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jducoeur ([personal profile] jducoeur) wrote2005-12-08 05:01 pm

Is it just me...

... or does "Known World Rattan Symposium" just sound utterly dippy? I get this image of a bunch of guys passing around pieces of furniture. Surely there exists a better name.

(Okay, yes -- "Known World Dance Symposium" is little better. But I've been arguing for calling that "The Laurel Academy of Dance" for years now...)

Re: terminology

[identity profile] rickthefightguy.livejournal.com 2005-12-09 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Here in the Midrealm, they use the word fighting to mean either armored or rapier - mainly because saying fencing isn't fighting is mildly offensive. Of course, they don't use epees out here, and if you fight with something as light as a schlaager, they make fun of you.

But armored and rapier are the two main uses, I think.

Rattan Symposium is funny though! And I do like funny. I think its Irony, though it might merely be sarcasm...I can never tell.