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MSE_Martin
MSE_Martin Posts: 8,272 Money Saving Expert
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edited 11 August 2010 at 2:13PM in Site feedback
Sometimes there are really big issues - and this one is crucial

It decides the whole lexicon of the site going forward.

Are users of the forum

Forumites or Forumers.

We sometimes use it in the weekly email and need decide on the term.

Please vote

(note an -er is an inhabitant an -ite is an avid follower)


UPDATE NOTE

Thanks for all the votes - forumites is a clear winner. For all those saying why not "MSErs or the like"
The term we always use for site users is MoneySavers.

Yet this is specifically forum users and to differentiate that from the main site

We will use forumites from now on

Thanks for voting

Martin
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Which of these is the right name for regular forum users 341 votes

Forumite
70% 239 votes
Forumer
29% 102 votes
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  • brightonman123
    brightonman123 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    surely an MSE'r?
    Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
    Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 32,712 Forumite
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    furumers (sic)?
    The person who has not made a mistake, has made nothing
  • freyasmum
    freyasmum Posts: 20,597 Forumite
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    MSE_Martin wrote: »
    (note an -er is an inhabitant an -ite is an avid follower)
    I think "-er" might be appropriate for those stuck in the arms :o:p


    Think "-ite" sounds better though!
  • split_second
    split_second Posts: 2,761 Forumite
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    i would say forumite of the two
    Who remembers when X Factor was just Roman suncream?
  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
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    Would have also thought MSE'er as it's, er...MSE.

    But prefer Forumite as Forumer sounds too much like 'forerunner'.

    And thanks for asking anyway.:)
    The atmosphere is currently filled with hypocrisy so thick that it could be sliced, wrapped, and sold in supermarkets for a decent price and labeled, 'Wholegrain Left-Wing, Middle-Class, Politically-Correct Organic Hypocrisy'.
  • busiscoming2
    busiscoming2 Posts: 4,459 Forumite
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    Have to be forumite, I have trouble saying the other one!
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
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    Members....
  • alwaysonthego_2
    alwaysonthego_2 Posts: 8,471 Forumite
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    Almost like marmite :)

    I like Msers personally.
  • chunky_teddy
    chunky_teddy Posts: 540 Forumite
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    I don't like either
    but if it has to be one or other then
    FORUMITE
    I suggest forum members or MSE users or similar
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
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    I've always used forumite for regular users of any forum.

    I wonder if there's a definition in the slang dictionary.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
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