As Wolfwere is to Werewolf ...

[Zander]

That means 'why are you called Ravenloft'.

No, it doesn't. It means "why are you Ravenloft?". "Wherefore" simply means "why" or "for what reason". It's only in the context of Billy the Bard's Romeo and Juliet that it means "why are you called". Sorry, glass.

 

[glass]

No, it doesn't. It means "why are you Ravenloft?". "Wherefore" simply means "why" or "for what reason". It's only in the context of Billy the Bard's Romeo and Juliet that it means "why are you called". Sorry, glass.

[sarcasm]And of course, Klaus's original post had nothing to do with Romeo & Juliet. It's just coincidence that he used the same words.[/sarcasm]


glass.

 

[Zander]

[sarcasm]And of course, Klaus's original post had nothing to do with Romeo & Juliet. It's just coincidence that he used the same words.[/sarcasm]

You take it for granted that everyone on these boards knows the context but there may be some (e.g. kids, non-native English speakers, others with no interest in/knowledge of Shakespeare) who don't and take what you said at face value.

 

[Klaus]

Yes, it was Shakespeare.

Yes, I was wrong in thinking that 'wherefore' was just a fancy 'where'.

I humbly apologize.

 

[Zander]

I humbly apologize.

As punishment, you have to recite all of Shakespeare's tragedies by heart, backwards, in Klingon... starting in 2 hours.

 

[VirgilCaine]

Don't forget the pirevam, the holdber, the flayminder, the lingob (not to be confused with the nibog), the biezom, and the xvart.

Yeah, I took you seriously for a second. And Xvarts aren't thrope-anythings.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah, I took you seriously for a second. And Xvarts aren't thrope-anythings.

Comedy is hard. :\