From: owner-the-edge-digest@ (The Edge Digested) To: the-edge-digest@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: The Edge Digested V1 #97 Reply-To: the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Sender: owner-the-edge-digest@ Errors-To: owner-the-edge-digest@ Precedence: bulk The Edge Digested Tuesday, August 18 1998 Volume 01 : Number 097 Today's subjects from The Edge: Re: [The Edge] Is the list dead? Re: [The Edge] Over the Edge: 'Martian slang/patois [The Edge] 'Martian slang/patois Re: [The Edge] 'Martian slang/patois ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:48:15 -0400 From: Lee Saborio Subject: Re: [The Edge] Is the list dead? > > This is meant to be played on any of the "Friends" style resources > > and represents calling up your contacts in that sector into more > > active service ("call the boys and tell everyone to get down to > > Sad Mary's for the rumble"). i really like the idea. i think > > enforcing Uniqueness wont work for this person and it has lots > > of inherent limits... generally a good idea. :) > Yeah, this is good, but I don't think you need to say anything about it being only playable on non-unique resources. > I still preferred to keep my limitation (spend X Pull to > uncrank during uncrank phase): this would serve to mirror > the actual mustering of forces Eric mentions, and it prevents > someone from, say, playing 3 or 4 Marshal Forces when 6+ > Resources of that type are out without a lengthy wait to use > them. (Of course, Ideological Polarization becomes *deadly* then!) > Yeah, and what about Rain of Walruses. [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:12:43 -0400 From: "Christopher Cunningham" Subject: Re: [The Edge] Over the Edge: 'Martian slang/patois - -----Original Message----- From: Rodney J Anderson Hello all. A few nights ago I ran a pick-up game of OvTE which will hopefully develop into a regular series. One thing I was trying to emphasize in that session was the exotic, multicultural feel of the island -- but I think this goal was undermined by the fact that I played my 'Martians too "American". Obviously, we can assume that 'Martians who deal with burger regularly will know and use standard American English, but I'd still like to have some new slang or patois words to throw into conversations, especially ones derived from Arabic or Berber languages, which I know nothing about (and find daunting to learn -- especially if I'm just going to use them to splash some color into an RPG session). If there's an interest in the subject, I could throw out a few ideas of my own, based mostly on French. Thanks for reading! a few possibilities: "matte kudasai" (jap.): "hold on, just a minute" (uncertain of literal translation. anybody?). imagine character(s) walking into an upscale restaurant and finding the maitre d' taliking on the phone. the maitre d' looks up and says "matte kudasai," (businesslike, not rude) and returns his attention to the phone call, wrapping it up quickly and efficiently, but still allowing the character(s) to overhear something important and/or mystifying. "idiwah" (kor.): "come!" not a respectful request. said to harrison ford's character in 'blade runner' by another cop, the one with the hat, cane, and fu manchu. "urusei" (jap.): "silence!" (again uncertain of literal translation. maybe something more like "behave"?) "insha'allah" (arab.): "god willing" used in many different contexts, to indicate a "que sera, sera" (whatever will happen, will happen) attitude. character(s) get in cab, and note the lack of seat belts. cab driver: "seat belt? what's the point? if you're meant to die, nothing'll save you. insha'allah, you won't need it." by the way, i do know arabic (though it's been a few years) and welcome any questions thereon. [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:21:30 -0500 From: "Paul J. Lareau" Subject: [The Edge] 'Martian slang/patois > -----Original Message----- > From: Rodney J Anderson > Hello all. A few nights ago I ran a pick-up game of OvTE which will > hopefully develop into a regular series. One thing I was trying to > emphasize in that session was the exotic, multicultural feel of the > island -- but I think this goal was undermined by the fact that I played my > 'Martians too "American". Obviously, we can assume that 'Martians who deal > with burger regularly will know and use standard American English, but I'd > still like to have some new slang or patois words to throw into > conversations, especially ones derived from Arabic or Berber languages, > which I know nothing about (and find daunting to learn -- especially if I'm > just going to use them to splash some color into an RPG session). If > there's an interest in the subject, I could throw out a few ideas of my own, > based mostly on French. Thanks for reading! Another nice language to use in rpg's is Esperanto. It is extremely easy to learn, and because it has a lot of latin & germanic roots, it's not impossible for players not familiar with it to glean a little bit of meaning out of it, giving a touch of realism to the idea. A bit of historical trivia, back about 40 or 50 years ago, the US Army used Esperanto as their "aggressor language" ... the language they officially trained the trainers who would be portraying "enemy" in field training exercises. There was even an official US Army manual on the topic. Kiam vi deziras paroli por ke viaj ludantoj komprenos iome, parolu en Esperanto, la fama konstrua lingvo. Hmmm. Kiu instruas Esperanton en La Bordo, Alamarjxo? - -- Paul J. Lareau - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [POST] 135 E. Viking Dr. #301, Little Canada MN 55117 USA [HOME PAGE] http://www.wavefront.com/~pjlareau/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 09:50:24 PDT From: "Stephen Avery" Subject: Re: [The Edge] 'Martian slang/patois Yeah, I find slang to be a valuable part of any game to quickly set the mood. Does anyone know any african nations vocabulary to help stir the pot. Also, I'm in the ATLANTA area and need to find gamers interested in OTE any takers out there? >Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 18:21:30 -0500 >From: "Paul J. Lareau" >To: the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us >Subject: [The Edge] 'Martian slang/patois >Reply-To: the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rodney J Anderson >> Hello all. A few nights ago I ran a pick-up game of OvTE which will >> hopefully develop into a regular series. One thing I was trying to >> emphasize in that session was the exotic, multicultural feel of the >> island -- but I think this goal was undermined by the fact that I played my >> 'Martians too "American". Obviously, we can assume that 'Martians who deal >> with burger regularly will know and use standard American English, but I'd >> still like to have some new slang or patois words to throw into >> conversations, especially ones derived from Arabic or Berber languages, >> which I know nothing about (and find daunting to learn -- especially if I'm >> just going to use them to splash some color into an RPG session). If >> there's an interest in the subject, I could throw out a few ideas of my own, >> based mostly on French. Thanks for reading! > >Another nice language to use in rpg's is Esperanto. It is extremely easy to >learn, and because it has a lot of latin & germanic roots, it's not impossible >for players not familiar with it to glean a little bit of meaning out of it, >giving a touch of realism to the idea. > >A bit of historical trivia, back about 40 or 50 years ago, the US Army used >Esperanto as their "aggressor language" ... the language they officially trained >the trainers who would be portraying "enemy" in field training exercises. There >was even an official US Army manual on the topic. > >Kiam vi deziras paroli por ke viaj ludantoj komprenos iome, parolu en Esperanto, >la fama konstrua lingvo. Hmmm. Kiu instruas Esperanton en La Bordo, >Alamarjxo? > >-- >Paul J. Lareau >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >[POST] 135 E. 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