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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 4926057" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>Again I have to disagree, here is the definition of about...</p><p></p><p><strong>a<span style="font-size: 10px">⋅bout</span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">–preposition</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/A00/A0031500" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> /əˈbaʊt/ <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-bout] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">1.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">of; concerning; in regard to: instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">2.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">connected or associated with: There was an air of mystery about him.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">3.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">near; close to: a man about my height; about six o'clock. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">4.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">in or somewhere near: He is about the house. </span> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">5.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">on every side of; around: the railing about the excavation. </span> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">6.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">on or near (one's person): They lost all they had about them. </span> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">7.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">so as to be of use to: Keep your wits about you. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">8.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">on the verge or point of (usually fol. by an infinitive): about to leave. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">9.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">here or there; in or on: to wander about the old castle. </span> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">10.</span> <span style="font-size: 10px">concerned with; engaged in doing: Tell me what it's about. Bring me the other book while you're about it. </span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> </p><p>I don't see ... "focused on" anywhere in the definitions, I have to assume he either meant "connected or associated with..." or perhaps "concerned with..." either way D&D has always had Fey connected with it, associated with it, and has been a game concerned with it (Elves).</p><p></p><p>Honestly it seems you are creating your own meaning for the word "about".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 4926057, member: 48965"] Again I have to disagree, here is the definition of about... [B]a[SIZE=2]⋅bout[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=2]–preposition [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/A00/A0031500"][IMG]http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif[/IMG][/URL] /əˈbaʊt/ [URL="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html"][IMG]http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif[/IMG][/URL] Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-bout] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]1.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]of; concerning; in regard to: instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]2.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]connected or associated with: There was an air of mystery about him. [/SIZE][SIZE=2]3.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]near; close to: a man about my height; about six o'clock. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]4.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]in or somewhere near: He is about the house. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2] 5.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]on every side of; around: the railing about the excavation. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2] 6.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]on or near (one's person): They lost all they had about them. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2] 7.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]so as to be of use to: Keep your wits about you. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]8.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]on the verge or point of (usually fol. by an infinitive): about to leave. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]9.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]here or there; in or on: to wander about the old castle. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2] 10.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]concerned with; engaged in doing: Tell me what it's about. Bring me the other book while you're about it. [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] I don't see ... "focused on" anywhere in the definitions, I have to assume he either meant "connected or associated with..." or perhaps "concerned with..." either way D&D has always had Fey connected with it, associated with it, and has been a game concerned with it (Elves). Honestly it seems you are creating your own meaning for the word "about". [/QUOTE]
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