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05-31-2003, 05:03 AM
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Jack Burton
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Okay - you got me!
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05-31-2003, 05:12 AM
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Manshoon
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I love that old way to talk...it's just so beautiful... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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05-31-2003, 05:17 AM
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Ra
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Cerek - [img]graemlins/spam2.gif[/img] by any other name is still [img]graemlins/spam2.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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05-31-2003, 07:36 AM
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Symbol of Cyric
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Cerek the Troll.
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05-31-2003, 12:38 PM
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Elminster
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You made the assumption that people would be interested in finding out the definition of that word.
I am willing to bet that most visitors to this post came because they are always interested in your dazzling, fascinating and well written essays.
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05-31-2003, 01:32 PM
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Dracolisk
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You've got me. Best I post something anyway, so I'll get at least something out of this...
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05-31-2003, 01:46 PM
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Baaz Draconian
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Note to self: never enter a thread when you dont undertand the title.
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05-31-2003, 02:22 PM
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Symbol of Bane
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Drake hit the proverbial nail on the head. It wasn't an assumption that people would want to know the definition of Erthozumas (a term I made up off the top of my head). Rather, it was an experiment to see how many people would click on a thread when they didn't understand the title. It would have been very interesting if the Ironworks bulletin board software also showed how many times a thread was viewed. I'm certain there were many people who looked at the thread without posting. In other forums that have this feature, the number of "visits" to a thread is normally 3-5 times higher than the number of "responses". Thirteen members took time to post in the thread, so it's relatively safe to say that at least 36-40 members actually looked at the thread. As I pointed out to Mouse (in amateurish Old English), it was an experiment in human curiosity.......and a bit of a "joke thread" created during a moment of silliness during an otherwise very hectic day of work. 
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06-01-2003, 11:35 AM
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Dracolisk
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What you wrote was modern English Cerek - you wouldn't be able to produce Old English (not even amateurishly  ) since superficially, it doesn't resemble modern English at all - though you probably would be able to make sense of some of the words. [img]smile.gif[/img] People often call "Shakespeare's English" or language with thee's, thy's and thou's Old English but that's almost as inaccurate as calling Italian Spanish. Here's an example of old English, from one of my favourite poems, to demonstrate the point Leodum is minum swylce him mon lác gife willað hy hine aþecgan gif he on þreat cymeð Ungelic is ús. Wulf is on iege, ic on oþerre fæst is þæt eglond, fenne biworpen sindon wælreowe weras þær on ige willað hy hine aþecgan gif he on þreat cymeð Ungelice is us. As for the topic of this thread, shame on you! Like IronDragon I expected one of your usual well-phrased serious posts... I fell into the trap immediately after you posted it, but wouldn't give you the satisfaction of knowing you'd fooled yet another IW member [ 06-01-2003, 11:39 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]
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