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Afetbinttuzani
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 Posted - 04 Apr 2008 : 16:30:00
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Well met,
At the risk of revealing my anal-retentive nature, I have a small correction. On the front page it says, "Seeketh out knowledge and lore...". Unless I´m mistaken, in early modern English the command (imperative) form for the second person singular of the verb is "Seek", as in "Seek and ye shall find". "Seeketh" is the indicative form for third person, as in "He seeketh thee".
To give the line that early modern English flavor, the subject, "ye", could be stated: "Seek ye out knowledge.." Or the whole quote could be altered more radically to read something like: "Thou art now in the grandest library in all the Realms. Seek ye out knowledge and lore within this place and may Oghma guide thee.
And yes, anal-retentive does have a hyphen 
Afet
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"As the good Archmage often admonishes me, I ought not to let my mind wander, as it's too small to go off by itself."
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Aravine
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Posted - 04 Apr 2008 : 17:11:51
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My my, that's it! I have nothing else to say *Afetbinttuzani's words have an insanity spell embedded in them.*babbles incoherently*
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The brave don't live forever,the cautious don't live at all |
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Alaundo
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dwarvenranger
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 05 Apr 2008 : 21:31:25
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At the risk of reavealing your anal-retentive nature . Mate, you just got a tattoo that says "anal-retentive". |
If I waited till I knew what I was doing, I'd never get anything done.
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Afetbinttuzani
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 05 Apr 2008 : 23:23:08
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Alas, thou hast happened upon a truth. Oh well, what can you do, eh? It's not a big deal really, it´s just something I noticed. If you're a carpenter, when you visit other people´s houses, you can't help but notice when their trim work is hastily done or a wall is out of plum. If you teach languages and literature, you notice problems with verb tenses. 
Cheers,
Afet *
PS. The asterisk is the anal-retentive tattoo. |
Afet bint Tuzaní
"As the good Archmage often admonishes me, I ought not to let my mind wander, as it's too small to go off by itself."
- Danilo Thann in Elfsong by Elaine Cunningham |
Edited by - Afetbinttuzani on 05 Apr 2008 23:30:44 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 01:15:08
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Originally posted by Afetbinttuzani
Alas, thou hast happened upon a truth. Oh well, what can you do, eh? It's not a big deal really, it´s just something I noticed. If you're a carpenter, when you visit other people´s houses, you can't help but notice when their trim work is hastily done or a wall is out of plum. If you teach languages and literature, you notice problems with verb tenses.
Heh, true. That was how I knew when I'd been working in restaurants too long: I went out to eat one night, and when my food hit the table, I marveled at the plate presentation.
Luckily, I'm long enough gone from that industry that that no longer happens.  |
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dwarvenranger
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 17:00:41
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Originally posted by Afetbinttuzani
Alas, thou hast happened upon a truth. Oh well, what can you do, eh? It's not a big deal really, it´s just something I noticed. If you're a carpenter, when you visit other people´s houses, you can't help but notice when their trim work is hastily done or a wall is out of plum. If you teach languages and literature, you notice problems with verb tenses.
Cheers,
Afet *
PS. The asterisk is the anal-retentive tattoo.
Um, well we all have our thing. For example, in order to win the which is better: dwarves or elves argument at our table, I got at tattoo of a saying in dethek. Since none of the elf fans were willing to get espruar inked upon their flesh (can't blame them) the dwarves have officially won the argument. |
If I waited till I knew what I was doing, I'd never get anything done.
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Karzak
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 11 Apr 2008 : 23:05:02
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dwarvenranger
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 12 Apr 2008 : 03:05:23
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| Yes I did, and thank you much. |
If I waited till I knew what I was doing, I'd never get anything done.
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 13:17:26
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| The first thing I agree with Karzak on... |
The brave don't live forever,the cautious don't live at all |
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riot the outsider
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 21 Apr 2008 : 21:14:50
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Well I like both dwarves and elves so ha. Dwarves cause of there aggressiveness and battle lust and never backing down from a fight just cause there size.Elves cause of there grace and swordmanship is unmatched,plus they live in the woods(my favorite) mostly and are born rangers and warriors.The females are a marvel in themselves as well.Plus they know the land and are stealthly.Elves also fight as a last resort,but don't temp them though.Also either race has any fear,or of dieing,and they never run usally. sorry if I spelled that wrong. But thats why I like both. |
Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do. http://s13.gladiatus.com/game/c.php?uid=67846
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Seek, rather than seeketh
Well spotted, Afetbinttuzani. After all these years, my slip of the quill has finally been noticed 