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SFU grammar
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:09 pm
by cnuzzi
Is it "Two Kzinti walk into a bar..." or "Two Kzintis walk into a bar..."?
(Interesting side note: "Kzintis" gets a red spellcheck underline, "Kzinti" does not.)
And while we're at it, WYN is pronounced "win" - not "ween" or "wine", correct?
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:55 pm
by Steve Cole
WYN = win
SFU: One Kzinti, two Kzintis
Niven: One Kzin, two Kzinti
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:29 pm
by Sgt_G
And how is Lyran pronounced?
I once heard someone say ISC as "essk" and didn't believe me when I said it's "eye ess see".
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:28 pm
by Nerroth
According to SFB Module C1, it's "Lear-uhn"; while "eye-ess-see" is indeed correct, according to Module C2.
Also, the SFU has the plural of "Gorn" as "Gorns", unlike over in the Franchise. There are three main Gorn "ethnicities", one for each of the three Gorn home worlds in Confederation space. These worlds had been seeded with Gorn populations in the distant past; other planets, such as the now-lost Paravian home world, also had Gorn (or Gorn-related) populations settled there by the mysterious "Lizard Kings". (The Gorns on Paravia were almost wiped out by an asteroid strike; the survivors rapidly evolved into the bird-like Paravians.)
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:51 pm
by Magnum357
Interesting. I had no idea some Gorn settled in Paravian space.
Re: SFU grammar
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 4:57 am
by Sgt_G
cnuzzi wrote:Is it "Two Kzinti walk into a bar..." or "Two Kzintis walk into a bar..."?
They should have ducked.
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:40 am
by Kang
Sgt G, I love how you have your Real medal ribbons as part of your sig. That's pure class, mate
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:03 pm
by Steve Cole
One Kzinti, Two Kzintis.