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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 8513372" data-attributes="member: 25619">I run Greyhawk, and my interpretation is Greyhawk Common is the official language of the Great Kingdom, derived from Old High Oeridian with Suloise and Flannae loan words.&nbsp; (Since Greyhawk is the or setting, I assume the Lake Geneva crew meant something like that, and the concept may not fit as well in other settings with less of a common history for most of the area.)Like French pre-20th century or English now, it’s also a language of higher educatio, introduced to Keoland and from there to the upper classes of the Sheldomar Valley.&nbsp; That + former GK actually covers everywhere that speaks Common.I have two PC humans whose native tongue isn’t Common.The reason for my original post is that a PC whose player is on hiatus got Dismissaled to Forgotten Realms.&nbsp; He’s a Monk with Int 18 (random rolling 1e origin in 1996 for this character!) and speaks many language.&nbsp; I think he’ll be able to get by with Elvish, but won’t understand Sword Coast‘s Common.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 8513372, member: 25619"] I run Greyhawk, and my interpretation is Greyhawk Common is the official language of the Great Kingdom, derived from Old High Oeridian with Suloise and Flannae loan words. (Since Greyhawk is the or setting, I assume the Lake Geneva crew meant something like that, and the concept may not fit as well in other settings with less of a common history for most of the area.) Like French pre-20th century or English now, it’s also a language of higher educatio, introduced to Keoland and from there to the upper classes of the Sheldomar Valley. That + former GK actually covers everywhere that speaks Common. I have two PC humans whose native tongue isn’t Common. The reason for my original post is that a PC whose player is on hiatus got Dismissaled to Forgotten Realms. He’s a Monk with Int 18 (random rolling 1e origin in 1996 for this character!) and speaks many language. I think he’ll be able to get by with Elvish, but won’t understand Sword Coast‘s Common. [/QUOTE]

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