Comments on: Synonyms for Seema http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/01/13/synonyms-for-seema/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:02:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Seema http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/01/13/synonyms-for-seema/#comment-218 Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:34:27 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/01/13/synonyms-for-seema/#comment-218 I think my problem with the word is the connotation - a bit of arrogance involved. As in "My fic is my gift to you and you will like it, gosh darn it!" It means changing my thinking in order to accept 'gift' as proper terminology for fic. Your analogies work, Jerie. I like the fishing one particularly... I think my problem with the word is the connotation - a bit of arrogance involved. As in “My fic is my gift to you and you will like it, gosh darn it!” It means changing my thinking in order to accept ‘gift’ as proper terminology for fic.

Your analogies work, Jerie. I like the fishing one particularly…

]]> by: Jerie http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/01/13/synonyms-for-seema/#comment-217 Mon, 13 Jan 2003 22:35:05 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/01/13/synonyms-for-seema/#comment-217 Or how about: The fic is the drink money, the feedback is the booze. The fic is the bribe, the feedback is the payoff. The fic is the bait, the feedback is the fish. The fic is the grease, the feedback is the squeak. Or lack thereof. :D Does that help, Seema? Or how about:
The fic is the drink money, the feedback is the booze.
The fic is the bribe, the feedback is the payoff.
The fic is the bait, the feedback is the fish.
The fic is the grease, the feedback is the squeak.
Or lack thereof.
:D

Does that help, Seema?

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