Genre

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I looked thru several dictionaries, and all of them define GENRE as CATEGORY and TYPE.

BREE is fried pudding.

PISSOIRE is a public urinal.

High school writers love such words.

 

[lovecraft68]

Genre is a very loose term. For me it is simply "Okay, this is the basic content"

So you can have horror, and Erotica, and sci-fi etc....but every one of them contain so many sub categories that it still doesn't mean a whole lot.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Genre is a very loose term. For me it is simply "Okay, this is the basic content"

So you can have horror, and Erotica, and sci-fi etc....but every one of them contain so many sub categories that it still doesn't mean a whole lot.

OK, so what do you think of writers who lard their tales with French words?

 

[StrangeLife]

PISSOIRE is a public urinal.

... and if you remove "pis" and add an "e" you get SOIREE, which is a classy evening reception/party. It kinda make sense that party and urinal would be closely related.

 

[TxRad]

OK, so what do you think of writers who lard their tales with French words?

If you know them and how to use them and they fit the story, why not?

 

[peterlychen]

I definitely think that fitting the story is an appropriate requirement. If a word is used just to show vocabulary superiority, I think it takes away from the flow and enjoyment of reading.
Even though Kindle has a built-in dictionary, that isn't true of paper or online text.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

OK, so what do you think of writers who lard their tales with French words?

Je pense que cet writers may be using les mots en francais pour a certain effet, M Johnson.

... and if you remove "pis" and add an "e" you get SOIREE, which is a classy evening reception/party. It kinda make sense that party and urinal would be closely related.

And then I guess an evening's gala of watersports and golden showers would be called a pissoiree?

Un bon mot, la Vie Bizarre; merci pour le neologisme!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Je pense que cet writers may be using les mots en francais pour a certain effet, M Johnson.



And then I guess an evening's gala of watersports and golden showers would be called a pissoiree?

Un bon mot, la Vie Bizarre; merci pour le neologisme!

^^^^LIKES TO STAND BEFORE A FAN AND PEE^^^^

 

[TxRad]

^^^^LIKES TO STAND BEFORE A FAN AND PEE^^^^

It's all according to which direction you are facing.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

^^^^LIKES TO STAND BEFORE A FAN AND PEE^^^^

...et vous preferez la merde pour votre ventilateur...

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

...et vous preferez la merde pour votre ventilateur...

^^^^^Puts his merde inside a cheesecloth bag, hangs it from his shower ceiling, and squeezes the bag with his hands for a shower ^^^^^

 

[Tio_Narratore]

^^^^^Puts his merde inside a cheesecloth bag, hangs it from his shower ceiling, and squeezes the bag with his hands for a shower ^^^^^

You're just so cute when you get all worked up, Jimmy!

 

[StrangeLife]

...et vous preferez la merde pour votre ventilateur...

And why would I prefer putting a merkin on my ventilator?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

You're just so cute when you get all worked up, Jimmy!

I only get worked up over payday and UPS deliveries.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

And why would I prefer putting a merkin on my ventilator?

!. not you, JBJ.

2. Did you use Google Translate?

 

[LadyVer]

Interesting thread.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Interesting thread.

interesting comment. just like a freelance editor.

 

[StrangeLife]

2. Did you use Google Translate?

Well, I may not have been entirely serious with the "translation"...

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Well, I may not have been entirely serious with the "translation"...

I suspected as much, mein freund.

 

[patientlee]

OK, so what do you think of writers who lard their tales with French words?

Je n'ai jamais utilisé le mot "pissoir", mais peut être, je commencerai aujourd'hui.

 

[MSTarot]

Je n'ai jamais utilisé le mot "pissoir", mais peut être, je commencerai aujourd'hui.

"Tish, that's french!"