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[Gryphon Avocatio]

The HaruesterBy Gryphon AvocatioO' skeet and skeg know I so muchTo reap and sithe to earn my lunch.Sith pence haue I none to giue out,To reap and sithe brings food about.The World's abundance lies about'Tis merely wasted (sans a doubt).To cast one's hands down to the earth,To reap and sithe, is man's good work.Haruesting skeet and skeg so dearWe ought to dread, not fight or fear:To reap and sithe brings good about,Something, by fay, we'd die without. -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Kaiser Mors III]

Broke your "V" key? Or just having fun with words? hehehe Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth

[Phoenix the Risen]

in Rome, there was no distinct V as we know it today. All V's were used as U's, pronounced as W's, and written like V's...Before I understood this, I was baffled upon seeing this word script (in a sentence of context of course) on the ceiling of a cathedral:"TVVS"which is actually pronounced "To us", and means your or yours... Phoenix the Risen - Dutchess of Kildare - Political Nuisance but at least She gets the job done. - Official Genkher of Gryphon Avocatio's Cool Short Sig and Gryphon the Pure's Awesome Tables! - COME BACK, STEVE!!! -"To quote a former Kaiser.... 'Shireroth doesn't give up land....'" ~UEC (Quoting Kaiser Letifer I), In response to claims on the Raynor Isles"To paraphrase a former Kaiser: 'Here! Take Amity for free! And that other half of Mar Sara too!'" ~SaiKar LumEth, (Paraphrasing Kaiser Mog I) In response to UEC"To paraphrase a former angry mob "DOWN WITH THE EVIL LAND-GIVING AWAY KAISER! REVOLT! REBELLION! CIVIL WAR!" ~Scott Siskind, (paraphrasing the Letifer Rebellion group) In response to SaiKar LumEth"I HEARBY QUESTION THE KAISERESS AUTHORITY!" ~Gryphon Avocado (Switching Day)

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Explicates a tad:The "u" instead of "v" was an artistic liberty I took in order to mimic a tendency of some olde typographers and printers to use "u" instead of "v".The word choices are more of antiquity and coloquialism...I wanted the poem to feel foreign to a degree and at the same time old...The words aren't completely inaccessable, and to grasp the poem, one does not need to know exactly what they mean (i.e. skeet and skeg). A!, þe return to my bardly weys, bolþ confounds þe and intryrgues þe! But, Ay! Ðence I shall go now about my weys, to cant þe goodly songs and delyte þy ear wyþe tunes yet not sung. By fay o' Loki, to alle þy best, be atuned to my wordes, I sing at last. -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Kaiser Mors III]

I'm so glad I know a few of those symbols... Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth

[david northworthy beckfor]

mmmm.....when people n ormally write stuff like it is old, like in a story or summat about pirates or darke ages or stuff, it never seems authentic as what you just said there. war trophy liberated from Babkha by the Federated NORworthic Liberation Devision (FNORD)

[Gryphon Avocatio]

What? The poem or the random thing that I tacked on my last post (which, I just noticed some errors in)? -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Hesam Jahandar]

I had always thought it was the other way around. where by "U" was represented by "V" so would the used of U be replaced by "v"? and then there was something else I didnt know. On a trip to spain I noticed the City of Corboba had a roman arch which proclaimed "Corbova" is there a switch of B and V as well? And what about those wierd "f" looking things. as in "God fave the King" its not quite an 'f' and not quite an 's' Proud Owner of a Real Horrorshow High-Speed, Low-Drag Sig!

[Gryphon Avocatio]

The u over v thing was something some british typesetters did. The Romans didn't have a letter U...They had V, which was the same thing...In spanish, the sound for the letter "v" is the same as that for the letter "b"...so that's probably where that came from, especially since many languages didn't have codified spellings until recently.and the not-quite-f thing is a full fledged s, though I don';t where it came from, perhaps to save space when writing... -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Scott Alexander]

I was told that for whatever reason, the old English used the big f-like s for the beginning and middle of words, and the normal s when s was the last letter of the word. A common practice in old lanugages, though, in retrospect, kind of stupid.

[Gman Russell]

Whoa! New picca!wow, change HAS occured from the old one... no glasses! oh poo! Now i'm the only one with them anymore!

[Kaiseress Alexia Mors III]

Glasses are NOT a bad thing... *sighs dreamily*...hehe...

[Gman Russell]

Awww you're so sweet Alex

[Gryphon Avocatio]

she really is.....besides, Gman....erik wear spectacles as well...and...I don't know about anybody else...if they do, I've forgotten... -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Jadie of Goldshire]

(Jadie's input for the week)Guys with glasses = Very good thing.*sighs dreamily*And Yes I am talking about Paul...Who has been taking care of the invalid this week.... (Still a slight invalid due to back problems...but the doctor gave me pain meds so I should be able to drop by at some point again this week... ) Jadie of GoldshireCarry on with your lives people...nothing to see here.

[Kaiser Mors III]

But in spanish the V="B" sound thing isn't quite a "B" sound.. Isn't it a tad off...kinda a vB sound.. or was is Bv sound..Mostly you hear the B.. but some v (thus the small v) can be heard... or was that just ineptnes on the part of my Spanish class.. or both!? Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth

[Gman Russell]

I hated spanish class... ugh what a pain...

[Gryphon Avocatio]

It's b. There is no "v" sound in spanish. I *think* that in parts of northern mexico and in california where there is a LOT of english influence, you might be right...but in traditional spanish, there is no separate sound for "v"... -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Tahmaseb]

Exactamundo. There's the autonomic region of País Vasco in Spain which we know as the Basque country.

[Hesam Jahandar]

Yes I think there is a "v" sound as I can now think of quite a few proper Spanish names with a 'v' in it. I think this particular situation is due to the Arabic influence in the spanish language at the time. The Roman city of Cordova was improperly pronouned Cordoba over centuries by the Moors. It makes sence. Barcelona has an interesting little inflection, its people use the 'th' sound instead of the 'c' when speaking english. Yet if you go elsewhere, there is no such trouble at all. Proud Owner of a Real Horrorshow High-Speed, Low-Drag Sig!

[Zirandorthel]

That's the Catalan dialect though, it's not a "problem" as such, it's not as if they all have terminal lisps or anything. Our principal speaks fluent Spanish, and he lisps on all the c's. Zirandorthel I of TreesiaThe Golden DarknessBelde of the Far Reaches.Niirus TinenetuwarLet the fates burn!

[Kaiser Mors III]

From what I hear.. one of the kings of Spain.. Philip the somethign... had a "th" lisp.. so the language around him kinda changed... since.. if the king does it.. you should to.. kinda mentality.. I tihnk...maybe it was so the King didn't feel bad about the lisp... Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Andalucia does the th-pronuciation on c's and z's too...and I somehow picked that accent up...though american spanish doesn't use it...Y and ll are often pronounced like english J's as well in some accents...which I picked up as wellfor those of you with access to Mago de Oz, they do those...and I think a lot of listening to that caused some of the change...that and my spanish III teacher;s tendency to do so... -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Kaiser Mors III]

She/He has the lisp? I noticed Mago had it... Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Tirado had the ll=j thing...and by that token, i would suppose that she is South American, not Mexican. The th... i don't know where the hell I got that...it confuses people though...and that makes it kinda cool. -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Kaiser Mors III]

You like confusing people.. don't you? Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Yes.....but this wasn't intentional! -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Kaiser Mors III]

All the more delicious it is than... Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth

[Gryphon Avocatio]

That sounds just like something I would say. -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike

[Kaiser Mors III]

Exactly... Mortis BrookshireKaiser of Shireroth