Colloquialisms
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:18 am
This is a directory of colloquialisms for your reference. If you know of any others, p#mail a staff member (try to find someone active) and we might add it here! Note that while many of these are expletives, they can include any sort of colloquialism/idiom. We are looking for things from the books or things which make sense in the canonic world of our game (which means, like the "Ubel" expletive, they can reference in-game only events/places/people so long as they have a Narnian 'feel').
Generic
(none yet listed!)
Narnia
(by the) Lion('s Mane/Teeth/Claws)
a pair of alliterative words used as an explitive (ex. 'bobbles and bodkins' or 'beards and bedsteads'! Used almost exclusively by dwarves. It is fairly crude/uneducated but perhaps not necessarily rude)
Ubel (used similarly to 'hell'. This is in reference to the old evil kingdom in Ettinsmoor)
As [adjective] as a [species] (ex. 'as merry as a faun'.)
Archenland
(by the) Emperor
Ruddy Emperor (this is quite crude)
ruddy (somewhat crude)
Tash's domain (used only by nobles and in a somewhat educated/pretentious manner)
confounded
Never taunt a man save when he is stronger than you: then, as you please. (a saying probably used mostly among nobles)
Calormene
(by) Tash
(by) the bolt of Tash
Generic
(none yet listed!)
Narnia
(by the) Lion('s Mane/Teeth/Claws)
a pair of alliterative words used as an explitive (ex. 'bobbles and bodkins' or 'beards and bedsteads'! Used almost exclusively by dwarves. It is fairly crude/uneducated but perhaps not necessarily rude)
Ubel (used similarly to 'hell'. This is in reference to the old evil kingdom in Ettinsmoor)
As [adjective] as a [species] (ex. 'as merry as a faun'.)
Archenland
(by the) Emperor
Ruddy Emperor (this is quite crude)
ruddy (somewhat crude)
Tash's domain (used only by nobles and in a somewhat educated/pretentious manner)
confounded
Never taunt a man save when he is stronger than you: then, as you please. (a saying probably used mostly among nobles)
Calormene
(by) Tash
(by) the bolt of Tash