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<blockquote data-quote="breschau" data-source="post: 4193941" data-attributes="member: 52376">a) Hopefully I admit to mistakes as often as I make them.b) It is damned silly. I like &quot;just-i-car&quot; you like &quot;just-i-sheer&quot;. I prefer autos and you prefer scissors.c) I love to argue. Especially when I'm right. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />None of the above changes the fact that justicar has been used consistently for decades in game books. Given White Wolf's editorial... freestyle it's safer to assume that even a single instance of the &quot;ciar&quot; version would appear rather than that they would be perfectly consistent against it.Funnily enough, if I'm lucky, I'm going to be an English professor. At the graduate level no less. That the language evolves doesn't bother me one bit. You really seem to be denying that it changes over time. It's a fact that comes with a great side dish called evidence. It happens.I know that the &quot;rules&quot; listed in Chicago Manual of Style are just suggestions. They are used by the publishing industry to foster consistency, not because they're right. I know that the &quot;rules&quot; that are taught in school concerning usage are also just suggestions. These are based on old scholar's opinions that have just as much evidence against as for. It's a funny thing this language of ours. It changes so much that the experts can't even agree.The crux of your denial seems to be that you won't accept that language changes. If you accept that language does change them you shouldn't be so put out about the introduction and consistent use of a new word like justicar. If you refuse to accept that language changes, then stop using newfangled words google, email, laptop, wifi, computer, etc. That these words exist proves that language evolves. You just don't like justicar. That's your issue. All the relevant arguments have been made, all that's left is that they be read.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="breschau, post: 4193941, member: 52376"] a) Hopefully I admit to mistakes as often as I make them. b) It is damned silly. I like "just-i-car" you like "just-i-sheer". I prefer autos and you prefer scissors. c) I [i]love[/i] to argue. Especially when I'm right. ;) None of the above changes the fact that justicar has been used consistently for decades in game books. Given White Wolf's editorial... freestyle it's safer to assume that even a single instance of the "ciar" version would appear rather than that they would be perfectly consistent against it. Funnily enough, if I'm lucky, I'm going to be an English professor. At the graduate level no less. That the language evolves doesn't bother me one bit. You really seem to be denying that it changes over time. It's a fact that comes with a great side dish called evidence. It happens. I know that the "rules" listed in Chicago Manual of Style are just suggestions. They are used by the publishing industry to foster consistency, not because they're right. I know that the "rules" that are taught in school concerning usage are also just suggestions. These are based on old scholar's opinions that have just as much evidence against as for. It's a funny thing this language of ours. It changes so much that the experts can't even agree. The crux of your denial seems to be that you won't accept that language changes. If you accept that language does change them you shouldn't be so put out about the introduction and consistent use of a new word like justicar. If you refuse to accept that language changes, then stop using newfangled words google, email, laptop, wifi, computer, etc. That these words exist proves that language evolves. You just don't like justicar. That's your issue. All the relevant arguments have been made, all that's left is that they be read. [/QUOTE]

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