Bree Yark!

[Vague Jayhawk]

I was kind of wondering what a rube was.

 

[SpiderMonkey]

Who' you callin' a rube?

Er...no rubes here...just surrendering. That's all. Yessir. Would you mind closing your eyes for a moment and ignore the footfalls you may be hearing in the next few rounds?

(Heh heh. Stupid rubes...)

 

[Piratecat]

I would please like a chocolate-greased ham radio with sloth sauce, served in a pineapple syringe.

Stat!

 

[PallidPatience]

Pineapple?! PINEAPPLE?!

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

 

[Corsair]

Dizafrabadoo!

 

[T. Foster]

Gygax's explanation that the true meaning of Bree-Yark is "hey, Rube!" never made a lick of sense to me as a kid reading this module (I mean, I was able to gather from context that the goblins who said it were calling for backup, but had no idea what that phrase itself was supposed to mean). It wasn't until very recently (within the last year) that I found out that "hey, Rube!" is itself a code-phrase, coming from 19th century circus slang. Was this phrase common-knowledge to people of older generations (Gygax is, after all, 36 years older than me)?

 

[Prince of Happiness]

Gygax's explanation that the true meaning of Bree-Yark is "hey, Rube!" never made a lick of sense to me as a kid reading this module (I mean, I was able to gather from context that the goblins who said it were calling for backup, but had no idea what that phrase itself was supposed to mean). It wasn't until very recently (within the last year) that I found out that "hey, Rube!" is itself a code-phrase, coming from 19th century circus slang. Was this phrase common-knowledge to people of older generations (Gygax is, after all, 36 years older than me)?

I first read the module in my teens, back in the 90s and I knew what "rube" meant.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

This thread is destined to become at least 8 pages long.

Only if we tell Eric Noah to stay out of it.

 

[Agamon]

And here I thought it was an insult (these days, rube means the same thing as hick).

 

[Goblyn]

Ah, but your information is hopelessly dated. These days, kobolds speak draconic.

I think I am one of those who are unable to confidently tell you if 'Bree-Yark' is draconic or not.

Really.