While we're at Monster Names...

[Howndawg]

Reading some of the dinosaur/behemoth thread, I decided to start my own monster name pet peeve without risk of threadjacking.

It's djinni/djinn and efreeti/efreet, NOT djinn/djinns and efreet/efreets. I understood that when I was a teenager. Today's young folk are just as smart as we grognards were, so why insult their intelligence? When I was young, I got sort of an elitist feeling because I picked up all sorts of info on world cultures and mythologies from playing D&D. People can figure this out and feel better about because they did.

 

[howandwhy99]

I figured you had elitist feelings when I first read your posts, but it didn't make me feel any better.

I do wholeheartedly endorse your idea. Incorporating common spellings, names, rich mythologies as is, as well as history is a win/win for everyone.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

... and the plural of aboleth is aboleth.

 

[delericho]

t's djinni/djinn and efreeti/efreet, NOT djinn/djinns and efreet/efreets. I understood that when I was a teenager. Today's young folk are just as smart as we grognards were, so why insult their intelligence?

Yep.

Well, unless they're also going to insist on using dwarfs, elfs, volcanos, citys, mans, sheeps, dies, abilitys, bonuss, penaltys...

 

[Kinak]

Well, unless they're also going to insist on using dwarfs, elfs, volcanos, citys, mans, sheeps, dies, abilitys, bonuss, penaltys...

The horror, the horror! No more!

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Yep.

Well, unless they're also going to insist on using dwarfs, elfs, volcanos, citys, mans, sheeps, dies, abilitys, bonuss, penaltys...

Well, dwarfs is technically correct. Professor Tolkien got creative on us, and now we have dwarves.

... and the plural of aboleth is aboleth.

Actually, I think it's gibbering horror.