Ralif Redhammer
Legend
Like many others, D&D greatly expanded my vocabulary (but alas for younger me, not necessarily my pronunciation).
oh yeah, I get bitten by that ALL the time. My wife made fun of me a while back when I mispronounced virile as viral. Oof. And brassiere vs brassier.Like many others, D&D greatly expanded my vocabulary (but alas for younger me, not necessarily my pronunciation).
The English language, actually.What words have you learned from D&D? Or any RPG, really?
Well, I think you win- that's awesome!The English language, actually.
Not all books were translated to French, or else were hard to find, so it taught me English.
I mean, obviously D&D alone didn’t teach it all, but it was one of the earliest motivations and main source of English writings I had access to (that and my dad’s Scientific American mags).Well, I think you win- that's awesome!
Heh, I definitely have heard other people misuse brassiere vs brazier at tables.oh yeah, I get bitten by that ALL the time. My wife made fun of me a while back when I mispronounced virile as viral. Oof. And brassiere vs brassier.
When you get to a certain age, it's very difficult to remember when you first learned a particular word. I can definitely say that obfuscate was a word I learned from Vampire the Masquerade in 1991. And it was an SAT word so it was useful for me a few years later. I've joked that the random harlot table in AD&D 1st edition taught me some new words, and it did, I didn't know what a doxy was when I was 12, but there were a ton of other words I must have learned as well, but I can't remember which ones in particular. AD&D 1st edition wasn't really written with an audience of kids my age in mind.What words have you learned from D&D? Or any RPG, really?
Dad: About 15 gold pieces.I was lucky to ask my dad and not my mom the difference between a slovenly trull and a brazen strumpet.