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Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
Post by Robert_A_Woodward   » Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:54 am

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[quote="Shs0110"]an Armada of Weberites!!! :lol:

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Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
Post by DeltaV   » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:08 pm

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Those who are about it :lol:
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Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
Post by TangoLima   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 5:54 pm

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Whish is correct weber-ites or weber-ists ?
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Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
Post by TangoLima   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:30 pm

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Clan Wow, waiting on weber.

I got OBS a couple months after it first came out.
I have waited for every single book.
Albeit now I wait for, snippets and e-arcs and novels,
oh my.
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Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
Post by Grabthar's Hammer   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:37 pm

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I believe that the collective noun for a gathering of Weber fans is: A Quibble.
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    Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
    Post by cthia   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:50 pm

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    Grabthar's Hammer wrote:I believe that the collective noun for a gathering of Weber fans is: A Quibble.


    No. It is Celerians.

    A Quibble is more specific. It is reserved for the techheads, its etymology rooted in Nibble the Honorverse equivalent of half-byte.

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    Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
    Post by Weird Harold   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:05 pm

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    cthia wrote:
    Grabthar's Hammer wrote:I believe that the collective noun for a gathering of Weber fans is: A Quibble.


    No. It is Celerians.


    "Celerians" is only Honorverse fans. You might find a Quibble of Celerians, or you might equally find a Quibble of Charisophiles or Dahakians.
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    Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
    Post by cthia   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:36 pm

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    cthia wrote:
    Grabthar's Hammer wrote:I believe that the collective noun for a gathering of Weber fans is: A Quibble.


    No. It is Celerians.
    Weird Harold wrote:"Celerians" is only Honorverse fans. You might find a Quibble of Celerians, or you might equally find a Quibble of Charisophiles or Dahakians.

    Not exactly Harold.

    I'm attempting to give you some classified information. The word historically came into widespread use after Horace Harkness demonstrated what could be accomplished with access to a minicomp and just half-a-byte. Horace was quoted to have said...

    "When I went fishing, I only needed a nibble and not a whole byte."

    It remains classified to protect Horace's... special talents. Being members of this forum, you all have proper clearance.

    Subsequent skillsets are also called quibbles. It should represent the word's first meaning in a dictionary, but for it's classified nature...


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    Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
    Post by TangoLima   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:13 pm

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    Since we know so much about what the characters are
    thinking and feeling, does that make us honorary
    treecats ? Hence we need a clan name.
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    Re: what is a group of DW fans called?
    Post by Theemile   » Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:39 pm

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    TangoLima wrote:Since we know so much about what the characters are
    thinking and feeling, does that make us honorary
    treecats ? Hence we need a clan name.

    "Begging Snippets" clan?
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