The original post that they took a screenshot of was posted on 22.2.22, that’s fun!
Fajree
Confirmed: Guy Fieri is a Fae.
Do not eat anything offered to you in flavortown. No matter how off the hook it seems.
Have we ever seen him cook with a cast iron pan?
Daedra
Ferry
A bit hairier, and not quite as dainty as we’d in mind for the Neverland role. But as you’re the only one to answer cast-call, Mr. McBoatface, let’s give it a go, shall we?
If I ever write a fantasy book, I will use phae or or phay or phairy just to mess with people.
You can use fhairy, like fugly.
I vote for phairy.
Very on brand for faeioys tbh
Mythology also has worms, wurms, or, in some cases, wyrms. All pronounced the same, but they tend to get bigger the further down the alphabet the vowel gets.
By this logic, nematodes are warms
Those spellings have been around since the 13th century, so it’d be kinda weird to standardize them now.
Other words we can’t decide on: litre/liter, neighbour/neighbour and aluminium/aluminum
You spelled it “neighbour” twice
Gray/grey
Ferry.
Could be quirky, ensouled commuter boats (think the boat from Windwaker), could be that that they are Navi-like sprites or winged humanoids… but they always lead you somewhere, help you cross a threshold of some kind.
Why not?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liveship_Traders 10/10 series imo
Well dang, I’d never heard of that.
Thanks! I’ll try to give those a read some time =D
I’d recommend starting with the assassin’s apprentice series first, but it’s not necessary.
There’s actually a good reason for this:
Calling them by their proper name draws their attention, and they are horribly violent, terrible creatures with no empathy or morals. None of those spellings are “correct” for this reason.
It does sometimes feel a bit pretentious. Like, no no, these pocket-sized humans with wings and
fairysparkle dust, they’re not fairies. They’re actually farfalles, because they’ve got a heavy Italian accent, you see.I guess, when everyone does it, then it isn’t actually pretentious anymore, but yeah, still a bit close for comfort…
F followed by whatever vowels, huh? Is this a fairy? -> furry
Vowels. Plural. You only used one. Could’ve at least gone for “furries” xD
I can imagine furry being a subclass of the fairy taxonomy.
In parts of western Pennsylvania and Maryland, yup.
They do have different uses, as well as “flavours”.
E.g. if you end up in fairyland, you’d likely expect something more child friendly and whimsical. If you end up in the land of the fey, that’s a far scarier prospect.
It’s also akin to having different words for dwarf, elf, orc, and human. They are all big, with 2 legs, 2 arms and a head on top.
Any spelling is fair.
