Winged unicorns
There is a great controversy over the name of Celestia and Luna's race. Winged unicorns aren't among established mythological creatures and there is no fixed name, but, obviously, we need to call them somehow. Below are several possibilities for people not satisfied with plain, descriptive "winged unicorn".
Excuse me for overusing "some people do X", but considering the nature of this work ("heard on the Web"), it may be very hard to pin-point sources.
It may be a little counter-intuitive, but the creators of Friendship is Magic went in this direction. After all, Luna is "the younger unicorn [who] refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn." Similar decision was made by Madeleine L'Engle in A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978).
"Alicorn" seems…
Somebodies and someones
Below are listed appearances of words like "someone", "somebody", etc. instead of "somepony". Some episodes might not have been included.
- 1 Friendship is Magic, part 1
- 2 The Ticket Master
- 3 Applebuck Season
- 4 Griffon the Brush Off
- 5 Boast Busters
- 6 Dragonshy
- 7 Bridle Gossip
- 8 Winter Wrap Up
- 9 Call of the Cutie
- 10 A Dog and Pony Show
- 11 Green Isn't Your Color
- 12 Over a Barrel
- 13 A Bird in the Hoof
- 14 The Cutie Mark Chronicles
- 15 Owl's Well That Ends Well
- 16 Party of One
Fluttershy: Oh my. Um... Stop, please, everyone.
Pinkie Pie: And if you're new, then you haven't met anyone yet and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends.
Pinkie Pie: I'll just throw a great, big, ginormous, super duper, spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville!
Rainbow Dash: E…