> >Probably because I register the -chen as a Germanic
> >diminutive.
>
> Does that mean there's just plain Hsun out there?
> Bigger and meaner than
> the darling little Hsunchen?
>
> I shudder to think,
Question for Them Wot Know: who is it who calls them "hsunchen", anyway? I can't imagine them using the word to describe themselves, nor can I imagine Orlanthi coming up with such a generic phrase.
Once we know who it was, how did they feel about them?
And then we'll know whether "hsunchen" means "radiant ones who we worship", or "nasty animals, beneath contempt", or something in between.
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