From: Nick Brooke (100270.337@CompuServe.COM)
Date: Fri 17 Jun 1994 - 11:13:42 EEST
Cullen:
>> I think you're suffering from overexposure to modern rational people. >> Do you really think someone who was raised in Ancient Sumeria or as a >> medieval peasant really reasoned like you do?"
Devin:
> Yes, in general I do. Do you really believe that someone who was raised
> in Ancient Sumeria or as a medieval peasant is really that different from
> us today (at least emotionally)?
Yes, in general I do. Is reading history not fashionable in California, or something? Why not look at the way they acted, wrote, thought: *then* tell me they're "no different from us". Instead of building castles in the air with your head in the sand. (Hmm... an odd mixture, but I like it).
> I would like Joerg's suggestion of using "Orlando" in Safelster (since
> they don't speak a Theyalan language), except Safelster is part of
> Ralios, so you'd expect "Worlath" to be used...
Hang on: I meant "Orlando" to be, consonant-for-consonant, almost exactly the same as Orlanth: TH --> D is straightforward enough for any world, and the -O on the end is necessary to decline a name in those funky Theyalan Ralian languages. I also thought "Worlath" was from Seshnela, where the stories about him presumably originated; my "Vorlan" from Wenelia is a half-way house between that and Dragon Pass "Orlanth".
i.e: "Orlando" is more mainstream-Theyalan than "Worlath" or "Vorlan".
I guess I'm asking how tiny the differences between Sartarite and Theyalan Ralian languages are in your version of Glorantha.
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