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AWADeers? "All for words, and words for allThis has my vote, Max! I love the motto! Anu, are you listening, Dear? You could get T-shirts printed up! 
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here's something Anu himself has written on the matter of naming his patrons/fans/devotees:
Dear Samuel, You have lots of company in AWAD world. You could call it a logocracy (where words rule), its citizens could be logolept (a word maniac), logologist (one who studies words), logomach (one who fights about words), logomaniac (one who is insanely interested in words). They could engage in logolatry (worship of words), be prone to logopandocie (readiness to admit words of all kinds), or even afflicted with logomisia (disgust of certain words). The only word missing from their dictionary is logophobia (fear of words). -Anu
my vote is for logolepts!
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logolepts
Doesn't have a "ring" to it, somehow. Besides, it kind of
sounds like we steal things!
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What about "logolators"?
Bit of a mouthful, but reasonably accurate as "worshippers of words", eh?
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If senior-moment memory serves, weren't we all named 'linguaphiles" when we joined?
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I'm not sure about logolators - sounds a little sleazy, even when you know what it means, and AWADeers seems a little Mousekateerish.
Nerd, as my significant other suggested, I quickly voted down (and consequently decided that I was NOT cooking supper tonight!!! So there!!!)
I like AWADer like Anna seems to suggest in her signature. I am not sure I am comfortable with AWADette refering to the ladies, as the addition of ette at the end of French words generally designates a smaller version of the original.
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AWADeers seems a little Mousekateerish.I'm surprised that no one else mentioned that, as my suggestion was largely in jest, inspired at least as much by memories of wearing the big-eared black plastic hat as by any desire to pay homage to Alexandre! I do however have reservations about AWADers. It bears a very close resemblance to waders, those inelegant items of coiture. Also, it sounds, IMO, incredibly ugly coming off the the tongue. I think I'll cast my vote for something in the logophile genus.
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AWADaLoadOfNonsense, some might say.
Why don't we just call ourselves wordies (singular - wordie)? Captures the cool/cult flavour of "surfie" or "bikie" and the fanaticism/mania of "groupie", with a hint of verbosity.
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Excellent Marty. Wordie gets my vote for overall originality and relevance.
First T-shirt logo off the press----Wordies get wowed at A.W.A.D.
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we don't seem to be reaching consensus on this yet; how about some sort of hybrid, like logoscente or logoisseur?
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A-ah! Getting worse and worse!
Of all mentioned so far, I like linguaphiles best.
But--we needn't worry about consensus yet. There are
lots of people I want to hear from first.
I am not a creative person--here's my entry: Boarders, and even I don't like that one! I'll keep cogitating.
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>Why don't we just call ourselves wordies (singular - wordie)? Captures the cool/cult flavour of "surfie" or "bikie" and the fanaticism/mania of "groupie", with a hint of verbosity
Or foodies (hint of gourmet)- I'll go with wordies.
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Oh dear no! we shall have to cope with ever more quantity at the cost of quality  . Furthermore, it doesn't reflect the eclectic-latin angle  . I suggest awadian, with a resonance on the peaceful Arcadia that has established itself here.
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...so far.
1. Wordies
Seems to capture the spirit of the thing, has a ring to it, and allows mockers to call us weirdies if they choose.
2. Awadeers
Better, IMO, than Awaders.
Some I would rather not be:
3. Logoanything
Not because I'm against classical roots, but because I suspect that most such words could apply to any group of enthusiasts. What is unique about this group is not that it is interested in language, but that it is also on AWADtalk.
2. Boarders
Nice word, but too general, and too many connottations.
1. Awaddywaddy
I just made that up.
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the peaceful Arcadia that has established itself here.
Oh, yes, isn't it though? Perfect, wsieber!!
Shall we stroll the green together, Dear? Why, words of wit and wisdom are simply everywhere: dangling off the trees, in the blue shallows of the river, and even floating by on the air! What a wonderful atmosphere about the place.
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Given our general preoccupation with fish, fowl and juicy red herrings, surely the obvious choice is: Waders This seems a natural contraction, and also accurately suggests our common (some more so than others! ) interest in dabbling and dapping in the waters of the language foreshore.
