From: D. den Otter (neosapient@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Sep 02 2000 - 06:55:52 MDT
At 22:59 1-09-00 -0400, you wrote:
>Michael LaTorra wrote:
> >
> > SINGULARITARIANS.
> > Does anyone else here have as much trouble pronouncing
> "Singularitarians" as
> > I do?
> > Hey, how about calling people so devoted to the Singularity by some simpler
> > name?
> > Singulars?
> > Singles?
> > Singers?
> > S-Men?
> > SS? [On second thought, let's drop that last one.]
>
>This issue has been previously raised on the Singularitarian list, and
>recently John Smart has requested a formal vote on the issue of whether to
>call it "Singularitarians" or "Singularians".
>
>The vote will probably be held shortly after the Foresight Gathering. I'll
>let you know how it turns out.
For what it's worth, I vote for the original version, i.e.
"Singularitarians". It may be somewhat hard to write and pronounce, but it
looks and sounds much better than "Singularians", IMHO. As a sort of
compromise, you could create an "official" Ebonics version (quite hip too)
that can be used instead of the original if you're "in a hurry", or have
genuine trouble spelling or pronouncing "Singularitarians".
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