 Frag, Drek, Slot etc. (Are they cityspeak?) |
 Oct 8 2009, 08:43 PM
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First let me say that I understand that the SR 1-3 curse word substitutes were removed in favour of the common English curse words for SR4 as an editorial decision, and that it not my intent for this thread to devolve into another debate on the merits of that decision.
Rather in a case of retconning said change, it occurred to me that other game elements such as Cityspeak have also become downplayed in the games fiction, and that possibly a connection would explain both from an in universe perspective. I.E. is it possible that Frag is the Cityspeak word for Fuck, Drek for Shit, etc.? So the switch back to common English swears, fits with the move away from the pink-mohawk punk of the 2050s. P.S. what exactly did slot mean again as a SR curse word. (This old mans memory does not recall, and my books are not handy) |
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MJBurrage Frag, Drek, Slot etc. (Are they cityspeak?) Oct 8 2009, 08:43 PM
fistandantilus4.0 Frag and the like aren't exactly City Speak. R... Oct 8 2009, 09:36 PM
Joe Chummer QUOTE (fistandantilus4.0 @ Oct 8 2009, 04... Oct 9 2009, 10:57 AM
flowswithdrek QUOTE (fistandantilus4.0 @ Oct 8 2009, 10... Oct 9 2009, 11:16 PM Joe Chummer QUOTE (flowswithdrek @ Oct 9 2009, 06:16 ... Oct 10 2009, 02:46 AM AK404 "Screw," perhaps in the way that "s... Oct 8 2009, 09:38 PM Ravor If I remember correctly, Blade Runner had an examp... Oct 8 2009, 09:39 PM Link QUOTE (Ravor @ Oct 8 2009, 10:39 PM) Pers... Oct 30 2009, 06:05 AM BookWyrm I don't know if Frag, Drek, Slot, ect. would b... Oct 9 2009, 03:09 AM Joe Chummer QUOTE (BookWyrm @ Oct 8 2009, 10:09 PM) I... Oct 9 2009, 11:05 AM Degausser After reading a lot of fluff text and a few SR nov... Oct 9 2009, 03:26 AM Dikotana SR didn't pull slang out of nowhere. In the re... Oct 9 2009, 03:46 AM Ravor Believe it or not, I've started introducing th... Oct 9 2009, 03:59 AM The Stray7 QUOTE (Ravor @ Oct 8 2009, 08:59 PM) Beli... Oct 9 2009, 06:39 AM BookWyrm I don't recall where the word "drek... Oct 9 2009, 02:18 PM Joe Chummer QUOTE (BookWyrm @ Oct 9 2009, 09:18 AM) I... Oct 9 2009, 08:52 PM Trench If profanity was illegal in a wireless world, all ... Oct 29 2009, 08:39 AM Ayeohx Use it all! Older folk are still going to use... Oct 29 2009, 11:03 PM  |
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