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Ghod, Ghu and Bheer

Posted by Dante on 2012-August-04 08:08:36 EDT, Saturday
In reply to Re: Potentially speaking posted by Dissident on 2012-August-03 06:41:54 EDT, Friday
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"Ghod" is old-school Science Fiction fanspeak. And yes, while its not contemptuous, it does indicate a lack of subscription to the concept.

"Ghu" has alternately been used. But "Ghu" is also apparently the name of a fannish Ghod too.

And yes, by the 50s some fen ( plural for "fan" in fannish ) were so enamored of the frothy brown intoxicant that they proposed capitalizing and adding the "religious" "H" to beer; thus "Bheer."

And if I can do my part to sew fannish into another context, so be it.

( Many of the terms associated with Golden Age SF fanzines were imported into the punk-rock "zine" movement [ including "zine." ] And some of our internet acronyms also come from Sci-Fi wonks via their mimeo zines. [ The Internet is not the first thing requiring emoticons or their equivalent to give context. ] )

Dante

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