Why are members of The Collective referred to as, "Flutherers," rather than "Flutherians"? Which do you prefer?

I’ve seen (and used) Flutherites, too.

Aha!

Noted!

September 4, 2008, 2:28 AM EDT

I haven’t settled on a favorite, yet.

Please get back to me, when you do.

September 4, 2008, 2:32 AM EDT

I don’t know about you but I’m a Lurvert.

Why am I not surprised?

September 4, 2008, 2:41 AM EDT

my wife LOVES it when I say ‘flutherer’!

I vote for Flutherite too.

I’m thinking of Groucho wiggling his cigar and eyebrows and saying, “But do you flutherer her often?” :^>

I like Flutherites or Flutherigean.

every chance I get, and she lurves it!

Well done, you! :^>

The humor in here, is awesome…

September 4, 2008, 7:46 AM EDT

I guess it comes down to whether you think of Fluther in terms of a verb (“I Fluther”) or a noun (“I belong to the Fluther”). I tend to think of Fluther more as something I do than as something I belong to, so it feels more natural to say “I’m a Flutherer” (one who Fluthers) than “I’m a Flutherite”.

The word Flutherite sounds to me like a chemical or element, like bauxite or pyrite, for some reason.

September 4, 2008, 8:11 AM EDT

Flutheroridians. Feels more tropical.

For those residing in Miami…

September 4, 2008, 8:24 AM EDT

I prefer flutherer to flutherite.

I usually say Flutherite. I also use Flutherer, but it feels kind of awkward when you say it out loud.

The “double er” is what bothers me. “Fluth-er-er.”

Would you refer to someone who kills people, as a “murd-er-er?”

September 4, 2008, 1:48 PM EDT

Wait a minute….

I think I messed up that last post…

September 4, 2008, 1:48 PM EDT

We are a fluther. I am a jellyfish.

Everyone in the GOP is a jellyfish!

No spine.

No backbone.

Goes with the flow…

September 4, 2008, 2:06 PM EDT

@JackAdams: It is a mineral! I thought that’s why it was so fun to use! (Misguided nerd jokes)

A jellyfish is a mineral?

I gotta look that one up!

September 4, 2008, 4:54 PM EDT

I like and use “flutherite”, myself. “Flutherer” sounds like something that Scooby-Doo would say.

Rorry, Ricreen, rut roory rood ray “rurerer”. :^>

Couldn’t have said that better, myself.

September 5, 2008, 3:07 AM EDT