Hi Francis, The Netherlands are traditionally significantly more egalitarian than Britain - historical development here was significantly different - and our...
Yes indeed, Andreas, I know that phrase very well, but it is my partner who was born to that name, not me - we swapped names in the days of the previous (even...
You know, I confess to be sympathetic with the original poster's problems. I neer Gm'd our gaming sessions when I was an active gamer in the lands of the Petal...
... Of course not, though in a religious society with endless bleating from the pulpit about the divinely ordained social system it's going to be a rare...
Dear All, Most Dalit are still Hindu, but of those who have converted by far the largest number have become Buddhists (due to Dr B. R. Ambedkar). It's only a...
It was just scanned as a PDF in 200dpi ... From: altfritz <green27@...> Subject: [tekumel] Re: map w/ key To: tekumel@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday,...
I seem to recall the Prof saying something like that about the various regional dialects in Tsolyanu. ... From: Stephen C Nanny <stephenc75652@...> ...
Antony, off the top of my head I'd say there were 8 colors. But I'll look and give you a firm answer on Saturday morning USA time. ... From: Antony Farrell...
Thanks Tom. I was looking for a simple in game way to convey status and that one was quick and easy. The players even have comer to a better understanding of...
I think your best bet is to either rescan the image as a graphic (pdf is great but it is not the most memory friendly when used for a graphic) or copy the...
Although I am aware there are several distinctive accents and dialects in the USA, I am under the impression 'dialect variety' is less than in Europe (assuming...
... Australia, being even younger than the US, has even fewer dialectal differences in pronunciation. I can only think of a handful - * in New South Wales...
Yup! Very good of you seeing that, Sally! Cymraeg for the win! Cheers, Andreas who might have done Celtic languages as a secondary study if his university...
Hi y'all, (Apologies for being 'on a roll'. Another large post...) In my gaming group, we make fairly generous use of accents when appropriate, i.e. when we...
... {snipped} I have a further trick, born of playing far too much DERPG, in that some words mean slightly different things. {try this out loud} To wit, the...
Hi, I tried this question on the Tekumel moderated group but got no reply so I thought I'd try here next. I am wondering what the temples in small towns are...
By way of connecting recent threads... It occurs to me that language difficulties would be another good reason why a group of player-characters need an...
Dear All, There were the ones who arrived in the late 16th century (OK, I admit Roanoke in 1586 was a failure) - Jamestown, however, was founded in 1607. ...
<< P.S. --knowing professor Barker's interest in Urdu and Pushti, I learned something interesting the other day (although many know it already I suspect.) Urdu...
Well, not sure if anyone on the list will 'get' this, but I found some German videos that illustrate the different main dialects and the problems that come...
On eBay now someone is selling a copy of the UK edition of Man of Gold. Although I don't plan to purchase, it is an opportunity to click and see the British...
Yes, there is a lot of social and geographic movement in the US. However, adults tend to keep their dialects as do some of the children. I and a large part of...
I need to get the size down by about 15mb in order to post it. Seperating the key from the art will save just a little, but I'll see using your ideas what I...
Mark look up the town of Setnahka in the first issue of the Seal of the Imperium there is good info on how the temples and such are organized in a non-city...
This kind of brings to mind a scene from the movie "Glory" where the black Union troops have there first encounter with southern "contraband" blacks and the...