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  1. Newsgroups: alt.fan.wodehouse
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!tulane!pegasus!rpg
  3. From: rpg@cs.tulane.edu (Robert Goldman)
  4. Subject: Terms for fans
  5. In-Reply-To: trifid@agora.rain.com's message of Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:10:46 GMT
  6. Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-19417]: clones
  7. Message-ID: <RPG.93Jan22130249@clones.cs.tulane.edu>
  8. Sender: news@cs.tulane.edu
  9. Reply-To: rpg@cs.tulane.edu (Robert Goldman)
  10. Organization: Department of Computer Science, Tulane University
  11. References: <3196@tymix.Tymnet.COM> <1083@quirm.terminus.ericsson.se>
  12.     <1993Jan21.152835.23176@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
  13.     <C195pz.M95@agora.rain.com>
  14. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:02:49 GMT
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  17. In article <C195pz.M95@agora.rain.com> trifid@agora.rain.com (Roadster Racewerks) writes:
  18.  
  19.    Newsgroups: alt.fan.wodehouse
  20.    Path: tulane!ukma!netsys!agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ssd.intel.com!ichips!hfglobe!agora!trifid
  21.    From: trifid@agora.rain.com (Roadster Racewerks)
  22.    Organization: Open Communications Forum
  23.    References: <3196@tymix.Tymnet.COM> <1083@quirm.terminus.ericsson.se> <1993Jan21.152835.23176@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
  24.    Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:10:46 GMT
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  26.  
  27.    In article <1993Jan21.152835.23176@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dsr@horus.cs.Virginia.EDU (Dana Richards) writes:
  28.    >>>And, btw, what do you _call_ Wodehouse fans?  
  29.    >>>Is there a term?  Any suggestions?
  30.    >
  31.    >>How about Wodehouseians ?
  32.    >
  33.    >Wodehousemates?
  34.    >
  35.    >dana richards
  36.  
  37.  
  38.  
  39.    Why not just "Woodies" ?
  40.  
  41.    Seems to fall perfectly in line with "Berties" et al...
  42.  
  43.    Suze
  44.  
  45. Well, considering the alternative meaning of "Woodie" (hint, it's
  46. synonymous with "stiffie"), I think this might not be the best
  47. choice....
  48.