looking for the answers...

[lyssie]

sigh. I have got to stop writing 2000 words of fic at work every day. It's a really bad precedent.

That said, 'puddlejumper'.... is it 'jumper or just jumper? Or is this like 'gate and gate (meaning, it depends on who's writing, and there's no standard, and at LEAST we're not calling it the EmbarkationRoom anymore...)

Note to self: make Timey read over the Uncreated bits, because otherwise, your terminology and bug progression might be wrong. Or at least as painfully bad as 'parasitic disease'.

*ducks thrown objects*

Comments

[suaine.livejournal.com]

My German sensibilities for compound words tell me it should be jumper and gate, ten times out of ten. But it's English, eh, so what do I know? Is there a grammatical rule for compound words? (also, really surprised that it's puddlejumper and stargate, not puddle jumper and star gate, but languages are funny things)

[thekatebeyond.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it is dependent on who is writing; we're never going to reach consensus on that. However, it should be 'gate and 'jumper to distinguish from the regular nouns.

[ness-va.livejournal.com]

Not that I'm good at grammar, but wouldn't it technically be 'gate & 'jumper? Although I doubt many people would notice. If it were me, I think I'd end up with gate & jumper.