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The Disambiguation Thread
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with_apostrophe, who pointed out (very aptly) that American fic writers don't tend to consider people from other countries when they throw cultural references into their stories. I was trying to figure out how to annotate mine in a way that wouldn't be obtrusive or annoying, and also trying to figure out just what needed to be annotated. What's obscure and what's well-known? Eventually I came up with this instead.
Here is where you post questions about my stories. It can be a reference that you didn't get, or something plotwise that didn't make sense, or why I made a particular story decision, or, heck, somewhere that I screwed up on technology or medicine or grammar. Remember:
- There are no stupid questions (no matter what Rodney McKay might claim).
- Questions that are critical of my stories are fine. I wouldn't have posted this thread if I minded being asked about something.
Ready ... set ... ask!
(Note: The word disambiguation is snurched from Wikipedia.)
with_apostrophe, who pointed out (very aptly) that American fic writers don't tend to consider people from other countries when they throw cultural references into their stories. I was trying to figure out how to annotate mine in a way that wouldn't be obtrusive or annoying, and also trying to figure out just what needed to be annotated. What's obscure and what's well-known? Eventually I came up with this instead.Here is where you post questions about my stories. It can be a reference that you didn't get, or something plotwise that didn't make sense, or why I made a particular story decision, or, heck, somewhere that I screwed up on technology or medicine or grammar. Remember:
- There are no stupid questions (no matter what Rodney McKay might claim).
- Questions that are critical of my stories are fine. I wouldn't have posted this thread if I minded being asked about something.
Ready ... set ... ask!
(Note: The word disambiguation is snurched from Wikipedia.)
no subject
Unless I *have* used Mum in a fic lately when it wasn't supposed to be there. In which case, it helps to point out a specific place that I did it!