Re: Your Finger, you Fool

From: Manuel MOLINIER <manuel.molinier_at_free.fr>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 18:26:57 +0200

I would say that I use french to represent all Gloranthan languages in most of my french players games ;-).

On an historical level there are always a mix of language with every human migration/invasion.
Probably that you could use different real languages for different Gloranthan languages but it would bring the problem that every player would have to learn the languages used.
I have seen in many English publications French expressions or vocabulary in the text so I guess some of it might be in use for special cultures.

If I had to use some writing in a very different language than my and my players own I would probably use Latin for the sun cult inspired civilisation like Sun Dome county for exemple. But again it target the different language writing to the peoples who can understand it.

Manuel

• Original Message ----- From: "Jane Williams" <janewilliams20_at_yahoo.co.uk> To: "Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha" <glorantha_at_rpglist.org> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Your Finger, you Fool
  • Manuel MOLINIER <manuel.molinier_at_free.fr> wrote:
    > In french might be : "Ton doigt, ahuri". Or far less
    > polite "Ton doigt,
    > abruti" or "Ton doigt, Idiot" (probably the
    > nearest).
    > This are all corrects and dependant on the feeling
    > you wish to express or
    > the sound you wish to produce.
    >
    > Manuel
    

Just curious - does anyone use French as a representation of any Gloranthan language? I believe we've got some Norman overlord/Saxon peasant analogues down in Heortland where it might fit, but I've never played there myself.

Jane Williams

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