Michal is thinking over the concept of enlarging his unheroic Fiction Corpus with a history of book reviews; cites fatigue

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I don't doubt the viability of legislating English as an international standard. I don't believe in the blah blah blah scheme by which the English language is presented for study.

Refining one's proficiency with a language isn't like promoting a stronger wheelbarrow. A language - a spoken language - isn't merely an instrument that you can learn to wield with a greater amount of precision. A shared tongue can not be riven from the professed knowledge of a clan of people of which it is a description. A language isn't recited; it happens - and keeps happening as long as a circle of people keeps using it.

To make pupils recite English is to rob them of its cultural context. An informed teacher must find a method of introducing it; the insightful student goes out to seek it.

A dictionary - properly used - can become an influential tool. The best dictionaries define words based on a specific corpus, a body of writing of varying size and consistency. A corpus may include anything from a book about literature to some real non fictional work. I watched many nights pass laboring on my "overwhelming" Fiction Corpus to form a distinct type of dictionary based on the ability of one man to tell a story in myriad forms. It is a labor of love and listening.

I have prepared a million words and I have indexed them, reframing them - not just to teach a tongue but to be an advocate for the human soul, and to prod that soul or spirit not just to recite but to happen.

Michal's Dictionary Navigation — act
fuel
artifact
place
time
person
fetish
kind
A Learner's Dictionary: Common Words in English
A Fetish is the Common Word that Answers the Question, "Why?"
The most frequently used words in Michal's Corpus that represent common fetishes
saw399
house270
money250
boat224
body204
reason154
air144
gun124
war116
power112
word107
army103
foot87
trust82
voice79
company78
hair74
smoke67
luck66
pain64
blood63
book56
oil56
marriage55
future54
engine53
monkey52
order52
bottle50
choice49
peace49
breakfast48
law48
crowd46
dog45
fish45
class43
flesh43
mountain42
horse38
system38
wine38
age37
pleasure37
weight35
mass33
skin33
soul33
sword33
tea30
crime29
bread28
success28
cow27
skirt26
concern24
cat21
habit18
blade14
behavior13

Previous title — act
fuel
artifact
place
time
person
fetish
kind
A Learner's Dictionary: Common Words in English
A Fetish is the Common Word that Answers the Question, "Why?"
The most frequently used words in Michal's Corpus that represent common fetishes
saw399
house270
money250
boat224
body204
reason154
air144
gun124
war116
power112
word107
army103
foot87
trust82
voice79
company78
hair74
smoke67
luck66
pain64
blood63
book56
oil56
marriage55
future54
engine53
monkey52
order52
bottle50
choice49
peace49
breakfast48
law48
crowd46
dog45
fish45
class43
flesh43
mountain42
horse38
system38
wine38
age37
pleasure37
weight35
mass33
skin33
soul33
sword33
tea30
crime29
bread28
success28
cow27
skirt26
concern24
cat21
habit18
blade14
behavior13

Pronunciation of What Fetish

I have yet to publish a pronunciation for the words "what fetish."

Video of me pronouncing "what fetish."

Definition of What Fetish

The question what fetish is answered by a word that refers to a fuel, an artifact, a place, a time, a person, or a people or any combination thereof and the power that a person who is also an artifact who is searching for meaning has ascribed to any one of them that is not inherent to any of their forms and which carries either a positive or a negative charge. It is associated with the word why.

An index for what fetish

I have yet to index the section What Fetish.

Samples of Fiction from Michal's Corpus

Michal's Fiction Corpus of Acceptance Literature (FiCAL) is presented under the Bare Bottom imprint. It is currently comprised of six bodies of work, each representing a different pillar of culture and incorporating a wide variety of writhing styles.

If you're wondering...

How do I use this?

Just click on a title to see examples of "fiction" from a particular work. You'll stay on the same spot on the page, only the Table of Contents will disappear. To get back to the Table of Contents just click next to the image of the Bare Bottom imprint where it says "Back to Samples of Fiction: Table of Contents."“And...?”

In the case of common words, a Table of Frequency and a Table of Collocation provide numerical information about how many times a word appears in its original or modified form and with which words. It can help to give you an idea of how common words are used and in what contexts. Find them in the "Common Words of English" part of the Education section.“Ok.”

