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Re: OT: Corpses, etc. (was: Re: Gender in conlangs (was: Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)))

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Monday, November 10, 2003, 14:02
--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Quoting Costentin Cornomorus > <elemtilas@...>: > > > --- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote: > > > > > That's why you've got these African > throwing > > > knives with multiple curved > > > blades - they've always got something sharp > in > > > front. > > > > That's cheating! That's worse than wearing > > armour! What kind of honourless scoundrels > fight > > with weapons like that? > > I can't at the moment recall exactly from where > these things are, and my books > are in Sweden. Sorry.
There are certainly throwing stars, which are East Asian. Watch any martial arts movie for examples. Then there's that chakram that Xena throws about. Padraic. ===== fas peryn omen c' yng ach h-yst yn caleor peryn ndia; enffoge yn omen ach h-yst yn caleor per la gouitha. [T. Pratchett] -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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