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"You Learn Something New Every Day" Dept. - Bob Schroeck - 02-03-2020
So... Peg and I were down at Alison and John's place in West Virginia this weekend. (For those of you playing "Bob's Life Warriors Bingo", that's Ai Jiao Min and Skitz/Major Kanis.) Late Saturday night, Alison was talking about her writing (Nanowrimo and a couple other projects), and it eventually led into something along the lines of "oh yeah, Bob writes, but he doesn't talk about it; but we really should talk shop". Those weren't her words, and it didn't get expressed that succinctly, but yeah, that's what it was.
So I discussed the Walk with her (and everyone else there) over the table, and I brought up how I covered the Warriors, and mentioned how I referenced Ai Jiao Min. Alison's face got blank for a moment, then her eyes got wide as she said, "I'd forgotten about Ai Jiao Min" (which is understandable because I think her last Warriors session was something like 20 years ago), and then she started laughing. She finally explained why -- when she created the character she was drawing a blank on a codename for her, and in desperation called her "I Have A Name" in whichever Chinese language it was. Which admission got the rest of us laughing as well.
If I'm lucky, any readers I might have who speak that particular language hopefully thought I mangled a transliteration, or it was something in a different Chinese language entirely...
RE: "You Learn Something New Every Day" Dept. - robkelk - 02-03-2020
So, you have another trope for the DW page on ATT.
RE: "You Learn Something New Every Day" Dept. - Star Ranger4 - 02-03-2020
OI! The pair of ye. Nostrils. Pain. Ye did it. Shame on ye!
RE: "You Learn Something New Every Day" Dept. - Bob Schroeck - 02-03-2020
(02-03-2020, 09:03 AM)robkelk Wrote: So, you have another trope for the DW page on ATT.
I suppose I do...
Edit: And I just came up with an Author's Saving Throw. She's a mage. Obviously she's protecting her True Name. <grin>