How to speak Orcish.

[Arrgh! Mark!]

Something out of a lovecraftian cthulhu summoning.

mthlui pflegh! Rarghaldk!


But then there is the Loktar Ogar! and Da-bu type of stuff. I occasionally forget and say En Taro Adun, but few people pick up.

 

[I'm A Banana]

In the spirit of the International D&D thread:

English-language fantasy equivalents:

Elvish = Brittish royal
Orcish = Aulstralian croc-wrestler
Halfling = Southern US debutante
Gnome = Pythonesque gumby Brittish ("OI LUV YOO" *bricksmash*)
Goblin = Hispanic/English slang
Giant = Scottish-accented

tee-hee.

 

[wingsandsword]

Some stand-ins I use for fantasy languages, when appropriate (borrowed from a fantasy LARP I play in):

Common Elvish: French
High Elvish: Sindarin
Old High Elvish: Quenya
Drow: Japanese
Draconic: Latin
Dwarven: German
Orc: Klingon
Goblin: Spanish

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Umm...let me try this...

"Agassi Sharapova Anna Kournikova!"

Sounds more like a wizard spell.

Nonono. Tennis & Soccer are Elven. Basketball and Football are Orcish.

 

[Allandaros]

All my orcs have a two-word vocabulary:

Loktar and Da-bu.

Infection is important.

Wormwood, how could you? You left out Skroodle and Zugzug! ZUGZUG, MAN!!! HOW COULD YOU?!?

...Orgrim Doomhammer thirsts for your soul now.

 

[Laman Stahros]

Nonono. Tennis & Soccer are Elven. Basketball and Football are Orcish.

So what would Hockey be?

 

[Tauric]

So what would Hockey be?

Gnomish.

Every NPC gnome I've had was named after a hockey player, mostly the Finns, with some names from the former Soviet states' players.

 

[Corsair]

zug zug!

 

[Fate Lawson]

Aiyeee! Death by zug zug!