April 12

Greatdane · Post by **Greatdane** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:39 am

I think they maybe made him a member o their tribe, he deserves it to.

Hmmmm, i don't understand what they say, but the arrow says it all, i hope... Maybe they want him to shoot some other enemy of theirs with it?

Mwalimu · Post by **Mwalimu** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:12 am

A rough guess at the translation here...

Brave one,
We wish to thank you.
Thy brave act has saved us and returned the strength to our legs. You are now one of our tribe--- and thy name is known among our great heros.
Take thy name,
He who hunts shadows.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:14 am

Thanks for the translation. Good stuff Ralph.

Greatdane · Post by **Greatdane** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:22 am

Impressive work.

ever considered translating gnomish texts as a living?

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:51 am

Those little dudes look so cool. They rock! Very nicely done, RH! A strange thing is that I got on the forums and could not figure out what arrow or whatever everyone else was talking about about. For some reason the comic I was looking at had not updated yet. (Shrug) Oh, well, it has now. And those brownies are very coolo looking. I don't know why but they seem really cool. Tootles! Have a good day everyone!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEE!

Madmoonie · Post by **Madmoonie** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:54 am

Cool!! I am offically a "lurker"! WOOT! (does a little jig until everyone stares and gets embarrrased.) Tootles!

Ann Vole · Post by **Ann Vole** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:05 am

Looks like Quentyn has an army of "Gummi Bear" warriors to lead now! Maybe he can become a Gnomage

Greatdane · Post by **Greatdane** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:14 am

am I the only one thinking about the Ewoks from Star Wars?

just a thought...

Squirrelly61104 · Post by **Squirrelly61104** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:00 am

Heh.
Maybe Quentyn could give the little gnomes a real thrill and use his journey boots to do a few jumps of his own.

That oughta impress em!
And, hey, it looks like the sword is almost out of the shop!

Any bets on a last minute twist?

Just for the record, I try to imagine the brownies talking in really deep, deep voices. Sort of James Earl Jones type.

And I thought the translation for today was: you put the lime in the coconut, you drink it all up. You put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning.

Ransom Returns · Post by **Ransom Returns** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:49 am

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of the Gummie Bears.

Bigdude · Post by **Bigdude** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:02 pm

Betcha that gnome spear (not an arrow exactly) will prove useful in some fashion...the color codings on it probably equal "this guy is a friend of gnomes" for starters, and it could have lord knows what luxcrafted in...

Bigdude · Post by **Bigdude** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:03 pm

Oh and no bet there at all, something's up with "Purple Pain".

Bengaley · Post by **Bengaley** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:09 pm

Dancing and Daring, Courages and Caring
Faithful and Friendly with Stories to Share...

LoneWolf23k · Post by **LoneWolf23k** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:15 pm

greatdane wrote:am I the only one thinking about the Ewoks from Star Wars?

just a thought...

Difference is, I don't find the brownies/gnomes annoying at all..

LoneWolf23k · Post by **LoneWolf23k** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:17 pm

squirrelly61104 wrote:Heh.
Maybe Quentyn could give the little gnomes a real thrill and use his journey boots to do a few jumps of his own. That oughta impress em!
And, hey, it looks like the sword is almost out of the shop!
Any bets on a last minute twist?

You know.. ...I'm almost expecting that sword to spontaneously develop sentiance anytime now.. ...with that "Commercial speech" enchantment becoming it's voice...

"I am... ...your sword, Questor."

Starfury · Post by **Starfury** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:21 pm

I never found the ewoks annoying....

Bo Lindbergh · Post by **Bo Lindbergh** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:07 pm

Gnomish is similar to many other language games.

In the general case, each consonant is doubled and a 'u' is inserted between the two copies.

Special cases:

'c' => 'cash'
'h' => 'huch'
'r' => 'rug'
'w' => 'wash'
'wh' => 'washuch'
'y' => 'yub'

(Other candidates for special treatment are 'ch', 'j', 'q', and 'x', but they haven't occurred yet.)

Vowels are left unchanged.

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:37 pm

'y' => 'yub'

oh dear, the ewok connection deepens

Yub Yub!

Ooka · Post by **Ooka** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:49 pm

That last scene has gotta be the cutest warpath I've ever seen...

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:40 pm

Bo Lindbergh wrote:Gnomish is similar to many other language games.

In the general case, each consonant is doubled and a 'u' is inserted between the two copies.

Special cases:
'c' => 'cash'
'h' => 'huch'
'r' => 'rug'
'w' => 'wash'
'wh' => 'washuch'
'y' => 'yub'
(Other candidates for special treatment are 'ch', 'j', 'q', and 'x', but they haven't occurred yet.)

Vowels are left unchanged.

It's a code language similar to pig latin, called "Double Dutch"
b - bub
c - cash
d - dud
f - fuf
g - gug
h - huch
j - jug
k - kuk
l - lul
m - mum
n - nun
p - pub
q - quak
r - rug
s - sus
t - tut
v - vuv
w - wash
x - xux
y - yub
z - zub

That's going to be an "added value" feature in the questor stories from now on... every "foreign language" is going to actually be a code or wordgame. Thus far, you've decoded the runes, and the gnomish tongue. I have to go and develop a 'language' code for the Gragum now, of course... so don't be surprised if they're talking different when they're seen again.

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