Talk:Frak (expletive)
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[edit] Spelling
Per the commercial that is running on Sci-Fi channel, the correct spelling is Frak.Thatguy820 (talk) 21:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC) I believe the title of this article should be 'Frakk,' not 'Frack,' as this was the spelling in the original medium in which it was created. What do others think?stemperm 19:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah I believe something similar. I mean it says right in the article that the accepted spelling is "Frak". So it probably shouldn't be "Frack". --MightyGiant 16:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- "Frack" was the way it was spelled in the original Battlestar Galacica, but the new Battlstar Galactica uses "Frak" instead because the producers wanted it to be a four letter word. So "Frack" is correct for the old Battlestar, and "Frak" is correct for the new one. see here 70.17.145.115 20:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Frack is correct spelling. At the same time, though, the first sentence is in error. In the original Galactica, Frack was used exclusively as an interjection, and also by children, giving it a meaning also along the lines of "damn!" "rats," "crap," "hell," and many others, both mild words and less mild. It's use in the new Galactica is almost perfectly aquivalent to modern usage, but still can be used as virtually any expletive, such as "Frak!" (damn! shit! rats! darn!), "What the Frak?" (What the Hell), "Frack it" (Damn it), and all the uses included in the article as well. Also, the "they wanted the word to have four letters" needs to be referenced (referencing another wiki that is unreferenced is not sufficient for "citing a reliable source"). VigilancePrime 05:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
- "Frack" was the way it was spelled in the original Battlestar Galacica, but the new Battlstar Galactica uses "Frak" instead because the producers wanted it to be a four letter word. So "Frack" is correct for the old Battlestar, and "Frak" is correct for the new one. see here 70.17.145.115 20:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Other
Took out the phrase, "Probably stolen from Farscape. Farscape had the word Frell as a curse word" as it was in the wrong place in the page, unverified, speculative, and had no sources (i.e. not something that belongs in the article). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.70.100 (talk) 03:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Someone also needs to find more information on the phrase, "In the PC First Person Shooter( FPS)gaming world there is a famous player know as MotherFracker. He is especially known in the Battlefield series, and Call of Duty series games." It has no sources and is not really relevant to the article. We can't list every FPS player with the word 'frack' in their name, so unless this player is extraordinary to the degree that he deserves to me mentioned in the article, we should just remove this phrase. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.70.100 (talk) 03:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Requested move
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The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR (talk) 03:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Frack → Frak (expletive) — I've hardly ever seen it in its 5-letter form, always in its four letter forms. People searching for the word will also be expecting as a four letter word, so per COMMONNAME... —Sceptre (talk) 23:49, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Survey
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- Does this really need an encyclopedia entry? Couldn't it just survive on wiktionary? Rename if not Deleted 70.51.9.170 (talk) 05:44, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- Comment: Frack is the 1978 version, Frak the common version in the new series. Agnostic on change. It shouldn't be deleted - there are reliable source on its cultural impact as a created word... --Relata refero (disp.) 11:19, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
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