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Fandango, v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 5, Summer 1944
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when you use this absurd philological tool, because its originator has done some tampering with the very roots of our language. The Semantic results may be most interesting. Oh Mr. Ogden, Mr. Korzybski, Mr. Hayakawa, come and take a look at this strange corruption. Fan, the plural of which is "fen"." When Norm Stanley first introduced this new word form a couple of mailings ago, I fell in line with the bunch and started using it myself. Bruce, however, has spoiled the term for me; whenever I see the word "fen", I think of a hopelessly misfitted and warped creature sitting unhappily in the LASFS clubroom wishing that he had a few of the characteristics of MEN and few less of the characteristics of FEN. I'm sorry, folks, but I can no longer stomach the word. In the future, I shall use fans as the plural of this word. ******** FREE LOVE IN FANDOM. Give credit where credit is due. -oOo- In my last article on Slan Center, I mentioned a local fanette's presumably tongue-in-cheek suggestion of free love for such an establishment. Apparently, several FAPAns not only missed the tongue-in cheek part of this suggestion, but went on to do a stupendous amount of bum guessing. Inasmuch as several members of the fair sex are or have ben connected with LA fandom (Pogo, Lora Crozetti, Virginia Laney, Ada Charles, Elinor O'Brien . . . to name a few) it is only fair to these ladies to state that Morojo made this suggestion. It is also only fair to Morojo to state my personal opinion tht the entire conversation between her and myself was a non-serious bit of persiflage, at least, insofar as present-day conditions are concerned. ******** PROFANITY IN FAPAZINES. Let's clean up the mailings. -oOo- The last Fan-Dango was, as you all no doubt noticed, characterized by a free use of four-letter words of a type not condoned in polite society. As many of you may not know, it very nearly was excluded from the mailing on this account. I have no particular excuse to offer for my transgression of good taste--the last issue was written at a time when I was being torn between several mutually frustrating situations (the schism developing in the LASFS, my inability to find a decent place to live, personal family matters, among other things). As a result, I was very bitter toward everything and everyone, and made no particular attempt to subdue myself. This is no excuse at all, but in the future I shall refrain from sending anything to the mailing unless I am in a civilied enough mood so that it will be a completely worthy addition to the mailing in which it appears. This matter of smut in FAPA has, however, reached alarming proportions. I believe I am in no danger of being called a prude when I state my belief that smut and FAPA should be divorced immediately. If any of you have any doubt as to the propriety of this suggestion, I redommend that you look through the last two or three mailings looking for this sort of thing. Taking the narrow view of enforcers of postal regulations, we must discount the often genuine humor in such material, and consider only whether or not it is likely to result in FAPA being denied mailing privileges. On this basis, many of the publications of Liebecher, Laney, Croutch, Widner, the Futurians, and others certainly have been playing with fire. I have reformed, as of this date--I suggest the others of you join me. But how about subversive matter? Are not many of our iconoclastic discussions subjecting us to this same risk? -- 4 --
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when you use this absurd philological tool, because its originator has done some tampering with the very roots of our language. The Semantic results may be most interesting. Oh Mr. Ogden, Mr. Korzybski, Mr. Hayakawa, come and take a look at this strange corruption. Fan, the plural of which is "fen"." When Norm Stanley first introduced this new word form a couple of mailings ago, I fell in line with the bunch and started using it myself. Bruce, however, has spoiled the term for me; whenever I see the word "fen", I think of a hopelessly misfitted and warped creature sitting unhappily in the LASFS clubroom wishing that he had a few of the characteristics of MEN and few less of the characteristics of FEN. I'm sorry, folks, but I can no longer stomach the word. In the future, I shall use fans as the plural of this word. ******** FREE LOVE IN FANDOM. Give credit where credit is due. -oOo- In my last article on Slan Center, I mentioned a local fanette's presumably tongue-in-cheek suggestion of free love for such an establishment. Apparently, several FAPAns not only missed the tongue-in cheek part of this suggestion, but went on to do a stupendous amount of bum guessing. Inasmuch as several members of the fair sex are or have ben connected with LA fandom (Pogo, Lora Crozetti, Virginia Laney, Ada Charles, Elinor O'Brien . . . to name a few) it is only fair to these ladies to state that Morojo made this suggestion. It is also only fair to Morojo to state my personal opinion tht the entire conversation between her and myself was a non-serious bit of persiflage, at least, insofar as present-day conditions are concerned. ******** PROFANITY IN FAPAZINES. Let's clean up the mailings. -oOo- The last Fan-Dango was, as you all no doubt noticed, characterized by a free use of four-letter words of a type not condoned in polite society. As many of you may not know, it very nearly was excluded from the mailing on this account. I have no particular excuse to offer for my transgression of good taste--the last issue was written at a time when I was being torn between several mutually frustrating situations (the schism developing in the LASFS, my inability to find a decent place to live, personal family matters, among other things). As a result, I was very bitter toward everything and everyone, and made no particular attempt to subdue myself. This is no excuse at all, but in the future I shall refrain from sending anything to the mailing unless I am in a civilied enough mood so that it will be a completely worthy addition to the mailing in which it appears. This matter of smut in FAPA has, however, reached alarming proportions. I believe I am in no danger of being called a prude when I state my belief that smut and FAPA should be divorced immediately. If any of you have any doubt as to the propriety of this suggestion, I redommend that you look through the last two or three mailings looking for this sort of thing. Taking the narrow view of enforcers of postal regulations, we must discount the often genuine humor in such material, and consider only whether or not it is likely to result in FAPA being denied mailing privileges. On this basis, many of the publications of Liebecher, Laney, Croutch, Widner, the Futurians, and others certainly have been playing with fire. I have reformed, as of this date--I suggest the others of you join me. But how about subversive matter? Are not many of our iconoclastic discussions subjecting us to this same risk? -- 4 --
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