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Thu, 25 Oct 2018
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Topics of the day:
1. Blast from the past (4)
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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 03:43:41 +0000
From: Laurie of the Isles <laudon1228@y.......>
Subject: Blast from the past
I am reading Diana Gabaldon's "Voyager", the third book in the Outlander
series. In a passage I just read, Jamie tells Claire that his young
great-nieces and nephews call him "Nunkie". I hadn't thought of that
mockingly endearing name for LaCroix it n a long time. :-D
Laurie of the Isles Laudon1228@y.......
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:59:41 -0700
From: Andrew Caruthers <slinter@j.......>
Subject: Re: Blast from the past
Can you translate it for us mere Yanks???
On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 03:43:41 +0000 Laurie of the Isles
<000004e21a56d01d-dmarc-request@l.......> writes:
> I am reading Diana Gabaldon's "Voyager", the third
> book in the Outlander series. In a passage I just read, Jamie
> tells Claire that his young great-nieces and nephews call him
> "Nunkie". I hadn't thought of that mockingly
> endearing name for LaCroix it n a long time. :-D
>
> Laurie of the Isles Laudon1228@y.......
>
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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:14:36 -0400
From: Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: Blast from the past
At 12:59 AM 10/25/2018, Andrew asked:
> Can you translate it for us mere Yanks???
As I recall from previous posts on the matter, "Nunkie" is an
endearment for "Uncle". Many Cousins referred to Lacroix as "Uncle" -
I forget the thread behind that. (IIRC, "Cousin" referred to two
listmembers playing similar "evil pranks" on a Knightie either on the
list or during what became the First War... the actual details come
from before my time on-list.)
There was a subfaction of Cousins who played extreme (call it
groupie-ish?) adoration of "Uncle", referring to him as "Nunkies".
Their faction, "Nunkies Anonymous" ("NA" for short), was one of the
most prolific War factions. Their headquarters included a shrine with
a pool the bottom of which was a mosaic of Lacroix; they held
pagan-like rites taken from the sort of rites we believe ancient
Romans celebrated; and they got into a large, multi-faction bar fight
that was often the highlight of the middle Wars (I'm going to say 3
through 10, if I recall correctly). The leader, Bonnie Rutledge
(later Bonnie-the-Llama, long before llamas became trendy and punny),
was also known for wearing "non-sensible shoes".
During the last War in which the faction participated as such, the
Shrine was demolished in a fire or explosion. Of course, nobody --
real, canonical, or NPC -- was injured...
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Looking through my archives, I found a 2001 NA "getting to know you"
questionnaire. Quite a bit has changed since then, but some things
are still close enough for fanfic work...
>At 03:11 AM 3/12/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>NUNKIES ANONYMOUS GET TO KNOW YOU QUESTIONNAIRE!!!
>>*********************************************************************
>
>
>>My name is:
>Brenda Bell
>
>>1) What's your favorite type of cereal?
>American Oatmeal (rolled-flatter-than-paper oats, not the
>whole-grain Scots-Irish stuff)
>
>>2) Shoes: Sensible or non-sensible?
>Definitely sensible
>
>>3) LaCroix: Evil or misunderstood?
>Both
>
>>4) Do you have any phobias?
>Diagnosed or undiagnosed?
>
>>5) List your three favorite albums/CDs.
>Artist/Title:
>The Chieftains/Fire in the Kitchen
>The Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart/Runnin' Wild
>Blackmore's Night/Under a Violet Moon
>
>>6) Name a musician/musical group whose popularity annoys you.
>Can't think of any offhand...
>
>>7) Nick: Angsty or misunderstood?
>Misunderstood
>
>>8) Name your favorite movie.
>not sure... it's a tossup between Excalibur, Highlander (the
>original movie), and The Three Musketeers/The Four Musketeers
>(originally filmed as a single movie during the 1970's, but
>distributed as two separate films)
>
>>9) Name your favorite civilization(current or historic)
>don't have a *single* favorite... Scots, Hawai'ian, Lakota,
>"Arthurian", generic Celtic are all interesting...
>
>>10) Do you have Marmite in your refrigerator/pantry?
>no
>
>>11) Has that jar of Marmite been there for more than a year?
>not applicable
>
>>12) Natalie: Bitchy or misunderstood?
>neither
>
>>13) Do you have Ribena in your refrigerator/pantry?
>not currently
>
>>14) Has that bottle of Ribena been there for more than a year?
>if I had one, it probably would have been
>
>>15) Handcuffs or rope?
>depends on the end use, and the type of handcuff
>
>>16) Name your Personal Tranquility Device of choice.
>the SO; Carlos Nakai CDs; teddy bears; mineral crystals; incense
>
>>17) Vachon: Slacker or misunderstood?
>neither
>
>>18) If you had your own personal Fanfic Fairy, what would you name it?
>Something unpronounceable, because magickal beings are generally not
>addressable by any spoken language.
>
>>19) List your top three FK faction leanings.
