[ SECRET POST #3360 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3360 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Niche]


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03.
[Rush Hour 1, 2, 3]


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04.
["The Bride Was A Boy" manga]


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05.
[J.K. Rowling]


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06.
[Pretty Little Liars]


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07.
[Twin Peaks]


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08.
[The Walking Dead/The Flash]


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09.
(GIRLS)


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10.
[The Grinder]


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11.
[Pokemon]


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12.
[Lord of the Rings]


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13.
[Babylon 5, Tolkien, Star Wars, Harry Potter]


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14.
[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]


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15.
[Pete Seeger]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 032 secrets from Secret Submission Post #480.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[ketita]

My problem is with the pluralizing. "no-majs" looks terrible to me and my brain keeps pronouncing it "no majchss" or something. I know that apparently it's said "no majes", but in "no maj" I find the emphasis on the first syllable, and then when pluralized to make it flow it becomes "no MAjes" and it bothers me.

[(Anonymous)]

That is a legit issue I hadn't considered. How awkward.

[(Anonymous)]

I definitely agree with that. "No-majes" is just awkward to say.

My main problem is actually that it's set in the 1920s, in which there was so much inventive slang, including nonsense words, that "no-maj" just seems too...boring. Like it's literally just "no magic" abbreviated, in a time period when America had phrases like "cash or check?" to refer to kissing. Just a liiiittle more inventive would have been nice.

[ketita]

Oh, I agree with you - and I've ranted about that in the past. A small excuse for that can be that it seems based on the history Rowling wrote that this term has been used since time immemorial in NA, (which is sort of weird in and of itself?). That still doesn't explain why 1920s wizards didn't have their own slang for it, though.

[(Anonymous)]

If it's been used the whole time in America, why didn't they just use muggle, since it's y'know...English? If the revolutionaries wanted a new word because screw England, even in the 1700s they could have come up with something more imaginative. Or does that mean it's a translation of the word for non-magic people in an indigenous language? In which case, why not just use that word instead of translating it into something so dully overdescriptive?

Maybe there will be some choice descriptors among the 1920s lingo, and "no-maj" is just the "official" term, and we just have to be patient.

[(Anonymous)]

the 1920s thing has been bothering me since the start, 1920s American slang is some of the funniest, weirdest slang imaginable! why go with something so shit and boring?