Charlie Stross2d ago

#ScribesAndMakers 12/4—Create a poll with three words that appear in your WIP and one that doesn't. Ask people to guess the one that doesn't.

(This is for Space Princess Star):

pulchritudinous
22.6%
Defalcation
25.5%
Idiolatry
19.7%
Cenobite
32.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadwarning low flying owls2d ago
@cstross I'm not a native english speaker, and I did love it when I learned that "pulchritudinous" has nothing to do with mummified skeletons in sacophaguses.
Show threadPhosphenes

@Pyrogenesis @cstross

So which was the right answer?

Apr 13 at 2:46pmWeb
Show threadstf1d ago
@Phosphenes @Pyrogenesis @cstross you have to buy the book to find out, duh!
Show threadCharlie Stross1d ago
@stf @Phosphenes @Pyrogenesis Alas, the book isn't finished yet and is vanishingly unlikely to be published before 2028.