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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 22:03:37
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What do any of you think of this character, is there any questions about him, or anything else that involves this unique dwarf.
There has been a going argument with myself and my brother, How is his name pronounced
a) Pike-el
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b)pick-le
I am almost positive that it is (a).
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Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
Edited by - Trafaldi on 10 Nov 2003 22:04:43
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 03:12:39
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After just recently finishing Legacy of the Drow, I had thought it pronounced Pike-el
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It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Capn Crunch
Acolyte
Afghanistan
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Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 03:37:40
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| I always thought it was pronounced Pike-el. |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 06:37:37
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| Pike-el sounds right. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6680 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 11:59:15
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I hadn't actually read the "Cleric Quintet" so the brothers Bouldershoulder appearing in Thousand Orcs was my first exposure to Pikel. What a great character. And hell funny. I kept chuckling everytime he appeared in the novel. It's nice to see that Salvatore can mix it up once in a while and have a character that doesn't need to be overly serious and lethal in combat to make an impression.
-- George Krashos
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MuadDib
Senior Scribe
South Africa
442 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 07:05:32
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I doubt any self respecting author (barr Douglas Adams although I said self respecting) who would call his character something that was spelt and pronounced like a vegetable.
pike-el is right as far as im concerned |
MuadDib - Candlekeep Inn Barhand |
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Lina
Senior Scribe
Australia
469 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2003 : 01:31:53
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Oo oi, its Pike-el. Who whould pronounce a dwarfs name after a vegetable, Pickle indeed! His brain might be half vegetable though, but he's such a lovable character.  |
“Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows! Buried in the flow of time. In thy great name. I pledge myself to darkness. All the fools who stand in our way shall be destroyed…by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!!!”
"Thieves? Ah, such an ugly word... look upon them as the most honest sort of merchant."
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Maecenus of Westgate
Learned Scribe
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 03:00:44
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| During the book signing tour for A Thousand Orcs that I attended a little over a year ago, Salvatore himself pronounced the green dwarf's name as "pickel". Obviously a joke, along with several other character names i.e. Dagnabbit, Muffinhead, Bouldershoulder among others. Though some claim this diminishes from the works, I think it adds some much needed humor to a series of books that would otherwise be cover-to-cover battle scenes. |
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 18:55:25
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quote:
Originally posted by Maecenus of Westgate
During the book signing tour for A Thousand Orcs that I attended a little over a year ago, Salvatore himself pronounced the green dwarf's name as "pickel". Obviously a joke, along with several other character names i.e. Dagnabbit, Muffinhead, Bouldershoulder among others. Though some claim this diminishes from the works, I think it adds some much needed humor to a series of books that would otherwise be cover-to-cover battle scenes.
Which indeed would be fine when the books were stand-alone, but to place these 'jokes' in the Realms... c'mon...
Again in stand-alone, they make for some nice comical sidekicks and lighter moments. I have enjoyed scenes with the Bouldershoulders etc. But they do not seem to fit if one would insert them amidst the other names and characters in for instance FRCS... |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 20:03:47
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quote:
Originally posted by Maecenus of Westgate
During the book signing tour for A Thousand Orcs that I attended a little over a year ago, Salvatore himself pronounced the green dwarf's name as "pickel". Obviously a joke, along with several other character names i.e. Dagnabbit, Muffinhead, Bouldershoulder among others. Though some claim this diminishes from the works, I think it adds some much needed humor to a series of books that would otherwise be cover-to-cover battle scenes.
Im reading The Lone Drow at the moment and I think that RAS has gone a bit far this time with ridiculous Dwarven names....its like hes making a mockery of the fans because he has become so popular. |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Swordsage
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 03:15:29
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What about Steven Schend's joke in the "Cormanthyr" accessory where he describes the last mythal city of Siluvanede which leaves the bounds of Faerun: Myth Adofhaer = Myth Outofhere. Quite clever really.
- The Swordsage
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Fibura Gauntlet
Seeker
United Kingdom
50 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 14:11:14
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quote:
There has been a going argument with myself and my brother, How is his name pronounced
a) Pike-el
or
b)pick-le
I hate to be awkward, but I read it as Pik-ell. |
- Fibura Gauntlet
A scrib(bl)e on the margins of Candlekeep |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 22:12:04
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quote:
Originally posted by Swordsage
What about Steven Schend's joke in the "Cormanthyr" accessory where he describes the last mythal city of Siluvanede which leaves the bounds of Faerun: Myth Adofhaer = Myth Outofhere. Quite clever really.
- The Swordsage
Good job picking that up, Swordsage. |
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spikeyhairedone
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 22:20:52
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| I thought that it was Pike-el, it sounds better and is not as cheesy. as for the character Himself, I thought that he was excellent in the Cleric Quintet but maybe a bit over the top in A thousand orcs |
Hello, Hello, what's all that shouting we'll have none of that trouble here. |
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RogueAssassin
Learned Scribe
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2003 : 20:03:03
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its Pike-el in The passage to dawn danicas children call him uncle pike.  |
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