Why a Fiction Corpus?

The popular understanding of the word "fiction" and its complement "non-fiction" is a reflection of the cultural influence of a classification system. The Dewey Decimal System is responsible for separating "fiction" from all other work and categorizing it by author's name. This has influenced the popular idea of fiction as a narrative that tends to be "untrue" and the product of an individual's fantasy, a bias compounded by modern art's century-long obsession with abstraction, surrealism and self-expression.“So...?”

My idea of fiction rests on the idea that art doesn't have to be factual to be a true reflection of our existence. Adam and Eve didn't have to exist as two individuals 700 generations ago for them to be true portraits of two human beings trying to work together.“And...?”

The Bible is a Fiction Corpus. It is a body of writing that isn't overly concerned with facts and yet its words carry weight. It was written by many different authors living in different places with different audiences in mind, yet everyone gleans something from it.“Right...”

In preparing my fiction corpus, I have striven to see the world through the eyes of others. Through the eyes of my Adams and Eves I hope that you too will glean some truth about our existence. At the very least you will learn some more about how one man can use the English language.“Ok.”

Who are you, Michal?

I'm just a guy who makes art. And if you're interested in making a solid investment in an aesthetic that supports our present and future welfare, then I will help you look for something that you can buy.“How...?”

Everybody makes. Everybody sells. Some people know how to protect their interests. Some better than others. Few people know how to listen. Listening to somebody means considering their interests as if they were your own. Going out and doing something to satisfy another person's interest is how we build a strong economy. Without a strong economy, democracy collapses.“And...?”

Buying 4Occupy is buying for democracy. Don't give your money to somebody who's ruining it. There's no such thing as cheap democracy, quick democracy, or easy democracy. There's good, solid, complete democracy and the tyranny of feudalism. Let's not mix the two. Let's not buy everything on the cheap. Let's not create another tyrant and enslave ourselves because it was easier not to think about what we were doing. Let's protect our interests. Let's listen.“Ok.”

Who's really behind this site?

Have you ever been to one of those post-it-yourself retail websites where there's a really attractive top-seller ready to give you tips on how you can be a top-seller too?“Uh...”

Have you ever been to a "job" interview where you sit in a line, walk through one door, get hired as a contractor and walk out another door, so that the other applicants don't realize that everyone's getting "hired" to work in the same market?“Maybe...”

The internet is full of people who are ready to exploit your ignorance. They are people who want to make money at the expense of our economy. They are cheats.“And...?”

I, Michal, am behind this site. Not some fat plutocrat exploiting my image. I like to do things the right way. I like to work with people who take the time to do things right.“Why...?”

I used to work for a company that didn't do things the right way. My labor was exploited because of mismanagement. That company was the United States Postal Service, an independent agency of the United States Government that is ultimately controlled by Congress. I'm mad because if the Federal Government can exploit labor, who is going to stop every other cheat from doing it?“Labor Unions...?”

Don't say labor unions. I went to my labor union and they did nothing. They ignored me because labor unions aren't democracies. Holding a free and fair election for a "representative" once in a blue moon does not equal people ruling. Democracy means open government. It means we the public need to accept the hard work. It's the only way to secure liberty and equality.“Ok.”

What's the difference between use and usage?

Definition-wise, not much. But the -age suffix is ultimately French in origin and with most things French, at least in American eyes, the immediate thought is that of something precious and arcane whose value should be judged very carefully. This is in contrast to the word France, which is associated with a beautiful place. Thus people in France or from France are beautiful, warm, kind people. Generous even. Unlike French people who suck. Unless you're frenching, in which case you're only sometimes sucking.“And...?”

Along those lines, usage means you're in bed. Use means you're just heavy petting. Also notice that common people, like common words, get used...whereas "proper" things make "appearances." Whether or not you are being exploited is a different story. Exploitation is what happens when somebody uses you or your property without listening to you. Listening is what happens when you consider another person's needs as if they were your own. You don't have to satisfy those needs. All you need to do is consider them. So many of us can't even do that.“So...?”

