I will never read your story if…

[SimonDoom]

...if any of the characters has an apostrophe in a made up name.

B'Gus D'Kuss is out, then?

 

[Fatdog25]

...if any of the characters has an apostrophe in a made up name.

...anybody in the story is call Brad, or other monosyllabic '70's porn actor name.

So much Beau D'Acious.

Shit, back to the drawing board.

 

[NoTalentHack]

I used to work with young lady. Her name was spelled Brittany. She pronounced it bree-tawn-ee

 

[MajorRewrite]

...sexual acts are repeatedly described in excrutiating detail, and you can practically smell the author's jizz-stained keyboard. "They fucked again" will do.

I think you made a wrong turn somewhere. This is an erotic story site, sonny.

 

[bumpercars]

...if any of the characters has an apostrophe in a made up name.

Aren't all names made up?

 

[alohadave]

Aren't all names made up?

Is Brac'tal commonly used where you live?

 

[gunhilltrain]

I don't read 99% of the stories on here anyway. Sorry, fellow authors. But then, the majority of people who comment or favorite my stories have never submitted anything. Most of them do have dozens or even hundreds of favorite stories however.

 

[bumpercars]

Is Brac'tal commonly used where you live?

Brac'tal is a fine gentleman and it's rude to talk about him being used.

 

[alohadave]

So much Beau D'Acious.

I'll allow it.

Sounds like a good stripper name.

 

[alohadave]

Brac'tal is a fine gentleman and it's rude to talk about him being used.

He is a little slut though. Last night he was out behind the hay shed with Bri'taw'nee.

 

[bumpercars]

He is a little slut though. Last night he was out behind the hay shed with Bri'taw'nee.

True. I don't know exactly what they were doing but I did hear a lot of exclamation points.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

Aren't all names made up?

Varies by culture. Some places, like Thailand and Black America, do routinely make up new names.

Some places, like most of Europe and white America, choose from a separate set of words that are reserved for names and not used in ordinary conversation.

Some places, like China and I think most of the Islamic world, use ordinary words that appear in conversation.

And then there's Vietnam where half the population is Nguyen because they didn't use last names until the Chinese conquered them and started making them file taxes.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Aren't all names made up?

In the sense that they are fictional people well, yes. Sometimes if you Google a character name (assuming you have a last name included), you will find real people with the same name. I even found one who was a character in somebody's novel (Holly Sykes).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bone_Clocks

 

[bumpercars]

Varies by culture. Some places, like Thailand and Black America, do routinely make up new names.

Some places, like most of Europe and white America, choose from a separate set of words that are reserved for names and not used in ordinary conversation.

Some places, like China and I think most of the Islamic world, use ordinary words that appear in conversation.

And then there's Vietnam where half the population is Nguyen because they didn't use last names until the Chinese conquered them and started making them file taxes.

White America makes up more names than you're acknowledging, but that's ok.

In the long run, though, this is just a distinction between names that were made up recently and names that were made up a long time ago.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I think you made a wrong turn somewhere. This is an erotic story site, sonny.

No, he's right. There are many ways to handle an erotic story. It is not necessary to describe every sex act in detail. In fact, you can have sex described, but not depicted, if the plot requires that. It's up to the author to determine how a story is to be done, not the site or the readers. And it's up to the readers to choose what they wish to read.

Look at my Geek Pride entry if you wish to see a story where sex is described (i.e., off-screen, if it was a TV show or movie) but not actually shown.

 

[gunhilltrain]

View attachment 2251497

This reminds me of street in my neighborhood called Rochambeau Avenue (he was a French officer who assisted the Americans during the Revolutionary War). I think it's pronounced Roe-sham-bow, or something close to that. Of course, people will ask me for directions to "Rock-cham-bee" Avenue. The North Bronx, for those following this at home.

A bit of name dropping: the avenue is mentioned in Allen Ginsberg's poem "Kaddish." His mother lived there for a while.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I thought the "rule" was to never date or sleep with a woman, whose name ends in "i".

Tori, Kelli(personal experience), Abbi, Maci, etc, because they all nutty.

This demonstrates that people, despite what they may say or even think about themselves, are driven by fashions and trends. There was a upsurge in in Tiffanys for a while. (Or is it Tiffani?) Meanwhile, there probably have been few baby girls named Myrtle, Gertrude, or Bertha since about 1945 or so.

 

[alohadave]

This reminds me of street in my neighborhood called Rochambeau Avenue (he was a French officer who assisted the Americans during the Revolutionary War). I think it's pronounced Roe-sham-bow, or something close to that. Of course, people will ask me for directions to "Rock-cham-bee" Avenue. The North Bronx, for those following this at home.

A bit of name dropping: the avenue is mentioned in Allen Ginsberg's poem "Kaddish." His mother lived there for a while.

I spent time in Virginia and some of the locals insisted on pronouncing Lafayette phonetically as la-fay-ette.

I thought the person telling me was joking, but she was sincere, and seemed offended that I doubted her.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I spent time in Virginia and some of the locals insisted on pronouncing Lafayette phonetically as la-fay-ette.

I thought the person telling me was joking, but she was sincere, and seemed offended that I doubted her.

Well, that's the way I've heard it pronounced in America in general: Lafayette Avenue (Brooklyn), Lafayette Park (Washington), and so forth. So what is the correct French pronunciation? Does anybody in this country use that? Where did you live where you heard it correctly?

It's like Vauxhall Road in Union, NJ. When I worked there, people said, "No, it's Vox-hall Road."

 

[alohadave]

Well, that's the way I've heard it pronounced in America in general: Lafayette Avenue (Brooklyn), Lafayette Park (Washington), and so forth. So what is the correct French pronunciation? Does anybody in this country use that? Where did you live where you heard it correctly?

It's like Vauxhall Road in Union, NJ. When I worked there, people said, "No, it's Vox-hall Road."

Most people I know would pronounce it "laff-i-ette".

 

[gunhilltrain]

Most people I know would pronounce it "laff-i-ette".

Where in the country were you living then? In New York, it's been La-fay-ette for as long as I can remember (which is a long time!) I have to listen to those automated subway announcements, but I haven't been on the A train in a while.

 

[gunhilltrain]

No way!!! I used to fantasize about Brad, way back when. I still use images of Brad to visualize some of my male characters. (swoons)

View attachment 2251493

His full name was William Bradley Pitt. However, Bill Pitt sounds a bit off for some reason

 

[nice90sguy]

Not sure why Naomi, Lorelei, Imani, Anjali, Lakshmi, Jodi, Heidi, Midori, Habibi, or Judi would be a deal-breaker, but you do you.

I had a Jodi in one of my stories, amd a couple of double-ee's: Melodee and Symphonee. Lakshmi appeared in another, which was seriously pounded by the Hindu readers here (of which there are a LOT).

 

[AWhoopsieDaisy]

Is Brac'tal commonly used where you live?

The apostrophe in names is really common in Africa. It has an actual linguistic function in languages with clicks. Not to mention Irish last names use them a lot for different reasons.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

…your female MC's name ends with an 'i'.

Harrumph. The MC in "Nude Enough" explains why she has stopped trying to halt references to her as 'Cyndi,' as the short form of Cynthia she was saddled with by her parents. I will, however, honor your determination, by not including a link.