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	auguris 2004-12-22 07:30 am UTC (link)
	Whoa. Someone needs to calm the frell down. (Reply to this)

	adora_spintriae 2004-12-22 07:35 am UTC (link)
	I was writing drabbles before LiveJournal even existed, for crying out loud. Oh gee. That must mean s/he/it must be right! I'd call this an anal wank, except I doubt the wanker would be able to fit anything in there at present... (Reply to this)

	elgato_gamgins 2004-12-22 07:39 am UTC (link)
	Oh noes!11! My story is one hundrend and ONE words long! What will I do!? I want it to be a drabble but it's too long! (Reply to this)

	arabel 2004-12-22 07:41 am UTC (link)
	What, was she abused by an oversized drabble as a child? I mean, yes, it irritates me when words are used incorrectly. But this person is acting as though it's a personal and hideous insult of some sort. Dude...wtf? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	terminal_frost 2004-12-22 07:45 am UTC (link)
	Ide_Cyan: Defender of language purity extrordinaire!! If a word is not being used as s/he defines it, expect major spaz-off as she "makes certain words are used as they ought to be, and not carelessly tossed about like children's toys". Gawds protect anyone who dares to step outside Ide_Cyan's strict pedantic laws... (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - mistressrenet, 2004-12-23 07:13 pm UTC

	fandom_bitch 2004-12-22 07:47 am UTC (link)
	Muahahahaha...she'd HATE, and I mean HATE me and the way I talk. I like to use words in extremely creative ways. I think it's fun. ::rubs hands together:: (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - skjeve, 2004-12-22 08:07 am UTC

	marlo 2004-12-22 07:56 am UTC (link)
	yeah, but it's dumb to defend the incorrect use of a word in the name of descriptive grammar. I'm no prescriptive grammarian myself, but if that argument was used every time somebody felt like using a word incorrectly (or ^ "creatively"), I think the language would start to get fuxx0red. (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - skjeve, 2004-12-22 08:10 am UTC

annabelle_lee 2004-12-22 07:57 am UTC (link)

Okay...I was under the impression that in most literary, i.e 'professional' circles of writing, the standard length of a drabble is 100-500 words. Any more than that is a short piece, so on and so forth. So, liek OMG WOW!!!11 they must be wrong cause teh wanker sayz so! And they make the Baby Jesus cry, too! Jimminy Christmas on Toast, it's not like being a few words over or under one hundred will cause you to lose something vital to your well-being. Give it a rest. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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Where's a capricous writing deity when you need one?! - pyratejenni, 2004-12-22 06:52 pm UTC

Re: Where's a capricous writing deity when you need one?! - seppuku, 2004-12-22 08:31 pm UTC

Re: Where's a capricous writing deity when you need one?! - annabelle_lee, 2004-12-22 11:01 pm UTC

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	theredwepainted 2004-12-22 07:59 am UTC (link)
	Holy shit, what a thing to get all worked up about! ROFLMAO! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	ashenmote 2004-12-22 08:00 am UTC (link)
	Why does the name ide_cyan sound so familiar? Wank historians? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	skjeve 2004-12-22 08:03 am UTC (link)
	Damn. Couldn't help it; I posted. The English language is my first love. Mmmmmm that wank. (Reply to this)

	fatesarchitect 2004-12-22 08:05 am UTC (link)
	...someone has WAY too much time on their hands. The counting of words was definitely extreme... Her anal-retentive is NOT pastede on yay! apparently.. and i thought -i- was bad. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	(Anonymous) 2004-12-22 08:19 am UTC (link)
	Quick! Hide your thesauruses, because heaven forbid that any word means more than one thing! English is the wackiest language ever, hands down. I heart people that try to make sense of it, I really do... Except for the crusading types, such as ide_cyan. They just make me twitch. *goes off to write 400-word drabbles to comment!spam ide_cyan with* (Reply to this)

	cesare 2004-12-22 08:24 am UTC (link)
	It's a small thing to make such a big deal over... but on the other hand, what's wrong with calling a short piece a "ficlet" or "vignette". A 100-word drabble is an exercise in economy. I wouldn't be interested in reading a 297-word drabble for the same reason I wouldn't read a page-long haiku. Don't think I'd expend so many exclamation marks to make that point, though... (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	sideofzen 2004-12-22 08:37 am UTC (link)
	Oh God. Nitpick much? *eye roll* Where did I leave my violin? (Reply to this)

	yeats 2004-12-22 08:41 am UTC (link)
	My favorite part is that 'drabble' isn't even a word outside of fandom. Ask my English teacher cousins, and they'd think I was asking them about baby drool. (Reply to this)

rawles 2004-12-22 08:42 am UTC (link)

Honestly, I agree with her in the sense that I define a drabble as being exactly 100 words, so there's a twinge of annoyance when people use it to mean something else. However, that annoys me not just because I like for people to use words correctly (Though not a strict prescriptive grammarian, I agree that using the excuse that "language changes" everytime someone misuses a word is a recipe for linguistic disaster), but more for my own convenience. If I click on something labeled "drabble" I don't want to read something three, four, or five times longer than a drabble is supposed to be. Of course, I understand that this is a personal preference and would never wank about it. Mostly because I honestly don't care enough to harass people about something so trivial. When I label my fiction I do it according to how I define the classifications, and I see no real problem with letting other people do the same without harassment. I certainly wouldn't want someone all over my LJ attacking me, because I consider a novelette to be shorter than a novella, or because I consider a vignette a stylistic classification rather than one based on length. (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - kyuuketsukirui, 2004-12-22 02:05 pm UTC

	cairea 2004-12-22 08:48 am UTC (link)
	Drabble wank amuses me so much more since I started working in a book store. And shelving Margaret Drabble's books. (Reply to this)

	stepliana 2004-12-22 09:10 am UTC (link)
	icon love! (Reply to this)

(Anonymous) 2004-12-22 09:22 am UTC (link)

I am so absolutely SICK of the "A DRABBLE MUST BE 100 WORDS!!!!" wank. I mean, just as you think it's dead, it comes back to haunt you. Like pairings wars. Just when you think the wank about it stops, a new idiot jumps into the party. Look, kid. I write a 250-word fic, I'll call it a drabble IF I DAMN WELL PLEASE. I mean, they haven't passed a constitutional amendment to prevent language metamorphosis, now have they? -Empress Dots (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	kicklecubicle 2004-12-22 09:41 am UTC (link)
	Drabbles must be exactly 100 words? News to me. What the hell is a drabble, anyway? I thought it was something a baby did on a bib. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	isobelsomething 2004-12-22 09:46 am UTC (link)
	I love how s/he's made it hir personal mission to inform absolutelyeveryoneinthewholeentireworldomfg of the true meaning of the word drabble. Add that with hir sanctimonious 'I was writing drabbles before LJ even EXISTED!!!!!!!!!!111111' shtick, it's wanky indeed. By the way - icon love! I adored that movie when I used to skate. (Reply to this)

	ashenmote 2004-12-22 09:54 am UTC (link)
	Hey! Sixty comments to go for a true drabblewank. (Reply to this)(Thread)

(no subject) - inalasahl, 2004-12-23 01:59 am UTC