Comments on: Annotated 42-21

By: cbus

cbus — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:06:10 +0000

When I read Guilded Age the first time, I thought it was pronounced it like “ver-reksh-ndzh”, because the first two syllables would’ve had a little meaning in my native language where it’s usual to read “sch” as “sh” (as in “ship”). But I thought that didn’t make sense. Only when starting to read the annotated version, I found the explanation.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:41:08 +0000

I missed that one, too. Syr’Nj and Fr’Nj were so completely obvious to me as to feel a little blunt but Faereksch’Nj was just some letters. And I think I just noticed the reason: “Fair exchange” has the emphasis on the last syllable, but the name has an apostrophe at that position, thus a de-emphasized syllable. Impossible to use the same intonation, thus, and suddenly the whole rythm/melody changes, and the word becomes unrecognizable to my ears, because I can’t read it and not emphasize the second syllable.

The ‘mphas’s is on the wrong s’llabl’

By: T

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 13:55:02 +0000

Hate to spoil Tavis’ joke, but it’s a rough homophone for “fair exchange.”

By: Velgar

Velgar — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 13:23:41 +0000

Nice!

So…

What’s the reference? OuO

By: Tavis

Tavis — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:49:06 +0000

For such enlightenment, do you have something to offer in fair exchange?
No need, though, it’s freely given.