[Glorantha] Praxian Names for Troll-things

In message <015201c6a748$4d511080$0200000a@malkhome02> "Malk Williams" writes:

>Thanks Simon, but those are the UZ names! I doubt that the Praxian
>Beast Tribes are cosmopolitan enough to incorporate Trollish words
>into their language, unless you know better.
>
>I just thought that if Praxians generally call trolls "Dark Folk",
>having them use the diminutive "Trollkin" didn't make much sense.

Well the first question is would they distinguish? and the second is why they distinguish? If they only encounter trolls at the far end of a spear the maximum I would expect is "Big Dark Folk" and "Little Dark Folk". On the other hand if they have more sophisticated dealings it'll probably be in tradetalk so they'd use "trollkin". I don't think tradetalk will have words for individual gods, even Issaries will be the same as merchant which would make Etyries "red merchant" and Argan Argar "dark merchant". As for Kyger Litor, if a troll should happen to mention her for some strange reason, a Praxian would just hear some incomprehsible noises.

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