“Holy Macklehenny”, “Pff! Beh! Ga! Doh! Mmm! Fsssh! Arrr!” or simply “Blasted!”

I know it is as non-offensive as fiddle sticks, but at my work bugger seems to be the ideal customers are about swear word. That or we just swear and hope the boss isnt about. ;-)

In general, Americans are really in the dark about British swear words. ‘Bugger’ is, after all, an extremely dirty word – ‘tupping’ and ‘sodding’ aren’t that squeaky either. It’s hilarious how much a show like Buffy can get away with swear-wise by having British characters :p Spike is a total potty-mouth.

I just wanted to let you know I’m enjoying reading your articles…and was delighted to see a Wheel of Time reference. It’s good to know Im not the only one who still remembers that series. Nice writing!

don’t forget Cripes!, Crikey! or Great day in the morning!

I used to be a rabid fan of tWoT (speaking of choice words, be careful pronouncing that acronym in certain company). I’ve grown less and less devoted over time. Today, I have owned book 10 for months (perhaps a year or more, when did it come out?) and still have not read it. I will, some day. And I’ll buy the next one when it comes out.

I’m beginning to suspect that the series’ conclusion is asymptotic. We’ll never actually get there, but we’ll continue to get closer forever. This will happen because each book will soon cover only one actual event, and a lot of entertaining but ultimately fruitless character interaction and internal monologue.

Then, some day, when we’ve all forgotten how the series began and it’s far to large to read again, RJ will release a re-write of tEotW, but everyone will think it’s new material.

And we’ll never get a definative answer to who killed Asmodean.

Perhaps something about introducing roughly 600 new characters in the 7th (or was it 8th?) book slows you down. Permanently. Nevertheless, I’m sure there’ll be enough skirt smoothing, shawl twitching, petty jockeying for power, and threats to “make someone howl” to last for as long as we need it.
I made the bold move and switched over to George R.R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” series since he has the refreshing habit of killing off his main characters instead of multiplying them by the hundreds.

Yeah, I’m in the middle of Storm of Swords. It’s very different in many ways, but somehow they have a common appeal, which I guess you could call epic fantasy.

I like Song of Ice and Fire. It has a very different tone, and a very different focus. As (I think) I’ve posted here in the past, it seems to me that the books are not so much about the people as the land itself.

Though I’ve never really thought of it that way, the body count does seem to serve to keep the number of “main” characters in the low teens at least :)

Also: Son of a sailor!

and not to brag, but I work in a four-letter-friendly office, so I get to drop s-bombs and f-bombs at will. :)

Don’t forget salacious talk of necklines and shapely calves.

Ohhhhh, “y mas” meaning “and more” in that language everyone seems to speak…

Here I thought it was a sledgism for the upcoming holiday, and was trying to figure out what my sanitized swearing had to do with said festival.

Oh, and welcome to my site, and thankee kindly :)

My christmas present from some friends here at LC was the second and third books (I’d already read the first) in George R.R. Martin’s series. They were great presents, but I got them right before finals and so I can’t read them yet! Grrrr!

What is it with epic fantasy writers and the middle initials R.R.?

Well, Occam’s Razor would I think dictate that either it’s coincidence or they’re aping the first guy. :p

Yuh, as in “mas y mas!” or “mas cerveza, por favor” or “uno mas” or in your case, “quiero mas y mas libros!”

I’m afraid you have me confused with someone who speaks Spanish :P