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hmmmm, waders.
I like it, but it seems like a word we will have to explain how to pronounce. Waders (wade - ers) seems easy enough but in our context people might misconstrue it as Wader (Wahd - er), or people that make wads of stuff. Your op.?
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I have been known to go for the odd "?!" myself, tsuwm, but I'm afraid the interrobang won't work for me.
You can't fine tune the exclamatory and interrogatory components if they're always evenly mixed.
Know what I mean??!
P.S. 1962 has a lot to answer for: it was also the year I was born. How about that?!!
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Oh dear - look what I've started here (heh heh heh). Well, I've dived into the depths of this thread, and I reckon Awadeers is easily the best of the options so far selected. But then, I also reckon awaddle can tell us a thing or two about picking a name that, as well as being relevant, brings a smile to people's faces... So, we could be Awaddlers (uh-WOD-lurz) - and awaddling we will go!
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>You can't fine tune the exclamatory and interrogatory components if they're always evenly mixed.
but wouldn't it be fun to intermix all three?!¿
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Awaddle sounds like we all have that flappy loose skin on the underside of our chins like turkeys. Not attractive on ladies or gentlemen. There is also that waddling gait that denotes a certain, hmmm, roundness about one's person. Ugh, can I vote this one down.
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lately, this place has reminded me of the Kingdom of Chatalot®... 8^)
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but wouldn't it be fun to intermix all three?!¿
Oh, go on then. You can't get too much of a good thing!!!!!!!!!???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I propose another punctuation mark - like a question mark but with a downward chevron in place of the dot at the bottom. This would denote a very open-ended question.
Or something.
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but wouldn't it be fun to intermix all three?!¿
Fish, I'm surprised you didn't rise to the bait. Doesn't ¿ look threateningly like a fish hook to you¿¿¿¿
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Doesn't ¿ look threateningly like a fish hook to you¿¿¿¿
Eek! I confess, my vision ain't brilliant.
But I'm afraid I'd look a real spectacle in fish-eye lenses.
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the peaceful Arcadia that has established itself here. Oh yes! Having coined "the awadness" in my parody of one of the Tentmakers fine quatrains, I was already more than half-way to accepting "awadians" - my vote aligns me with wsieber and Jackie - (I'll stand next to you any day, dear. )
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>flappy loose skin on the underside of our chins like turkeys
bel - I think you've been watching too much Ally McBeal!
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Shona's explanation about the master of the game in The
Glass Bead Game gave me this idea: what about calling ourselves wordmasters? It is long, but rolls easily off the tongue. Further, we are all masters of some words and trying to master others.
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what about calling ourselves wordmasters? It is long, but rolls easily off the tongue.
Though a touch arrogant, perhaps? I'm happy with anything the majority settles on...
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>the majority settles on...
Interesting concept - have we ever been capable of settling on anything??? I think we generally just ramble on .. and on...
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we generally just ramble on .. and on...Seems most appropriate that such a diaspora of logolepers should fail to settle on a collective noun! how about babellers...
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Just noticed the "Enthusiast" tag - glad to see you've moved up the ladder. I love reading your posts!
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All right, I know Canadians are teased a lot because we are uncomfortable with flaunting our qualities ("humble to the last" should by stamped on our foreheads) but I am not comfortable calling myself a Wordmaster. It seems so loud. I AM THE WORDMASTER!! You can't say that type of thing, you can only proclaim it in a loud booming voice while striking your chest with your fist.
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I *am the supreme universal [word] master but, more importantly for the sake of this discussion, I am A WADdy!
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It seems so loud. I AM THE WORDMASTER!! You can't say that type of thing, you can only proclaim it in a loud booming voice while striking your chest with your fist.Which brings us right back to Mogambo! 
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At least we should be able to agree on our favourite pop group - how about -
"Shawadywady" ?
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how about babellers...
Or babblers...
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What about wordsters? It reminds me of roadsters. Gives the impression of driving down the linguistic highway at about 45pph (posts per hour) with the top down. 
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Gives the impression of driving down the linguistic highway at about 45pph (posts per hour) with the top down...on the wrong side of the road, dodging fish cyclists as we go?
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