Tooth and Claw

[mneme]

This was composed yesterday, but doesn't seem to have been posted. wieeerd.

Ended about as I'd I'd expected it to, but with enough surprises to keep it interesting.
Delightful, in all.
I'm only left with a few detail questions.
First, I'm assuming that Yarge=George (certainly, the human ambassidor's pronunciation points in that direction.
Second, what obscenity is g---ing? It could be georging, but that seems off given the linguistic transforamtion of Yarge unless the word entered the draconic lexicon twice separately. (certainly, they seemed to have changed significantly from their roots due to the Conquest; if they learned tool-use and slavery at that time, they presumably learned writing then as well?)


--mneme@io.com

Comments

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Is this in reference to a book titled Tooth and Claw? It's not really clear from the post.

[mneme]

Yup.

Jo Walton/papersky's novel Tooth and Claw. Would it help if I put the italica in?

[selki.livejournal.com]

Gorging. Gluttony's one of the 7 deadly, I understand.

Kidding, I dunno. However, at dinner some of us were discussing movie smashes (not blockbusters, combining movie names oddly, like Love and Death Race 2000) and someone came up with "The Scarlet Letter R". I guess there was some movie R at some point, but the real question is, what scarlet-letter-worthy word starts with R? The best we could come up with was revenge, in some circumstances.

[mneme]

Nah. Dragon's don't see gorging as a problem, it seems. :)

R. I can see a few possiblities. Romance (can lead to Lust, you know :). Rape, of course. Ripper. Rhino (especially appropriate for SCAdians). Reader (for biblophobic societies).

[(Anonymous)]

Romance -- yeah, there are plenty of lead-to R words.

Re of course: D'oh! I can't believe that neither my friends at dinner nor the roomful of newspaper editors (it was 11 at night, I called my sister at her paper) came up with that one.

I don't know Rhino as a sin word.

I'm thinking about the Elegant Arts weekend in NJ in May, though I doubt I could find a ball gown by then. :-(

-- Selki

[mneme]

*g*. I was more awake when I posted, I think.

Rhinohiding (Rhinoing for short, or a Rhino who does such a thing) is SCA for not taking blows.

The May thing could be a lot of fun, though...talk to S. DG and see what you can get away with? Also, the Time Travel Ball could be huge fun, and is at a very low skill level.

[nosebeepbear.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was something seen on a marquee (R is it's rating, I assume).

It started with your example of "101 Dalmations Dying Young" (presumably the version in which Cruella wins).

[selki.livejournal.com]

I guess I was a bit tired that night! Didn't follow how we got there.