I HATE the term GISH

[hong]

I've never seen barbar for barbarian. I have seen barb and barbie, though.

 

[jgbrowning]

Hey, Gish was a good album.

joe b.

 

[Cam Banks]

I do intensely dislike 'Pally' for Paladin

How hard is it to type two more letters, anyway?

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Thanee]

I've never seen barbar for barbarian.

It's pretty common in germany. With a capital B.

Bye
Thanee

 

[diaglo]

I do intensely dislike 'Pally' for Paladin

i use fighting man.

diaglo "you are a better mang than i am Gungadin" Ooi

 

[monboesen]

I dislike it enough to avoid/leave threads where it shows up.

That said I'm leaving

 

[Umbran]

Until then, most of us know what it means when we hear it, so it serves its purpose.

Given the non-intuitive source, it only communicates information to those familiar with it already. That's a very limited purpose. Our games are already filled with jargon as it is.

And I'm not sure I like the "them/us" attitudes of either side here.

 

[Delta]

Never head of "gish".

I also very much dislike "pally" for paladin. The first time I heard "skelly" for skeleton in a gaming store I cringed so bad I almost knocked over a display case.

You need to use the full name for the exotic, arcane, mythological flavor. Being in a medieval world is not supposed to be easy, there's a lot of complicated honorifics you need to get in the habit of correctly pronouncing. Turning it into modern jargon -- pure gaming number abstractions -- is like a punch in the gut to me. I would definitely not game with anyone who made those kind of abbreviations.

Thanks for the opportunity to vent!

 

[Janaxstrus]

In my 30's. Doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Korgoth]

I'd never even think to call something a "gish". Sounds very silly... unless you were actually playing a Githyanki it's just obscurantist.

I do intensely dislike 'Pally' for Paladin or 'Barbar' for Barbarian.

I've heard Pally but not "Barbar". However, I can respect the latter for at least being true to the etymology.