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Gary Gygax has passed. RIP beloved father of RPG's. (merged)
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<blockquote data-quote="Zander" data-source="post: 4088756" data-attributes="member: 1364"><p>I'm very deeply shocked and saddened to hear of Gary's passing.</p><p></p><p>I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person but in the contact I did have with him via these boards and by e-mail, I found him incredibly approachable. I'm very glad now that I had the chance to return a tiny fraction of the pleasure he has brought me over 25 years of gaming when I informed him that "Dungeons and Dragons" (sic) had been accepted as an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.</p><p></p><p>In Chinese and other Far Eastern cultures, they believe that you live as long as you're remembered. I think that Gary will live on in our hearts and minds for a very long time to come.</p><p></p><p>RIP, Gary.</p><p></p><p>Edit 1: Don't know if this has been posted yet but here's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7278927.stm" target="_blank">the obituary from the BBC site</a>.</p><p></p><p>Edit 2:</p><p></p><p>----- Original Message -----</p><p></p><p>>To: <ggygax@genevaonline.com</p><p>>Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:26 AM</p><p>>Subject: D&D in Oxford English Dictionary!! </p><p></p><p>> Hi Gary!</p><p></p><p>> "Dungeons and Dragons" and "D and D" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The additions were officially made 13 March '03. Here's the link: <a href="http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm" target="_blank">http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm</a></p><p></p><p>> I don't know if they'll mention you by name. I hope they do. Even if they don't, congratulations are in order. You've joined the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien and Lewis Carroll as someone who's contributed to the English lexicon. Jolly well done! :~)</p><p></p><p>> All the best,</p><p></p><p>> Zander at EN World</p><p>>Alexander in real life</p><p></p><p>[Reply from Gary]</p><p>Greetings Alexander! </p><p></p><p>Whoa, and that's a surprising bit of news. Thanks for informing me<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Regards,Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zander, post: 4088756, member: 1364"] I'm very deeply shocked and saddened to hear of Gary's passing. I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person but in the contact I did have with him via these boards and by e-mail, I found him incredibly approachable. I'm very glad now that I had the chance to return a tiny fraction of the pleasure he has brought me over 25 years of gaming when I informed him that "Dungeons and Dragons" (sic) had been accepted as an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. In Chinese and other Far Eastern cultures, they believe that you live as long as you're remembered. I think that Gary will live on in our hearts and minds for a very long time to come. RIP, Gary. Edit 1: Don't know if this has been posted yet but here's [URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7278927.stm]the obituary from the BBC site[/URL]. Edit 2: ----- Original Message ----- >To: <ggygax@genevaonline.com >Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:26 AM >Subject: D&D in Oxford English Dictionary!! > Hi Gary! > "Dungeons and Dragons" and "D and D" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The additions were officially made 13 March '03. Here's the link: [url]http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm[/url] > I don't know if they'll mention you by name. I hope they do. Even if they don't, congratulations are in order. You've joined the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien and Lewis Carroll as someone who's contributed to the English lexicon. Jolly well done! :~) > All the best, > Zander at EN World >Alexander in real life [Reply from Gary] Greetings Alexander! Whoa, and that's a surprising bit of news. Thanks for informing me:) Regards,Gary [/QUOTE]
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