosphere" goes, I guess some of my characters are just
going to be more "vulgar" than the enlightened few. That was probably going to
be the case no matter what slang set was loaded =)
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