A B Nile
Posts: 414
4/17/2015
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
babelfishwars wrote:
Estelle Knoht wrote:
ruen wrote:
May I humbly submit my LEAST favorite? "Ankle Manacles" has been bothering me for a long time.
edited by ruen on 4/12/2015
How? Is there a specific word you are allergic to?
Non-FBG voice: I'm guessing it's that the derivation is from 'hand' - so it's a bit like 'ankle handcuffs'. But they *are* used re: ankles elsewhere - it's a general usage oddity, not a FL one.
Like so much other word-choice stuff in FBG, this generated a lot of heat behind the scenes. It is, as Olivia says, a weird usage, but a usage, and we couldn't find another word that was usefully specific.
But six years on, sod it, it doesn't need to be usefully specific, so I'm employing my fiat to go off and change it to Leg Irons.
Fetters would work, too. That word derives from "foot", I think.
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Grenem
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4/18/2015
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"trimmed with an effect that absorbs light like water. the effect is dramatic, but the weight can be tiresome by the evening's end" - night-trimmed frock coat
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BlakeTheDrake
Posts: 237
4/18/2015
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
Like so much other word-choice stuff in FBG, this generated a lot of heat behind the scenes. It is, as Olivia says, a weird usage, but a usage, and we couldn't find another word that was usefully specific.
But six years on, sod it, it doesn't need to be usefully specific, so I'm employing my fiat to go off and change it to Leg Irons.
*checks the Bazaar* Huh. They've changed, all right. I must say, when I randomly decided to start a thread about the cool and amusing descriptions of items in this game, I hadn't expected it to actually cause one of them to CHANGE. >_> Even though it's just a small thing, it feels... kind of good. And Leg Irons IS better. ^_^
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Lmaoboat
Posts: 31
4/20/2015
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A B Nile wrote:
Alexis Kennedy wrote:
babelfishwars wrote:
Estelle Knoht wrote:
ruen wrote:
May I humbly submit my LEAST favorite? "Ankle Manacles" has been bothering me for a long time.
edited by ruen on 4/12/2015
How? Is there a specific word you are allergic to?
Non-FBG voice: I'm guessing it's that the derivation is from 'hand' - so it's a bit like 'ankle handcuffs'. But they *are* used re: ankles elsewhere - it's a general usage oddity, not a FL one.
Like so much other word-choice stuff in FBG, this generated a lot of heat behind the scenes. It is, as Olivia says, a weird usage, but a usage, and we couldn't find another word that was usefully specific.
But six years on, sod it, it doesn't need to be usefully specific, so I'm employing my fiat to go off and change it to Leg Irons.
Fetters would work, too. That word derives from "foot", I think.
What about shackles?
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xKiv
Posts: 846
4/20/2015
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Would they be pedacles, pedecles, or pedicles?
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Theus
Posts: 311
4/20/2015
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Clearly pedacles. Pedecles sounds like a guy who was too boring to make it into the Greek histories. Pedicles are the things my wife inflicts upon me during the cold sleeping months.
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The Machinist
Posts: 83
4/20/2015
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A toast, to leg irons!
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bitterhorn
Posts: 61
4/20/2015
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A B Nile wrote:
Fetters would work, too. That word derives from "foot", I think.
Totally. In Old Norse it's fioturr (from 'fotr' ["foot"]).
I'm gonna stop myself now before I go on and on about ~*EXCITING ETYMOLOGICAL TRIVIA*~ But yes, 'fetter' as 'manacle's' downstairs neighbor, for sure.
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Lady Eris
Posts: 162
4/22/2015
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Hurrah for etymology!
I have just been shopping, as it were, and was reminded of these:
'Propriety so stiff one could beat a presumptuous maid with it' (Formidable Gown)
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'Suitable for a lady of restraint and dignity or a gentleman of highly specialised tastes' (Respectable Grey Gown).
Also, the morning suit: 'Brisk and clean. The attire of clerks, diplomats and the livelier sort of solicitor' makes me smile. I like the idea of the less lively solicitors looking at the wearer with studied disapproval and muttering that he isn't quite the thing.
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William Templeton, Viscount Manningham, newcomer, gentleman, all-round good egg - accepting absolutely all invitations.
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MissCrumpet
Posts: 113
5/21/2015
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I really enjoy the evocative poetic descriptions, such as the Night Whisper: eliminate the sound of the wind from the night, and you'll hear silence. Eliminate the silence, and you'll hear this.
But there are so many funny and clever descriptions that are perfect in the way they convey the everyday absurdity of Fallen London. The Gift of Scorn, for example: someone has sent you a dead bat in a little box. That's the Feast of the Exceptional Rose for you.
Silk scrap: there probably can't be that many spiders down here. Probably.
Winsome Dispossed Urchin: One has to pick a pocket or two. Regrettably.
Outlandish copy: the Bishop of Southwark is breeding an army of warrior-nuns! The Unterzee is rising two feet a year! Cheese is made of spiders!
I really love Abominable Salts, though: WARNING: consumption may cause vomiting, paralysis, and ennui.
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mrf1shie
Posts: 6
5/21/2015
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Darkdrop Coffee - Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke.
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MissCrumpet
Posts: 113
5/22/2015
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mrf1shie wrote:
Darkdrop Coffee - Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke.
So given the Masters' identities, the coffee is...?
edited by MissCrumpet on 5/22/2015
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Loon
Posts: 379
5/23/2015
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MissCrumpet wrote:
mrf1shie wrote:
Darkdrop Coffee - Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke.
So given the Masters' identities, the coffee is...?
edited by MissCrumpet on 5/22/2015
Oh God. I may never drink coffee again.
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My alt Loogan Cuthoat can be found at http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Loogan~Cuthoat and welcomes all social actions bar cats and photographers.
My alt Ally Mooney can be found at http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Ally~Mooney and welcomes all social actions including patronage, though they are a bit confused by cats in boxes.
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MissCrumpet
Posts: 113
5/23/2015
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Loon wrote:
MissCrumpet wrote:
mrf1shie wrote:
Darkdrop Coffee - Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke.
So given the Masters' identities, the coffee is...?
edited by MissCrumpet on 5/22/2015
Oh God. I may never drink coffee again.
You're welcome. Caffeine is very addictive and hard to come by in any case - I recommend honey or laudanum.
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
5/24/2015
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Loon wrote:
MissCrumpet wrote:
mrf1shie wrote:
Darkdrop Coffee - Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke.
So given the Masters' identities, the coffee is...?
edited by MissCrumpet on 5/22/2015
Oh God. I may never drink coffee again.
Given how much Coffee are exported to Vienna, it is almost certainly not bat guano because they don't have enough time to poop.
(Iron has the boldest and best flavor and I will fight anyone who drinks Veils)
edited by Estelle Knoht on 5/24/2015
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I currently do not accept any catbox, cider, suppers, calling cards or proteges.
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