Prepare yourself for *dramatic pause* The Bear... Wolf?
Sure to be even more thrilling than Sandler!
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Prepare yourself for *dramatic pause* The Bear... Wolf?
Try transcribing a Chinese film. There's a reason people say foreign languages sound like "bar bar bar" or "ching chong wing wong" or like drunk people mumbling and it's not because they actually sounds like any of that.AndreRhineDavis wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:39 pm I don't see why Reni can't go into the memories, listen to the Keidran words, memorise the sounds of the Keidran words, then come out and telepathically say what the sounds were, and then people there can translate for her. I mean, that's effectively what she did with the word "Clovis". She has no *concept* of "Clovis", she went in to the wolf's memories and heard the *sound* of the word "Clovis" a lot, and then was able to telepathically say that she heard that sound.
But I guess that would ruin the plot...
And a large part of that is because Chinese languages (yes, that is plural) are tonal — the tone of the word-sound is part of the meaning, unlike Western languages that come from the same root as English, where it doesn't matter as much, if at all. The difference isn't easy to get used to, until you develop an ear for the way the tones work you're going to have a lot of "hovercraft full of eels" moments.
Reni and Nora have definitely interacted before, so if the former decides to ask for information from her we'd get a clear answer.Schrodinger wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 7:53 amThe wolf terrorist wouldn't know and by extension neither would Reni. Whether or not Clovis still has that spell in effect is still up in the air.
Learnt something new today then! ThanksSpottedKitty wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:34 amAnd a large part of that is because Chinese languages (yes, that is plural) are tonal — the tone of the word-sound is part of the meaning, unlike Western languages that come from the same root as English, where it doesn't matter as much, if at all. The difference isn't easy to get used to, until you develop an ear for the way the tones work you're going to have a lot of "hovercraft full of eels" moments.
Look, I speak six languages, some better than others. I have also dabbled in other languages before, without actually putting in the effort to learn them. It's not that easy to memorize things that are said in a language you're not familiar with, especially if spoken quickly. Even if Reni were to try, the results would probably be so mangled as to be unrecognizable to a native Keidran speaker like Natani. There are too many variables that play into what separates a language from another. I can say from experience that even speaking Portuguese, a language very similar to Spanish, it can be hard at times to understand a Spanish sentence that is spoken quickly, let alone to accurately memorize and repeat it afterwards.AndreRhineDavis wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:39 pm I don't see why Reni can't go into the memories, listen to the Keidran words, memorise the sounds of the Keidran words, then come out and telepathically say what the sounds were, and then people there can translate for her. I mean, that's effectively what she did with the word "Clovis". She has no *concept* of "Clovis", she went in to the wolf's memories and heard the *sound* of the word "Clovis" a lot, and then was able to telepathically say that she heard that sound.
But I guess that would ruin the plot...
i came to the forums to type the very same phrase lolNiWo21k wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:59 amWhy isnt there a button for a soundeffect direktly under that panel where its revealed - i think nearly everyone had this in his head when we see "Clovis" and Natanis reaction
And Reni should leave it with speaking out lout, not only does it hurt but it also looks like she is choking on it and she will die in the next seconds with her eyes popping out.
But i find it intersting that Natani directly adresses her on the speech part. So she is getting comfortable near dragons or was it really just that big of curiousity why this makes no sense in the first place for her.
dragon masquerade?
A side-comic Tom made a few years back. Used to be that you had to purchase it individually, however he recently made it available for viewing for anyone who is a Patreon supporter.
ah, well i can't really spare any money, if i could, i'd be supporting a few patreons, backing projects on kickstarter, and donating to charity and the like.Dadrobit wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:28 pmA side-comic Tom made a few years back. Used to be that you had to purchase it individually, however he recently made it available for viewing for anyone who is a Patreon supporter.