What is your prefered name? What name would you prefer when we refer to you? I ask this so that I dont seem rude, I never like to seem rude it makes to many potential friends into enemies.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I believe he goes by Scott.
msquared
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
On the other hand, his son calls him "Card." Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Do you think he does that in private? Or just on the boards?
msquared
Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
who's his son?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
In real life, "Geoff." On the board, "Puppy" or "A Rat Named Dog."
Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
thanks. how many other relationships don't i know about?
i'd venture to say.. all of them.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
My son REFERS to me as "Card," which is the officially correct method of referring to an author who is not present, to avoid calling me "Dad" all the time, which is (a) ambiguous among those who don't know he's my son and (b) potentially annoying to those who might assume he's stressing our relationship.
Of course in private, like the rest of the family, he calls me "Sir."
Yeah, as if.
I really do go pretty equally by Scott and Orson. People I like call me by either name.
People who hate me tend to call me either "That Homophobic, Intolerant, Sexist, Bigoted, Rightwing Religious Fanatic Card" OR "That Communist Race-mixing Leftwing Jack-Mormon Dirty-book-writing Evolution-preaching AntiChrist Card."
I answer to any of them.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Here we go, playing the Anti-Christ card... Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
For a second there, I thought he was talking about me. Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:I really do go pretty equally by Scott and Orson. People I like call me by either name.
Notice how ambiguous he left it? It still doesn't answer the question of whether he expects any of us to call him by those names. Posted by Verai (Member # 7507) on :
Call him Scott and you know that he likes you! Posted by LTC DuBois (Member # 7661) on :
I thought it was rather clear he wanted everyone to address him as Sir.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
No, that's my family that calls me Sir. Others must call me Memsahib. If it's good enough for Kipling, it's good enough for me.
Enough with the Bwana stuff. I'm no Tarzan.
[ April 04, 2005, 03:58 AM: Message edited by: Orson Scott Card ]
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Wait. Zotto! just called me "dude" on another thread. I have never felt so included in my life. That's the name for me.
Posted by LTC DuBois (Member # 7661) on :
Dude are you still jetlagged?
Posted by accio (Member # 3040) on :
Yap, jetlagged cool dude!
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
All three of us are insanely lagged. We went to bed at something close to a reasonable hour, but none of us could sleep, and now it looks like we can't send Z to school tomorrow because she's hardly slept a wink tonight.
- Dude.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Memsahib Dude Sir, you should have tried those No Jet Lag tabs. They work great!
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Yes. Now I know you're right. I'm Sasha Foo.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Um, Memsahib Dude Sir, is it my imagination, or are you making absolutely no sense at all? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quid, was that a serious recommendation?
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
quote:Wait. Zotto! just called me "dude" on another thread. I have never felt so included in my life. That's the name for me.
Dude, I'm happy that you recognized my oh-so-subtle way of assuming familiarity with you enough to include you in my circle of friends & close acquaintances. Good on you.
Oh wait, does this belong in the "Well Done" thread? Posted by LTC DuBois (Member # 7661) on :
The Dude is above ordinary considerations like making sense.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Rivka, if you're asking about the No Jet Lag tabs, yes. They're fantastic. I used them on my way from Canada to Sri Lanka - 40 hours travel time including layover in Hong Kong with some napping on the plane, and while I wasn't fresh as a daisy when I landed, it didn't take much to get used to being on a clock 12 hours different than what I was used to. Yep, worked like a lucky charm. And that's me, with sleep disorders. Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
You're just not old enough to get the joke. There was once a news commentator on ... CBS? CNN? ... named Sasha Foo. David Letterman would play a tape of her signoff: "This is Sasha Foo."
Letterman would then repeat, over and over (as is his wont), "I am Sasha Foo" whenever he did something dumb.
Because "Sasha Foo" sounded vaguely like then-current Ghe-to slang for "Such a fool."
So for a while there, lackwit sheep like me were saying "I am Sasha Foo" when we meant what would now be "My bad."
[ April 04, 2005, 06:39 AM: Message edited by: Orson Scott Card ]
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Memsahib Dude Sir, I sincerely doubt it's my age. It's more likely a dislike for American news and David Letterman that does it. Hmm. Yeah, that's pretty much it. I think I've watched Letterman all of once in my life. Twice if you really stretch it.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
A-ha. So when speaking to him directly, it's "Memsahib". When making a third-person reference to him, it's "the Dude". When referring to him in the third person plural, it's "Messrs Card".
