Should Dear Author Readership have a name?
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It occurred to me that perhaps DA readership needs a name. A few people suggested a community name. D-literates was probably my favorite.
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I don’t think I will ever get over J. R. Warden and the Cellies.
Wouldn’t a name have to start with a J?
Can we go with the Dear Author Reader and Gossip Society…DA RAGS for short?
OMG!!! I’m so excited!!!!
Since I gave up using LOL for Lent I’ve been devoted to exclamation points!!!!
Wonderful poll question!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont’ care what we’re called as long as the reviews keep coming!!!!!!!!!
I’m leery because I follow a blog where the ladies in charge are Gretchen and won’t stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s truly embarrassing.
My vote is no.
I’ve been trying out j names (’cause Lori’s right) and all the good ones have already been taken.
The ones that are left aren’t real appealing. Maybe “the jerk’s” if we could get Steve Martin to be the mascot.
I voted Yes! though I don’t think the group has to start with a J. D-literates seemed like a great choice to me. As long as I’m not in a cage, cell or embarrassed to mention the name, it’s all good :D
Do you suppose that if we went by DAR the Daughters of the American Revolution would have something to say about it?
The dear authorettes?
Oh, gawd, no. Like what? The Dearies? DA Readery? No. The world has a surfeit of cuteness. (Emmy’s wasn’t bad, though.)
I could be persuaded otherwise, but I lean against it. While having a name would be fun, I also think it might make us appear more cliquish to newcomers, and trigger feelings of exclusion in the lurkers and readers who don’t post that often.
For some reason it wouldn’t let me vote – but if it had – I would have voted no for the reason that Janine gives.
What about the Authority? It’s already a word, and it has the word author in it too.
How about fitting in the name of my book club – Bas Bleu – which I admit I already stole. It means Bluestocking in French, which was what French school girls wore. Your mother would be very upset if you were of marriagable age and still being called a Bas Bleu. “Your brains will scare off any decent husband, my dear.”
We love our book club name (taken from the catalog and website of Bas Bleu, which is a great bookseller store.)
http://www.basbleu.com
How about DA’s BB’s (which could stand for Bebes, Bas Bleus, or Brigett Bardots.)
Too crazy, right?
I voted ‘no’ on Bitchery. To me, it’s a demeaning name. I’d stop visiting.
However, if you want to choose something else, something with respect to our diverse sensititivities, I say go for it.
Well, bitchery is already taken by the Smart Bitches anyway…
I don’t really care either way, but I do have a historical J-name to offer: the Janissaries.
Or is that association too brutal? Maybe turn it into “Janeissaries” ^^…
I think having a name for DA Readers would be too cliquey. I voted I don’t care, but actually, I probably should have voted no.