Comments on: Ch11 Pg5

By: Kishi-Keahi

Kishi-Keahi — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:01:56 +0000

ill use Shak wen im angry -writes down the new swear words to say- it helps so ppl dont understand that your swearing

By: kat

kat — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:06:21 +0000

doesnt anyone know zeb’s taller than ben?*points*

By: Aywren

Aywren — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:02:22 +0000

Lunar (modified Welsh, in my world) has a lot of interesting and beautiful sounds you don’t find in Common. I think it’s more poetic due to that… might just be me and my fixation on listening to Celtic music though! XD

By: KJ

KJ — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:02:12 +0000

Or maybe it’s more fun to swear in? Though how you pronounce that I have NO idea…

By: Pen

Pen — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:01:47 +0000

What do you mean ‘Poetically expressive’?

By: Aywren

Aywren — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:01:31 +0000

Good observation, Pen! Ben was raised speaking both Common and Lunarian — though he was never really told the origins of the Lunar language. He does revert to Lunar to express himself during times of extreme emotion… mostly because he’s more comfortable doing so. I’ve also pondered if Lunar isn’t just more poetically expressive?

By: Pen

Pen — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:01:22 +0000

Hehe I’m like that when I’m really angry too, so I can see it with Ben. Hm, so would you say Lunarian is Ben’s prime language? I think people naturally curse or express immediates like pain in their prime language, since it requires less thought.

By: Aywren

Aywren — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:59 +0000

(Ben: *growls, swearing a bit in Lunar at Zeb’s back*) And that’s as close as I’m going to get to translating that (though “shak” is short for “shakka” which you can find in the Glossary). Ben has a bit of a potty mouth when he’s angry. Though the words aren’t actually THAT bad, it’s just not fitting to his character to swear in common.

By: Pen

Pen — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:29 +0000

oooh, do we get a translation of what Ben said?