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No, what I'm suggesting is there are two words in question here, not one. Justiciar is pronounced "just-i-sheer." I'm not denying that. Justicar is pronounced "just-i-car." I'm not denying that. That the latter is derived from the former no one can deny. Your claim seems to be that the second is...

If you don't have the original, you have no right to the copy. Ask a lawyer, I did. It was part of a grad course on intellectual property and copyright. You can make a backup but you must also retain the original. If you lose the original, you're out of luck. Same if it's stolen or you sell it...

a) Hopefully I admit to mistakes as often as I make them. b) It is damned silly. I like "just-i-car" you like "just-i-sheer". I prefer autos and you prefer scissors. c) I love to argue. Especially when I'm right. ;) None of the above changes the fact that justicar has been used consistently...

Welcome to the age of the internet, where "electronic mail" can be introduced into common usage, transform to "E-mail" within months, change to "e-mail" within months of that, and finally go to "email" shortly thereafter. In the days of the printing press, and the inherently slow dissemination...

For decent paper, at around 300 pages, a paperback novel will cost $4000 to print 2500-3000 copies. WotC is printing a whole hell of a lot more than that. They're using much better paper and full-color printing. And as they're still printing in the states, instead of off-shore (as is the...

1. You have no right to free stuff. 2. You don't know the law. Sharing a single physical copy of a book is not the equivalent to copying an mp3 to multiple devices. You can make a backup cd of your music. But if you lose/sell the original, you violate copyright if you keep the digital files or...

I used to agree with you. Not anymore. If I want a pdf, I'll pay for it. If I want a print book, I'll pay for that too. One does not grant free access to the other. And there's no reason it should. If you want large print, you buy it. A French edition? Pay for it. Same with any other language...

No, actually, quite the opposite in fact. Rouge for rogue, lose/loose are misspellings where both are existing words, not new words. Villian is a misspelling, that could be a new word. But, there has been no consistent use of that misspelling included in series of books, with constant use by...

Cool link. There are so many rules to English spelling-pronunciation, and 84 of the 90 some have exceptions. There are many ways either could be pronounced. "Ju" can be pronounced "jew" from Juliet, or "juh" from justice. "St" is stable. A stand-alone "i" could be a short "i" (pit), long "i"...

It's not ignorant to invent a word and use it. It's ignorant to misspell words. I've done it, you've done it, everyone's done it. Mistakes happen. But when a mistake lasts 30+ years, gets used in various places, by different companies over that 30 year span, now that's something different...

That's awesome. Try this one without looking it up first... Gerund. It's the -ing form of verbs. I'll use 'j' for 'judge' and 'g' for 'go' sounds. It could be gair-und, ger-und, jair-und, jer-und, or a few others. That's the damn cool thing about English, it's a bastardized language that...

This.

When we are the only culture that currently uses said archaic word, yes, it is. Aluminium is to Aluminum as Justiciar is to Justicar. The only exception seems to be this poor chap...

From a link in the sister thread here. This is from a few years ago, before the dictionary started including both "aluminium" and "aluminum", with the former listed as a chiefly British version of the latter. The latter didn't exist before us yanks decided to pronounce the word incorrectly...

Yelling and large fonts doesn't make you right. It's an opinion. Grow up.

In my game, if anyone pronounces that word, in that way, they're out. I don't care that Justicar is a made-up word, it doesn't sound stupid. Justisheer sounds stupid. This is where common sense and the ear kick in. Note: I'm a professional editor. I know how it should be spelled and how it...

Here. Multiclassing on Wednesday.

If your viewpoint is entirely centered around your own lifetime, then sure, resistance is great. These are the rules of spelling, these are the rules of grammar, stick to 'em. Or else. But, in the long view, the morphing of how the language is spoken versus how it is written is exactly how...

Sha-mee-tzee. Tzi-mee-tzee. Sha-mi-say. Then there are the gits that pronounce Camarilla to rhyme with diarrhea. It might have been Spanish, but it was adopted to English and has an English pronunciation. Cam-a-ril-a. Brujah is a Spanish word, so Spanish pronunciation. Brew-ha. This is why...

I can see where you're coming from, but what else do you expect with a class based system? You have to always add new classes, feats, powers, races, etc to keep it interesting for the hardcore set. That's why I prefer classless systems. And why I'll make a classless version of 4E asafp.