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11-02-2005, 10:35 AM
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Desultory Dwimmerlaik
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The RPG fora are here by the grace and indulgence of the Barrow Wight.
Surely you can come up with some satisfactory corsair/seaman curses that are middle-earth based. Consider it a challenge in descriptive writing . . .  ~*~ Pio
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11-02-2005, 10:50 AM
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Gibbering Gibbet
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11-02-2005, 10:53 AM
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Desultory Dwimmerlaik
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I'd probably run the Hobbit curse past the B-W.
Doubt that it would pass though.
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11-02-2005, 11:30 AM
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Shadow of Starlight
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 Ok, exeunt Aman the corsair, enter Aman the moan - Eorl, I'm...not really keen on that idea. I mean, you've already made Ferethor's escape a ship-wide alarm, as you put it, and as this is worked in with other posts, then fine, all well and good. But jumping into the water and then having Chakka rescue you? As Folwren said, it wouldn't happen, not believably - the Captain isn't even particularly sure whether he does want to even entertain the prospect of an alliance with Chakka, and his life would be rather more carefree if he was to just get rid of him. Far from wanting to make a rescue attempt, Rakin would be more likely to see this as a way to easily get rid of two troublesome slaves. Sorry, I just don't think it's realistic - that isn't meant to sound harsh, but really. And dressing in sailor's clothes would be unlikely to disguise him - this isn't a particularly big ship; the crew would probably all know each other. I won't ask you to change your last post, no point, but would you mind if in my next post, as you have already had Rakin "hurrying out onto the decks", I have Ferethor recognised and promptly thrown back to the oars? It would probably instill in him an even greater hate against Rakin, good for character development, but I don't see the others ideas about going overboard being realistically feasible.
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11-02-2005, 07:54 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Thanks for your suggestions, all, and I've decided to give up on that idea. Roleplay is a teamwork as Pio puts it, isn't it? Er, now that your name has come up, Pio, can you supply me with some seamanlike curses? Because unfortunately I know nothing but damn and hell and darn when it comes to English curses. Except for the F word, but then no, I'm not using that one. Again, my incompetence. Anyway, anyone have any suggestions?
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11-02-2005, 08:18 PM
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Messenger of Hope
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Well, the saying 'swearing like a sailor' in stories can be non-mandatory, you know.
Actually, if you think that you have to put it into the writing, than you may consider reading Tolkien's own stuff. If you read the LotR and Hobbit carefully, then you'll find that the word 'damn' is only used once in the entirety of the trilogy (and I'm pretty certain that it wasn't used in The Hobbit) and 'hell' is only used once in the Hobbit. The first by one of the two orcs in the chapter 'The Choices of Master Samwise' and the other by Bert or Tom, one of the trolls, I can't remember which, in the chapter 'Roast Mutton' (in The Hobbit). Other words used as exclemations, strong or otherwise, was 'good heavens!' (by Frodo in Three is Company, I believe) and the hobbits often 'dratted that wizard'. I can't remember anything else in particular. Ah, yes. . . one of the trolls also said 'blinking', but I don't know how official that was. Whatever help that is. . .come up with a few other ones, but make them innocent, how 'bout? *sweet smile* -- Folwren
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11-02-2005, 08:22 PM
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Shadow of the Past
Join Date: Jul 2005
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How about "Bilges!"? Bilge was the name for the water that collected in the bottom of a ship. I've read it was rather dirty and unpleasant.
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11-02-2005, 08:42 PM
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Gibbering Gibbet
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Here you go. These are culled from the plays of William Shakespeare -- for an insult for any occasion, begin with "thou" and then follow with one word from each of the following columns:
Column 1 artless bawdy beslubbering bootless cankerous churlish cockered clouted craven currish dankish dissembling droning errant fawning fobbing fool-born froward frothy gleeking goatish gorbellied ill-nurtured impertinent incestuous incurable infectious jarring loggerheaded lumpish loutish mammering mangled mewling paunchy pribbling puking puny qualling rank reeky roguish rump-fed ruttish saucy spleeny spongy surly tardy-gaited tottering unmuzzled vain venomed warped wayward weedy whoreson wretched yeasty Column 2 addlepated base-court bat-fowling beef-witted beetle-headed boil-brained clapper-clawed clay-brained codpiece-sniffing common-kissing crook-pated dismal-dreaming dizzy-eyed doghearted dread-bolted earth-vexing elf-skinned fat-kidneyed fen-sucked flap-mouthed fly-bitten folly-fallen fool-born foul-practicing full-gorged guts-griping half-faced hasty-witted hedge-born hell-hated idle-headed ill-breeding ill-nurtured knotty-pated mad-brained milk-livered motley-minded onion-eyed plume-plucked pottle-deep pox-marked reeling-ripe rough-hewn rude-growing rump-fed shard-borne sheep-biting spur-galled swag-bellied tardy-gaited tickle-brained toad-spotted unchin-snouted weather-bitten Column 3 apple-john baggage barnacle bladder boar-pig bugbear bum-bailey canker-blossom clack-dish clotpole coxcomb codpiece death-token dewberry dotard flap-dragon flax-wench flea flirt-gill foot-licker fustilarian giglet gudgeon haggard harpy hedge-pig horn-beast hugger-mugger jolthead knave lewdster lout maggot-pie malt-worm mammet measle minnow miscreant moldwarp mumble-news nit nut-hook pigeon-egg pignut pumpion puttock ratsbane rudesby scut skainsmate strumpet varlot vassal wagtail water-fly whey-face winter-cricket Have at it thou gorbellied tickle-brained hugger-muggers!
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