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| − | Otherwise known as a postcard, '''''poctsarcd''''' was sometimes known as the little [[typo]] that made good. [[Belfast]] [[fan]] [[Walt Willis]] made it and Savannah, Georgia, [[faned]] [[Lee Hoffman]] elevated it to [[fannish]] fame. | + | Otherwise known as a postcard, '''''poctsarcd''''' was sometimes known as the little [[typo]] that made good. [[Belfast]] [[fan]] [[Walt Willis]] made it and [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], [[faned]] [[Lee Hoffman]] elevated it to [[fannish]] fame. |
[[Walt Willis|Walt]] and [[LeeH]] were engaged in a fast and furious overseas correspondence, with long letters supplemented by shorter ones that passed each other in the mail, and in turn were added to by postcards. When there hadn't been any mail from [[LeeH]] in a while, [[Walt Willis|Walt]] dashed off a postscript to one of his letters that asked, "What, no poctsarcds?" | [[Walt Willis|Walt]] and [[LeeH]] were engaged in a fast and furious overseas correspondence, with long letters supplemented by shorter ones that passed each other in the mail, and in turn were added to by postcards. When there hadn't been any mail from [[LeeH]] in a while, [[Walt Willis|Walt]] dashed off a postscript to one of his letters that asked, "What, no poctsarcds?" | ||
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[[LeeH]] replied that, alas, there were no poctsarcds to be had in her area -- not even pitcuer poctsarcds. For years afterward, no one in [[fandom]] ever used a postcard again. [[Willis]], tickled, used his [[letterpress]] to run off some poctsarcds, so labeled. He also supplied the definition: While postcards have the space for the message printed on one side and the space for the address on the other, with poctsarcds it's done precisely the other way around. | [[LeeH]] replied that, alas, there were no poctsarcds to be had in her area -- not even pitcuer poctsarcds. For years afterward, no one in [[fandom]] ever used a postcard again. [[Willis]], tickled, used his [[letterpress]] to run off some poctsarcds, so labeled. He also supplied the definition: While postcards have the space for the message printed on one side and the space for the address on the other, with poctsarcds it's done precisely the other way around. | ||
| − | [[Fannish]] [[Simplifyd Spelng | + | [[Fannish]] [[Simplifyd Spelng]] being what it is, eventually ''poctsarcd'' evolved to '''''poctsard'''''. |
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An [[Irish]] crittur very like a postcard, except that where you write on one side of a postcard and address the other, you address one side of a poctsarcd and write on the other. It originated as a [[typo]] (in a letter from [[Leeh]] to [[Walt Willis]]), like other such useful expressions as [[silp]] and [[filk song]]. There are variants like pitcuer poctsarcds, too. | An [[Irish]] crittur very like a postcard, except that where you write on one side of a postcard and address the other, you address one side of a poctsarcd and write on the other. It originated as a [[typo]] (in a letter from [[Leeh]] to [[Walt Willis]]), like other such useful expressions as [[silp]] and [[filk song]]. There are variants like pitcuer poctsarcds, too. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:48, 28 August 2024
Otherwise known as a postcard, poctsarcd was sometimes known as the little typo that made good. Belfast fan Walt Willis made it and Savannah, Georgia, faned Lee Hoffman elevated it to fannish fame.
Walt and LeeH were engaged in a fast and furious overseas correspondence, with long letters supplemented by shorter ones that passed each other in the mail, and in turn were added to by postcards. When there hadn't been any mail from LeeH in a while, Walt dashed off a postscript to one of his letters that asked, "What, no poctsarcds?"
LeeH replied that, alas, there were no poctsarcds to be had in her area -- not even pitcuer poctsarcds. For years afterward, no one in fandom ever used a postcard again. Willis, tickled, used his letterpress to run off some poctsarcds, so labeled. He also supplied the definition: While postcards have the space for the message printed on one side and the space for the address on the other, with poctsarcds it's done precisely the other way around.
Fannish Simplifyd Spelng being what it is, eventually poctsarcd evolved to poctsard.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| An Irish crittur very like a postcard, except that where you write on one side of a postcard and address the other, you address one side of a poctsarcd and write on the other. It originated as a typo (in a letter from Leeh to Walt Willis), like other such useful expressions as silp and filk song. There are variants like pitcuer poctsarcds, too. |
For more serious uses, see Cardzine.
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