Charismatic power, magical influence over mundane objects, his jacket and bike are totems of power, ageless, love of mischief, unexplained origins, only follows his own rules, unnatural luck, ethereal confidence.

Fonzie is fae.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

They do have different uses, as well as "flavours".

E.g. if you end up in fairyland, you'd likely expect something more child friendly and whimsical. If you end up in the land of the fey, that's a far scarier prospect.

It's also akin to having different words for dwarf, elf, orc, and human. They are all big, with 2 legs, 2 arms and a head on top.

[–] Senseless@feddit.org 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

F followed by whatever vowels, huh? Is this a fairy? -> furry

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

In parts of western Pennsylvania and Maryland, yup.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I can imagine furry being a subclass of the fairy taxonomy.

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Vowels. Plural. You only used one. Could've at least gone for "furries" xD

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Confirmed: Guy Fieri is a Fae.

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Have we ever seen him cook with a cast iron pan?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do not eat anything offered to you in flavortown. No matter how off the hook it seems.

[–] tibi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If I ever write a fantasy book, I will use phae or or phay or phairy just to mess with people.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You can use fhairy, like fugly.

[–] LordTrychon@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

I vote for phairy.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mythology also has worms, wurms, or, in some cases, wyrms. All pronounced the same, but they tend to get bigger the further down the alphabet the vowel gets.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

By this logic, nematodes are warms

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

If you hail from certain rural counties in Utah a generation back, they always have been. Just ask anyone from Spanish Fark.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 18 points 2 years ago

There's actually a good reason for this:

Calling them by their proper name draws their attention, and they are horribly violent, terrible creatures with no empathy or morals. None of those spellings are "correct" for this reason.

[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

There's also sidhe and seelie, and other related variations in spelling for that, too.

[–] weirdboy@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ferry

[–] jago@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

A bit hairier, and not quite as dainty as we'd in mind for the Neverland role. But as you're the only one to answer cast-call, Mr. McBoatface, let's give it a go, shall we?

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

🎵Don’t pay the fairyman, don’t even fix a price.. don’t pay the fairyman, until he gets you to the other side! 🎶

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 11 points 2 years ago

Very on brand for faeioys tbh

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Any spelling is fair.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ferry.

Could be quirky, ensouled commuter boats (think the boat from Windwaker), could be that that they are Navi-like sprites or winged humanoids... but they always lead you somewhere, help you cross a threshold of some kind.

Why not?

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liveship_Traders 10/10 series imo

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well dang, I'd never heard of that.

Thanks! I'll try to give those a read some time =D

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

I'd recommend starting with the assassin's apprentice series first, but it's not necessary.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Daedra

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Faoueuaeouyeauoeauoeaă

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fyodor Karamazov?

[–] disgrunty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Every time I hear about this guy, I think about the portrayal of him in If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device.

I need to rewatch that now.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

i concur, tts is the only canon that matters too so i shall rewatch as well

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Faeiou(y)

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

It does sometimes feel a bit pretentious. Like, no no, these pocket-sized humans with wings and ~~fairy~~ sparkle dust, they're not fairies. They're actually farfalles, because they've got a heavy Italian accent, you see.

I guess, when everyone does it, then it isn't actually pretentious anymore, but yeah, still a bit close for comfort...

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Those spellings have been around since the 13th century, so it'd be kinda weird to standardize them now.

Other words we can't decide on: litre/liter, neighbour/neighbor and aluminium/aluminum

[–] starbrite@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

Gray/grey

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You spelled it "neighbour" twice

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Oops, thanks. Guess I can't really blame auto correct for doing its job.

[–] gens@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Aluminium is the one and standard.

[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Lands of Evershade: we have Faylings and Alfs

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

Fajree

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's an F-U in my book

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Fjaurie

[–] Username@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

The original post that they took a screenshot of was posted on 22.2.22, that’s fun!