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I'm about to check out the significance of Esmer's name on the 'net if I can...anyone with the usual SRD reading tools like an old english dictionary and such might could help me out? I really wonder about the green eyed boy...and there's ALWAYS a hidden message in names! :lol:

Isn't Esmer something chemistry-ish? Maybe? I don't know...I doubt that's what SRD was going for...
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Skurj - Scourge
Anele - to worship; or to harden metal
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Isn't "anele" a typically SRD word for healing? Doesn't it appear in a poem about Andelain maybe? I don't have the books with me, at home on break...

anele
v.t. archaic anoint; administer extreme unction to.
says one online dictionary.

anele
A verb
1 anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate

administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
says another.

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According to my dictionary, it is the act of kneeling.
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Maybe I'm thinking of a different spelling. Or completely wrong. Or desperately in need of sleep...Oh well, it's Esmer I'm really curious about...hope something turns up, Google sure didn't help...I'll check the SRD site at some point I'm sure...
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To me the name Esmer evokes two different names. One is Mesmer, the inventor of curing with magnetism (mesmerize), the other is the painter Escher, who painted tricky pictures...

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Isn't it a Turkish Folk Dance?

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That showed up a lot in Google, but I doubt the dance had any influence...Maybe it has no meaning, but I would rather it did.
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10k Gold Wielder wrote:Isn't it a Turkish Folk Dance?

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Close - esmer is the Turkish word for brunette
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Brunettes are the best. :)
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Loremaster. Thou art correct!
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Edinburghemma from Afar wrote:Loremaster. Thou art correct!
Thou art brunette!
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Indeed. So art thou. (kinda-prob not as dark as me-ina good way). I have missed you Loremaster.
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Edinburghemma from Afar wrote:Indeed. So art thou. (kinda-prob not as dark as me-ina good way). I have missed you Loremaster.
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...I was looking for a title and you provided,,,The Mists of Esmer Ilse...okay okay...maybe...The Mists of ELsemer Ilse..or The Missed Ire of Elsemer or The Aisle Elsemer Missed,,or I'll Miss You for SomebodyElsemer...or I Miss The Days With Elmer,by B Bunny...yea,,that the ticket.........MEL
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:goodpost: I think? LOL, lurch.
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Didn't Samantha from Bewitched have an Aunt Esmerelda?
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Fist and Faith wrote:Didn't Samantha from Bewitched have an Aunt Esmerelda?
YES! As I remember she a bit of a ditz!
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Just a bit. ;)
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Fist and Faith wrote:Didn't Samantha from Bewitched have an Aunt Esmerelda?
You lost me... this is significant why?

(not being sarcastic, I am genuinely confused...)
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