Saeviomagy
Adventurer
Well, it's spelt throat wobbler mangrove, but it's actually pronounced...Joshua Dyal said:
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What's your screenname mean?
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Desdichado
Hero
Actually...Acquana said:
H.P. Lovecraft said:
Desdichado
Hero
Desdichado
Hero
Or is that proper spelling?Wellstar said:
My rather oblique point was that the letters exist for a reason, and you can't simply ignore them and say, "hey, I know this is written like this, but it's really pronounced differently." You may say that English has a fair amount of spelling irregularities and letters that are not pronounced. Light, for example. Why isn't it spelled lite?
That's a different kettle of fish, though. The spelling of light is like a time capsule to how the word used to be pronounced; all of those letters were once said. It doesn't simply ignore the rules for spelling and pronunciation, the spoken language simply drifted, which is a process that happens all the time. It's not arbitrary.
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Wellstar
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well then, you should tell that to the welsh, specifically the peopple of the city Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch. ( I think it can also be pronouned Eliza Doolittle too)
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/article009.html
as far as correct spelling and arbitrary pronunciation, when as any fantasy person made a character name that had that? heck, you said yourself that :
And dosen't this show arbitrary spelling and pronunciation? Don't see this as me getting on your case, because I don't like you, my point is that your just splitting hairs that shouldn't be, Eliza.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/article009.html
as far as correct spelling and arbitrary pronunciation, when as any fantasy person made a character name that had that? heck, you said yourself that :
Joshua Dyal said:
And dosen't this show arbitrary spelling and pronunciation? Don't see this as me getting on your case, because I don't like you, my point is that your just splitting hairs that shouldn't be, Eliza.
Cyberzombie
Explorer
Before 3e was announced, I was running a Shadowrun game. I was bored at work one day and a searched for D&D stuff. I found this little 3e rumours site. I lost it when the guy, Erak Knowall or something like that switched web hosting. Then I found the new hosting. And he had this thing called a message board! Well, sort of. It was beyond primitive compared to what you darn kids have today. And I had to walk both ways, uphill, in the snow to get there!
I looked around on the message board and found this really annoying guy named Ruin Explorer. I felt like fighting with him. At the time, you didn't even register a name -- you just typed in a name and, if you felt like it, an email address. I thought, "what should I use for a name"? Well, I was going in specifically to annoy a D&D fan. Why not use a Shadowrun name to do it?
So, out of boredom, whimsy, and a desire to be annoying, a new screen name was born. And now I've got two published credits as Cyberzombie and I respond to it or "CZ" in real life.
switched web hosting. Then I found the new hosting. And he had this thing called a message board! Well, sort of. It was beyond primitive compared to what you darn kids have today. And I had to walk both ways, uphill, in the snow to get there!I looked around on the message board and found this really annoying guy named Ruin Explorer. I felt like fighting with him. At the time, you didn't even register a name -- you just typed in a name and, if you felt like it, an email address. I thought, "what should I use for a name"? Well, I was going in specifically to annoy a D&D fan. Why not use a Shadowrun name to do it?
So, out of boredom, whimsy, and a desire to be annoying, a new screen name was born. And now I've got two published credits as Cyberzombie and I respond to it or "CZ" in real life.
