Kevin's Watch

"But two list-worthy words which are unlikely to find their way into "The Last Chronicles" are: "rachitic" and "nystagmus."


Look them up!!

You know, when i first read about Stonemight Woodhelven in TWL, I thought, "Ah, how terrible to see a rachitic Woodhelven! It must have been built by nystagmatic Hirebrands!"

I'm very concerned that Mr. Donaldson has closed off two potentially fruitful avenues of vocabularic prowess. Anyone want to take bets on the use of "borborygmus" in the Last Chrons?

This begins to remind me again of Blackadder and Johnson's dictionary: 'Give Dr. Johnson my most sincere contrafibularities,' etc.

But never fear, one man's loss is another man's lozenge (or something like that). I may have found a use for 'rachitic' in my current work in progress. So there.

I feel that the loss of "rachitic" is made up for by "flensing" in the prologue.

I'd rather have rachitic than flensing any day. Flansing seems somewhat more unpleasant. Or perhaps my comprehension of the words is slightly rachitic

CovenantJr wrote:I'd rather have rachitic than flensing any day. Flansing seems somewhat more unpleasant. Or perhaps my comprehension of the words is slightly rachitic

Ugh, flensing. Indeed. Better to be bow-legged than to have the blubber cut away from your skin. Most of the time, anyway.