^ That’s essentially the dilemma I’m facing: I don’t want to upset people by excluding terms submitted by them, but on the other hand I agree that some terms (several of whichówhile not devised by meóI added of my own accord
) probably wouldn’t work too well as canon (or canon-sounding) LBT language. For instance, “Twoclaw Sharptooth” and “Two Finger Sharptooth” is not an ideal name for
T. rex, considering that many LBT sharptooth species have two fingers (despite the fact that, scientifically, that characteristic is almost always erroneous), and Chomper, a
T. rex himself, has three fingers.
I don’t want people (particularly fanfic writers) who use the glossary to assume that just because a term’s on there, that’s what they should use. (This is one reason I made the canon and fanbase terms distinct from one another.) To summarize the purposes I intended for the glossary, it is for people who:
ï want to know if there’s a canon LBT term for something.
ï want to know the meaning of a fan-made term you saw in a fanfic.
ï need an “LBT-sounding” term for something in a fanfic, but cannot come up with one themselves (or want to know if there’s already a term out there that they might prefer over whatever they came up with).
ï have a casual interest in LBT terms.
That said, does anyone think there’s something I should be doing differently (as far as managing the glossary is concerned)? Are there certain terms that could stand to be removed? Should I cite who submitted the respective fanbase terms and/or where they came from? Should there be set criteria for accepting or rejecting possibly problematic terms? I want to make sure I’m handling this right, but I need people’s input (if only to tell me that I’m doing fine as is, and getting worked up over nothing).