Help stop exploitation. Buy 4occupy. Buy a better world. Whether or not you feel you can afford to buy art, consider joining my protest. I want to guarantee every working man and every working mother on this planet a 15-day universal holiday. But I can't. Only we can do that. We have to work together. We have to accept the idea that everyone deserves time for himself and we need to build that time into a new kind of calendar. We have to give peace it's own day. We have to make love something you can't avoid. We have to make even the most miserly cold-hearted capitalist among us say that he cashed his check on Love Your Neighbor Day. There won't be any other way to say it once the Acceptance Calendar is widely adopted.“Ok.”

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Usage of Fetish in Death to McDonalds

An aerial view of Dodger Stadium in the foreground, with an imaginary partially submerged Los Angeles behind — A story bible for a comic book series set in a post climate-change California narrated by eight characters who live through a natural disaster that sinks Los Angeles and triggers a war with an expansionist Mexican government covertly supported by China.

Frame #1088

im in kim kris's room. her new bottom girl put me here. im supposed to wait. like some kind of regular customer with a patient fetish.

Chase Credit

7 August, 12:37 PM

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Usage of Fetish in The Gospel of Jesus H.

A picture of the planet Mars — An experimental science fiction Christology that makes Jesus the hard boiled narrator of his own early years on a bizarro earth made dark by volcanic ash and informally ruled by a man from Mars who sells bottled air.

"Fetish" does not make an appearance in The Gospel of Jesus

- Michal Slaby

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Usage of Fetish in Sex for Children

A drawing of a man between a woman's legs in front of another man in a hospital bed — A literature book narrated by a pair of siblings on either side of the Atlantic whose profoundly weird sexual experiences pose a serious challenge to their traditional understanding of mathematicians, marriage, gay young men and God.

NIKE: I know: it doesn't make any sense.

INDIE: She must work in bordellos, man. There's no way she would work the streets like that.

NIKE: Now that's what I'm thinking, but I don't know where they've got bordellos like that.

INDIE: Must be a fetish operation.

– Title 3, Regarding a Dream, Chapter 5, The Fifth Day, Part 2, Science & Reform Schools, Section 9, Respecting Another's Politics, Paragraphs 19-22

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Usage of Fetish in Tsiga Tsiga Tsiga

Bullets whizzing by a statue of Nikola Tesla — A collection of stories featuring a sexy Parisian ghost, a spooky Moon base full of vagina-faced aliens, a policeman with an Irish name, a truck full of watermelons, a flautist, and a man who has to see another man about a diseased horse.

Junior was otherwise employed. He had a newfound urge to fulfill his fantasies. He frequented fetish clubs. He liked Asians who only shaved their heads. He paid black girls to wear pink wigs. He visited Thailand.

– from “A Horse Named Clutch Bag,” an inspiring story featuring a wealthy dude

One day, Purse found the courage to break the ice. They were scrambling Sammy D Watanabe, an Asian-Australian they had met in a Los Angeles fetish club. She had told Purse not to be afraid. "Be yourself," she had said, caressing his cheek.

– from “A Horse Named Clutch Bag,” an inspiring story featuring one of those guys

Davis asked, "Is that how you got into the fetish thing?" Sammy D shrugged.

"I don't know. I liked sex. I liked having fun. My job was simple. I always hoped someday I would find the right girl." She looked into Davis's eyes. The debutante turned away.

She whispered, "I'm not like that."

– from “A Horse Named Clutch Bag,” an inspiring story featuring a woman from South Africa

Sammy D suddenly pecked Davis on the lips like an eager, young sparrow. Her victim looked shocked. Sammy D laughed. She watched Davis run out of the stable like a little piglet. A smile crept onto the former fetish club performer's face. She whispered, "Let the games begin."

– from “A Horse Named Clutch Bag,” an inspiring story set in Long Island

"Please understand," she whispered. "Your mother and I care for you deeply. I'm sorry it had to come to this. I had to tell her." Junior was confused.

Sammy D brought him to see her. The kiss the women shared was something more than cordial. Junior couldn't believe his eyes.

"I've been informed," said Dorothea, "you have serious intentions to marry a black South African. Do you deny this?"

Junior squinted. He started shaking his head. He laughed. He said, "Are you having a homosexual love affair with a fetish club performer?"

– from “A Horse Named Clutch Bag,” an inspiring story featuring true love

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