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[Volfram]

Yeah, that's all "divine wind". It may not be the closest comparison, but works for a literal translation. This gave me an idea btw, can anyone with knowledge of Japanese make a language file using romaji? I'd expect it would be pretty fun to read.

Kinyomi and Onyomi would make things difficult and always screwed me up, but it could be fun.

(Kinyomi and Onyomi are the different pronunciations depending on whether a kanji is used as a standalone word or part of a compound word.  I don't remember which is which.)

Also, there's the difficulty of loanwords.  I estimate roughly half of the Japanese language at present is composed of phonetic loanwords from other languages.(for example, an electric shaver is a "sheeba," pronounced "shay-bah," instead of a translation for "device used to cut hair which grows on the face."  Makes sense, I guess, since the latter is a mouthful.)

This finally gives me a good reason to go buy batteries for my electronic English/Japanese dictionary.

[Yolan]

Hmmmm...

Kinyomi and Onyomi would make things difficult and always screwed me up, but it could be fun.

You mean, kunyomi right? 

I estimate roughly half of the Japanese language at present is composed of phonetic loanwords from other languages.

This might actually be true if you included all the words in usage in all the various technical fields, which tend to borrow their words from English. But I think this statement might give people the wrong impression. I would say that the 'Japanese language' , as a living language, and not a database of technical terminology, is not anywhere near half foreign words. Definitely, there are a lot of foreign words in use, but you can easily listen to protracted conversations and barely hear any.

[Volfram]

You mean, kunyomi right? 

Yes.  Yes, I did.  That's how badly they screwed me up.(also, it's been about 2 years since Japanese class.)

And come to think of it, most of the DF Language words will probably be native, too.  I'll try and buy batteries for my dictionary on the way home from work today.

Then I actually have to find the dictionary...

[Alfador]

Threetoe's avatar is his guinea pig Faustus.  They have three toes on each back foot.  The four in the front may be toes, but they don't count as toes, because they are in the front.

I find that strangely quotable for some reason.  Maybe it's lack of sleep.

You aren't alone. As I was reading that, I was planning on putting it in as my signature, but then I realized that Toady said it, so I can't. I have this thing where I fight the power by not ever sucking up to Toady.

So your thing is to avoid toadying up to Toady?

[zchris13]

So your thing is to avoid toadying up to Toady?

OW. That HURT!

[Volfram]

So your thing is to avoid toadying up to Toady?

OW. That HURT!

You know not of what you speak.  That was actually a pretty good one.

[Kishmond]

So... you can choose your barons now? That's pretty nifty.

[SmileyMan]

It'll be worth making a list of who likes microcline weapon racks.

[ToonyMan]

Dwavern Politics, always sticking it to the Man.

[IronValley]

Seems brilliant that you can choose your own nobles.... to bad that I'll start micro-managing embarking dwarves to look for a suitable mayor, then ctrl-alt-del out if I don't get a perfect one =/

Oh, but you'd get random spouses...

So, you embark with one female subject, and a male subject, lock them together in a tight meeting zone for the first years of the fort, then when they get together, you release them again.... So many sick possibilities....

Also: What happens if you select your Military Champion as Baron? Not possible, or a recipe for disaster? (Don't miss thoose demands!)

[inaluct]

So your thing is to avoid toadying up to Toady?

Exactly.

[Kishmond]

You can also pass up the barony entirely at the cost of forming trade agreements with the homeland

You can also pass up the barony entirely

pass up the barony entirely

I don't know what to feel anymore.

[ToonyMan]

I feel foolish.  Nice and soft.

[DG]

then ctrl-alt-del out if I don't get a perfect one =/

Hello, my OCD friend. You don't need to ctrl-alt-del. Press Esc and then abort the game, it'll take you back to the title screen.

[Untelligent]

then ctrl-alt-del out if I don't get a perfect one =/

Hello, my OCD friend. You don't need to ctrl-alt-del. Press Esc and then abort the game, it'll take you back to the title screen.

That doesn't work because then you abandon your fort.