what I just said on #c...

[katster]

" but if that word doesn't meet your specifications, we have thousands of wordsmiths working 24/7 to bring you that special word for that special occasion..."

...I just like the image of thousands of wordsmiths working over their fires trying to find that right word, like a right blade...

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[cjdoyle.livejournal.com]

See, now I got the image of those proverbial monkeys at typewriters...

Personally, I *LOATHE* being called a "wordsmith"...

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

..but that's just because the condescendig b------s I work with, who couldn't write their ways out of a paper bag, think that by calling me a "wordsmith" they are indicating a second-rate (and, therefore, negligible) activity that they would do themselves if they weren't doing more important things like leveraging solutions and optmizing flexible paths and such.

I'm a writer, dammit. [/rant]