Ah, thanks. I'll correct that in my notes anon.
;-)
Erotic is always good.
There are other typesetting mistakes in the document,
such as "cars" for "ears" (as in ears of corn).
"Oliver Bernuetz" <bernuetz_at_mb.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> < Probably erotic. Someone's OCR program fumbled.
>
> Oliver
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Norbert Franz
> To: HeroQuest RPG Group
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 8:46 PM
> Subject: Old Uleria write-up
>
>
>
> When I looked up material on Uleria in the
> Library of Londarios, I noticed that the old RuneQuest
> version of the Uleria cult text contains a line that
> reads,
> "Most stories about the goddess are sensual and
> _chotic_."
>
> I have tried to discern the meaning of "chotic"...
> It does not seem to exist as an English adjective,
> I looked it up in all my dictionaries as well as
> online, in Merriam-Webster and elsewhere.
> Most sources suggest it is a misspelling of "chaotic"
> or "choric" or "cholic".
>
> What is it?
>
> Chaotic: hardly seems reasonable, as Ulerians are
> decidedly opposed to all things Chaos.
> Maybe the original text still said "chaotic", but
> referred to "confused, haphazard, fragmentary",
> but not to the Gloranthan "Chaos" things.
>
> "Choric" doesn't quite make sense in this context,
> as the passage does not talk about church choirs.
>
> "Cholic" ... as in "relating to bile"? Hardly.
>
> Could you native speakers help me out with this?
>
> -- Norbert
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