Posted by Meshugener (Member # 7601) on :
if OSC (thats what i'll call him, darnit) says "the dude abides" i'm gonna lose it. I really hope he has seen The Big Lebowski, because thats what i'm going to picture him looking like from now on.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
OSC abides.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
So, That Communist Race-mixing Leftwing Jack-Mormon Dirty-book-writing Evolution-preaching AntiChrist Card, how you been lately? Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
J/K, of course.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
So for people you like it's Card or Scott. But for your family its sir ? Is it possible that I can just say sir since I don't know if I'm the annoying type of fan you wish would jump off a bridge or the okay fan who you don't mind talking to. By the way since you seem to like Risk may I suggest playing Hearts of Iron 2? http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/heartsofiron2/ index.html?q=Hearts+of+iron+2
This I swear is the last time I suggest playing the game. Since I don't want to end up on the "Fan who must jump off of a bridge" list. Anyways Uber job on Shadow of a Giant, kept me reading for hours.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
here's my question: when someone refers to you as, say, Mr. Card, do you a) let the "Mr." stand, b) say "Please, call me Orson", c) say "Please, call me Scott" or d) other?
Posted by Verai (Member # 7507) on :
I like to use both OSC and Mr. Card. OSC sounds weird when giving ownership, such as
OSC's book. How do you say that? Oh-Es-Cee's
Card's cards sounds better so I mix them up.
Posted by FormerlyEmpty (Member # 7717) on :
The Grand Ooorgle = OCS As in: The Grand Ooorgle's new book Shadow of the Giant was fantastic and wrapped up everything except Achilles II.
Posted by estavares (Member # 7170) on :
I've used "Unky Orson" a few times. I'm figuring that might get me slapped.
Posted by jongo05 (Member # 7580) on :
I must say that I have a new image of "the Dude" in my head. Sorry Labowski, but OSC has the name now.
Posted by Jonathan K. (Member # 7720) on :
As much as I respect Mr. Card, "The Dude" will always belong to Lebowski
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
You called who first?
Posted by LTC DuBois (Member # 7661) on :
Dude, you did dude the Dude!
Posted by Jonathan K. (Member # 7720) on :
I give up.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Quoth SarcasticMuppet: "here's my question: when someone refers to you as, say, Mr. Card, do you a) let the "Mr." stand, b) say "Please, call me Orson", c) say "Please, call me Scott" or d) other?"
Answer 1. It depends. Are they trying to sell me insurance?
Answer 2. It depends. Have they given my books bad reviews or insulted me in public, recently enough that I remember it?
Answer 3. Is it my daughter-in-law? Dang, I keep meaning to tell her she can call me Sir like her husband does.
[ April 06, 2005, 03:56 AM: Message edited by: Orson Scott Card ]
Posted by Syrjay (Member # 7706) on :
Just call him the way my mother addresses cards she sends to me.
Master Card. (I am quite sure you heard the one before but I threw it out anyway, dude.)
Writing Ender's Game - $1M Going to Brazil for a Missionary - $0 Having a following of nerds and geeks wherever you go - Priceless!
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
Seeer Jay. Aswomeus.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I prefer to call him "Mr. Card". The reason for that is probably my [sarcasm]undying repect for my elders[/sarcasm].
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I'm inclined to keep using "Mr. Card" simply because he's a man my parents' age whom I have never met. Calling him "Orson" or "Scott" would be a level of familiarity I would be uncomfortable with unless he insisted on it himself. I know that seems kind of strange in today's society, but I can't help it. I was raised to respect geez--uh, my elders.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
quote:Master Card.
Yeah, definitely don't start calling him Master. It never turns out well. I had a friend by the name of John Bates...he never heard the end of it.
Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :
quote:My son REFERS to me as "Card," which is the officially correct method of referring to an author who is not present, to avoid calling me "Dad" all the time, which is (a) ambiguous among those who don't know he's my son and (b) potentially annoying to those who might assume he's stressing our relationship.
Just wanted to point out that my father is the first person ever to catch on to why I refer to him as "Card" without my having to laboriously explain it I guess it arises from the way I was raised ...
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Really? I thought it was kind of self-evident, actually. I mean, if my father were a world-famous author, and I were online discussing him as an author with other fans of his work, I wouldn't keep calling him "Dad", either. It would feel like I was name-dropping or rubbing our relationship in everyone's face. Just common sense, to me.
Posted by Judas (Member # 7355) on :
So.. what you're saying is we should all call OSC 'Dad'.. or 'Daddy'? Maybe even 'Father dearest' - So then Geoff/Puppy will feel more comfortable to do so himself?
So Scott... how would it be feel to be called 'Sugar Daddy'?
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