"Jourdan M. Bickham" <bickhjm5@yahoo.com> wrote:

"Purikura" is the Japanese shortening of the word "Purinto Kurabu" (Print
Club), hence Michael's choice of the word in the text.  Perhaps a compromise
here... he should made a footnote or something to clarify this for those
readers who aren't aware of what one is...

Personally, I'd rather not have to flip back and forth between the text
of a story and footnotes. The only really good way to introduce new
words, IMO, is to work them into the story -- preferably by using them
in context, or having a character *naturally* explain them if the former
isn't possible or isn't sufficient.

AKANE: ... print clubs made....

RANDOM PASSER-BY: Excuse me, ma'am. Did you say print clubs? As in where
you <blah blah blah>?

AKANE: Um, yeah.

RANDOM PASSER-BY: That's what I thought. Thanks.

(This is an example of what happens when you disregard "naturally." ^_^)

This bit aside, what did you guys think of the story?


Gary Kleppe
http://www.akane.org/gary/comics.html
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