Round Robin

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Well, the Round Robin has come to a timely (for reasons you'll see shortly) end - thank you to everyone who contributed!

The entire story can be found here: Round Robin 2007 at the moment, and of course individual contributions are in the post below.

As of right now, the only overall editing that has been done has been a quick check for typos and making the spelling consistently British. I'm sure I've missed things, so any comments suggesting similar edits (but not plot, please!) will be gratefully received below - and hopefully the individual authors will respond if a comment concerns their contribution, so that a decision can be made whether to accept the suggested edit or not!

Also - we need a title! Please comment below with suggestions for that too, and we will try to come up with a consensus choice!

It might also be useful to have a pseudonym for posting at the archives, rather than trying to have it listed under every individual name - what do authors think of this? Individual authors could still be credited in a Note (and I think should be). Would you be happy to use "Dialj" as a pseud? Or does anyone have a much better idea (that all authors would have to agree with, please!)?

Once the title, pseud and edits are agreed, I'll post the final link to various Pros comms, and send it to the archivists as well, if everyone is happy with that.

And finally - a big hurrah for everyone who contributed. Keeping up has been alot of fun, and the final word count is over 13 000!

Comments

Shmaffty

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Shmaffty ... ah yes ... that would be me. Um, not sure of the exact era of the term altho I've been using it here in the UK (*g* ) for many a long year. There are a lot of regional variations in marijuana slang words - this could be London (or northern). I'm happy if someone knows a more specifically Pros-era term for the wicked weed :-)

Re: Shmaffty

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

I like shmaffty! Never heard the term before, but it seems somehow very, um, descriptive. ;-)

Re: Shmaffty

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It is a good word - but is it Pros?!

Re: Shmaffty

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Well, it sure ain't Canadian in usage. And if it's been around for awhile in the UK... I guess it depends on how long people have been using it, and whether it was around in the late seventies/early eighties. But, I must say I love the idea of a Bodie who is up on all the latest drug slang. Must be all those undercover gigs... ;-) What was in that cigarette anyway?

Re: Shmaffty

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

not that I know *anything* about these matters of course, but there was this guy (cough) who was in the RAF (cough) and he may have *told* me about it ... seventies flyboys any good??

Re: Shmaffty

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee! Was it in the seventies that he told you?! That's the thing, isn't it, everything's so regional, and everyone has their own words for stuff too... But you swearing it's genuine Pros-era is good enough for me!

(And I'm not sure, are seventies flyboys any good? *g*)

Re: Shmaffty

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

The only ones I knew of from back then were 'grass' or 'weed'. From someone who grew up in the outerskirts of London, if this helps. :)