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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.
cheer
the sunshine warrior
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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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