>Celtic GlowWorms, FK Pagans, and either CaddyWhacks or Unholy Alliance
>
>>20) Describe your dream car.
>(1) an SUV that would get me through the toughest winters of the Northeast
>(2) a minivan customized to look like a STAR TREK shuttlecraft
>(3) stretch limo, driven by (male) eye candy (think Peter Wingfield,
>Pierce Brosnan, Paul Johannsen, etc.)
>
>>21) Describe your actual car.
>I own neither a car nor a driver's license. My SO drives a green
>1995 Taurus. I usually just take the subway.
>
>>22) Tracy: Perky or misunderstood?
>Both
>
>>23) Name your three favorite TV shows other than FK.
>Earth: Final Conflict
>Andromeda
>Ballykissangel
>
>>24) What color is your hair?
>Greying brunette
>
>>25) What color are your eyes?
>Blueish, ranging from bright aqua to greenish blue to blue-gray to
>gray, depending upon my mood, the lighting, what I'm wearing, and
>whether or not I've been wearing contact lenses
>
>>26) How tall are you?
>about 5', maybe 5' 1" in stocking feet
>
>>27) Sidney: Hungry or misunderstood?
>Feline.
>
>>28) Do you have tattoos or other distinguishing features?
>No tattoos. Some scars -- most noticeably a long surgical scar on my left shin
>
>>29) Have you ever played a marching band instrument?
>I've played the fife a little. Most of the instruments I've
>attempted to take up (violin, guitar, harmonica, piano) are either
>orchestral or folk instruments. I generally prefer to sing (second
>Alto) or to use the computer (Noteworthy Composer); I can compose a little.
>
>>30) Name your favorite author.
>Lois McMaster Bujold. Tom Clancy is a very close second.
>
>>31) Do you have any funky habits? (Ex. Snoring, cork fetish, nail
>>biting, buzz phrases)
>I have learned to substitute non-words for cusswords (courtesy of
>working in a polyglot environment)... I think teddy bears are "real"
>and interact with them on a person-to-plush level...
>
>>32) Schanke: Ghost or misunderstood?
>as like as not, reincarnated
>
>>33) Name an 11-letter word that starts with 'C.'
>constabular
>cacophanous
>Californian
>Christmassy
>cornucopiae
>curveaceous
>catastrophe
>crustaceans
>celebration, celebratory
>cruciferous
>
>Did any of these hit your word-association list, or should I continue?
>
>>34) List your three favorite foods.
>Jalapeno poppers
>(vegetarian) kitchen-sink salad
>vegetarian chili
>
>>35) List your three most disgusting foods.
>The most disgusting foods I eat, or the foods I think are so
>disgusting that I won't touch them or even be in the same room with
>them if I can help myself?
>
>>36) Do you now, or have you ever, worn Birkenstocks?
>No, but one of my teddy bears has a pair of "Bearkenstock" sandals.
>
>>37) Russell Crowe: Troublemaker or misunderstood?
>No information on which to base an opinion
>
>>38) Do you scuba, swim or snorkel?
>Barely swim, if pressed. Mostly splash.
>
>>39) Do you prefer to travel by plane, train, boat, automobile or spaceship?
>Any or all, depending on the distance and how quickly I need to get
>there (and how much I have to carry).
>
>>40) Do you carry a phone on you?
>Yes, and I can get the Web on it, too.
>
>>41) What are your three least favorite TV shows?
>I don't watch enough TV to say firsthand, but "Survivor" is
>incredibly overhyped, and I couldn't care less about "Who Wants to
>be a Millionaire"...
>
>>42) Janette: Mortal or misunderstood?
>Never was mortal; it was just a trick of the imagination
>
>>43) Would you, could you, karaoke?
>Never tried it in real life, but have done it at the "Glow" in War time.
>
>>44) Name your favorite adult beverage.
>Very-properly aged St.-Emilion wine.
>Cafe Gascon.
>XO Cognac
>
>>45) Do you have a motto or theme song?
>Not one that I actively live by.
>
>>46) Describe your occupation.
>Boiling down boring technical papers on engineering topics, written
>in multiple languages, down to 12 words apiece, trying to teach the
>computer-phobic and security-naive folk at work how to use a *real*
>operating system, and deploying and maintaining the computer systems and LAN...
>
>>47) Any parting words?
>Should I ask the Vampbear to fill one of these out, too?
Brenda F. Bell webwarren@e....... UA, PoCBS, FKPagan;
Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos: http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://n2kye.webwarren.com/Fiendish_Glow/
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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:51:13 -0400
From: Gaylin Walli <gwalli@m.......>
Subject: Re: Blast from the past
The Forever Knight wiki entry on Nunkies might help here:
https://foreverknight.wikia.com/wiki/Nunkies_Anonymous
Cheers,
Jazzy ;-)
> On Oct 25, 2018, at 12:59 AM, Andrew Caruthers <slinter@j.......> wrote:
>
> Can you translate it for us mere Yanks???
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