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.

[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.