Branden Linton
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1/13/2012
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I want to name my Swift Zee-Clipper any suggestions?
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streetfelineblue
Posts: 1459
1/13/2012
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Cutty Sark? Fall of Clyde? Termopylae? Termopylae sounds good :3
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Urthdigger
Posts: 939
1/13/2012
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Zippy the Wonderboat
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Patrick Reding
Posts: 440
1/13/2012
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Monster Bait. That way you can ensure yourself a brave crew.
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Abraham Bounty
Posts: 251
1/13/2012
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She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-Even-In-Casual-Conversation
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Branden Linton
Posts: 391
1/15/2012
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No suggestions from the fail better staff?
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Patrick Reding
Posts: 440
1/15/2012
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Branden Linton wrote:
No suggestions from the fail better staff?
The beauty of this game is that it acts as a framework to let you tell your own stories, rather than simply dictating a story to you. An official response would take some of the fun out of the process, wouldn't it.
Also, I'm reasonably certain they can't be arsed.
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Branden Linton
Posts: 391
1/15/2012
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Found the perfect name. Llamhigyn Y Dwr. A bucket of prisoners honey to anyone who can get the reference with out googling it.
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Rune Hofseth
Posts: 52
1/15/2012
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Water Leaper is a very fitting name for a Swift Zee-Clipper I agree, and kudos for basing it on mythology which is one of my fav subjects
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Rupho Schartenhauer
Posts: 787
1/15/2012
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Branden Linton wrote:
Found the perfect name. Llamhigyn Y Dwr. A bucket of prisoners honey to anyone who can get the reference with out googling it.
... and for anyone who can pronounce it without hurting their tongue. ;-)
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Urthdigger
Posts: 939
1/15/2012
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I may be wrong, I don't have much experience with welsh words, but is it pronounced Lam-heen e der?
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Rupho Schartenhauer
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1/15/2012
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Urthdigger wrote:
I may be wrong, I don't have much experience with welsh words, but is it pronounced Lam-heen e der?
Ll = kh/ch (like in Scottish "loch" or German "Achtung")
W = oo (like in "doom", not like in "door")
Y = like the second a in "catacomb" (meaning it's almost not there)
So, "Llamhigyn Y Dwr" should be something like "Kha-miggan-a-Door"
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Catherine Raymond
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1/15/2012
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If I ever decide to pay the 10 Fate to do so, I plan to name my Swift Zee Clipper Bird of Paradise
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Chris Gardiner
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Posts: 539
1/16/2012
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Wieland Burandt wrote:
Urthdigger wrote:
I may be wrong, I don't have much experience with welsh words, but is it pronounced Lam-heen e der?
Ll = kh/ch (like in Scottish "loch" or German "Achtung")
W = oo (like in "doom", not like in "door")
Y = like the second a in "catacomb" (meaning it's almost not there)
So, "Llamhigyn Y Dwr" should be something like "Kha-miggan-a-Door"
edited by Wieland Burandt on 1/15/2012
One of the Failbetter team is Welsh, and a couple of the rest of us lived in Wales for a number of years, so I can't resist sticking my oar in.
The welsh 'w' vowel is usually pronouced like the short 'oo' in 'book', rather than the long 'oo' in 'doom'.
'Ll' isn't pronounced like the Scottish 'ch'. I'm not aware of any equivalent, or any easy way to render it in text. But you make the sound be putting the front part of the top of your tongue against the roof of your mouth and blowing air either side of it. Have a bucket ready. And face away from people.
Certain Welsh consonants should only be attempted by trained experts.
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streetfelineblue
Posts: 1459
1/16/2012
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Chris Gardiner wrote:
Wieland Burandt wrote:
Urthdigger wrote:
I may be wrong, I don't have much experience with welsh words, but is it pronounced Lam-heen e der?
Ll = kh/ch (like in Scottish "loch" or German "Achtung")
W = oo (like in "doom", not like in "door")
Y = like the second a in "catacomb" (meaning it's almost not there)
So, "Llamhigyn Y Dwr" should be something like "Kha-miggan-a-Door"
edited by Wieland Burandt on 1/15/2012
One of the Failbetter team is Welsh, and a couple of the rest of us lived in Wales for a number of years, so I can't resist sticking my oar in.
The welsh 'w' vowel is usually pronouced like the short 'oo' in 'book', rather than the long 'oo' in 'doom'.
'Ll' isn't pronounced like the Scottish 'ch'. I'm not aware of any equivalent, or any easy way to render it in text. But you make the sound be putting the front part of the top of your tongue against the roof of your mouth and blowing air either side of it. Have a bucket ready. And face away from people.
Certain Welsh consonants should only be attempted by trained experts.
(Blowing air either side of it? O_o) I have no notion of Welsh language, but I went to Dublin once. Mind - still blown.
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Diptych
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1/16/2012
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Welsh - looks interesting, sounds lovely, but the disconnect between the two baffles me.
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Rupho Schartenhauer
Posts: 787
1/16/2012
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Chris Gardiner wrote:
'Ll' isn't pronounced like the Scottish 'ch'. I'm not aware of any equivalent, or any easy way to render it in text. But you make the sound be putting the front part of the top of your tongue against the roof of your mouth and blowing air either side of it. Have a bucket ready. And face away from people.
Certain Welsh consonants should only be attempted by trained experts.
Absolutely, I tried to go for the next best thing to explain it ;-)
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