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Helpful translation from Mr. DeNiro

11 o'clock, May 17, 2005

Over at his new Goblin Mercantile Exchange, Alan translates part of SFWA’s “ePiracy FAQ”

Morally . . . O’ course ’tis a problem if ye take somethin’ fer free that ye’re supposed t’ pay fer. Be seein’ below fer all th’ harms this causes. Quality . . . Th’ thin’ be, ye canna trust that a gentleman-o’-fortuned work be really what th’ author wrote. We’re nay jus’ talkin’ typos here (which can be quite annoyin’, dependin’ how badly th’ story has been mangled), but worse: Buccanneers ben documented as changin’ works t’ match the’r philosophies(!).

I’m not sure what I think of “gentleman of fortune” as a verb, but hopefully this clarifies things.

Comments

I think it's an absolutely *awesome* verb, and should start replacing "pirate" forthwith.

—— aphrael, 11:33 AM, Tuesday, May 17, 2005

My favorite bit from Alan's translation is this:

"Sweet trade be most commonly associated wi’ them who distribute th’ material..."

Ah yes; sweet, sweet trade.

—— Christopher, 12:11 PM, Tuesday, May 17, 2005