Trust me, I'm aware of how horribly wrong translations can go.

SRD related, in the gradual interview, how the French translation of Lord Foul's Bane twisted Saltheart Foamfollower into Briny the Pirate.

The rest, as they say, is history.

High Lord Tolkien wrote:Like New Hampshire's "Old Man on the Mountain" maybe Kevin's Watch will be remade.

Being a resident of the Granite State, I can only say you must be privy to info that the rest of us aren't.

Or maybe your dosage is off....

No, they are not made up, for the most part. Many of the terms are, however, obscure, archaic and, in some cases, obsolete.

Peruse a copy of The Oxford English Dictionary, sometimes acronymed as the OED, to get the full flavor of the language.

This was my first impression, except that it seems a bit too obvious. After all, Kastenessen, bound against his will to bind the flaming Skurj, and now unbound, but appearing as a flaming, possessive entity. Like I say, it just seems a bit too obvious. Remember, we never encountered a sandgorgon unt...

High Lord Tolkien wrote:Family reunions are great!

~snip~
Linden "Oh look, the Ramen have dinner ready."
Covenant "Hellfire, I'm hungry. Lets eat."
~snip~

Do you think they'll be serving ramen noodles?

Were she a servant of corruption, they would know it. I'm not convinced of that. To repeat something I said in another topic: Covenant was always "closed" to the vision of the Land-dwellers because the power he bore surpassed them, and my theory is that the same principle is what cloaked ...

Pulled the last one off the shelf last night, <i>and</i> got 20% off.

Now to get some time to read it.

I'm SO disappointed he's not visiting Canada...

Good grief, he's not appearing east of the frikkin' Continental Divide.

Unless Great Britian counts, that is.

CovenantJr wrote: Any mention of Briny the Pirate never ceases to amuse me

Welcome, oh salty one!

Dude, the moment I read that particular post from SRD , I knew that I had to have that nick.

Neither one is being done by Sweet, so that's a major plus in both of their favors.

Greetings. A little bit about me, eh? Well, I first read SRD when the First Chronicles first came out--I own the first edition, first printing, all three cost about $18 total. Did I just date myself? And isn't that still illegal in 23 states? Anyway, imagine my delight when I found out that the Last...