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okay, obviously I'm dumb, but I have a question

*double checks to make sure this is ooc*

okay... wtf is a Mun?

Fancy-talk for 'player'. ;)

Possibly a bastardisation of 'man', or, alternatively, 'mum'. Both?

lol "fancy-talk"... aight, I get ya, I guess ;)

I'll just brain-translate it to "some pansy talk" like I have been so far then.

sam rules btw ;)

And Bender rocks!

Hm. I think I have some Futurama episodes around here that a friend tried to make me watch...

*goes hunting*

omg does that mean you've never seen Futurama? find! watch! ahhh! ;)

No, I've seen Futurama. I can never remember the specific episodes, but I've seen them.

I think it's short for "mundane".

Ah, well, see? What do I know?

*g*

I was thinking actually that it was a bastardization of "mundane", as in "real life person".

ohhhhhhhhh durr okay :B

Don't worry, I had to ask what a mun was too. I've always just used the word 'player'.

I was thinking it meant 'mom' and that made it seem like everyone was about 12... was a bit disconcerting and confusing... glad it doesn't mean that haha.

The more you know the more you grow. *thumbs up in a cheesy gesture*

Just to toss into the conversation, I've also heard the character as being referred to as the 'pup'.

mun = player
pup = character

I hate both those. I really, really do. It sounds like household pets with reduced mental capacity. I use player.

I use mun when I'm in a hurry. I will not use pup as I think it's ridiculous.

I prefer player and character because they're, you know, more clear.

I've seen in some games where the character is referred to as the "sock" as in "sock puppet." I don't like any of these terms, really. :P

It took me ages to pluck up the courage to ask. As I'm new to the rpg thing and want to seem foolish, luckily a few people have asked since so we're in the same boat :)

I'd rather not be called mun, I don't know...it seems so negative to me, I say player or personal journal.

Yeah when I found out mun meant mundane I wasn't especially impressed, but mun's quicker to type than player! :)

It's also short for 'human' (with incorrect spelling, but right pronunciation for some) depending on who you talk to. I go with that one.

Yeah that ones nicer so I'll go with too!

It's kind of a dumb word... Don't know. I don't like how it sounds but everyone uses it so sometimes it seems easier to do too.

Just think of your mun as the evil Bender in the parallel universe in that cardboard box ...

I never heard mun before I started playing here, but it doesn't bug me -- I see it as a quick way to draw a line in the sand between me-at-the-keyboard and me-Angela. But I'm a really lazy typist.

One of the most fucking annoying terms ever.

Seriously. If you ever catch either of us using it, you will know we are not us.

Yeah, after a year of playing in a game where EVERYONE uses that, I'll own up to the fact that I say it. Usually in combo with the character name. Like, Maxmun, Remusmun, etc. Really, I prefer "writer" ... but, meh. It's just an idiosyncrasy of LJ-RPGs, I think.

Don't feel dumb.

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