Re: Nur-ellen universes

On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, andrew wrote:

>Am 08/27 01:18  J?rg Rhiemeier yscrifef:
>
>> Thank you for "officially" adopting my language into your universe!
>>
>You're welcome.
Ke? Did I miss _another_ staff meeting? Ke bass? Que sount y
Noureyenne?

>> Of course, Nur-ellen *there* will differ from Nur-ellen *here*.
>> For example, *here* it has borrowed quite a number of words for nasty,
>> detestable things from German during WWII and later.  The Elves love
>> naming things, but they refuse to name things which, in their opinion,
>> should never have existed.
>> Instead, they borrow words from other languages for them.  During WWII,
>> they developed the tradition of borrowing words for especially evil
>> things from what was the Black Speech of that time, i.e. German.  So, we
>> find the following German words in Nur-ellen:
>>
>> atombomb "atomic bomb", lager "concentration camp", katset "ibid.",
>> natsi "Nazi", kernkraftverk "nuclear power station", brenshtab "nuclear
>> fuel rod",
>> and quite a number of others.
>>
>> The language has also borrowed from English, Welsh, Irish and other
>> languages.
>> Nur-ellen *there* certainly has a different set of borrowings, including
>> many from Brithenig.  How parallel is the history of continental Europe
>> *there*?  Was there a Nazi Germany, for instance?
>>
>There were 'Great Wars' in Europe in the Brithenig time-line, at least
>two.  The history of these events have not yet been ascertained.
Yar. The Germans had the Bomb, but in exchange, had to dump all the
Nazis into Boston Harbour. Sorry, it's 1am! No Nazis; for if I'm not
mistaken they still have a Kaiser (as if _they_ were ever part of the
Empire!!) Airships figure prominently, though. Oo, by the by; I had a
dream a few nights past concerning an aerial battle between Kemrese
and German forces. A squadron of experimental aeroplanes (barely)
managed to take down a Kemrese 'ship.  It seemed pretty big, in
comparison to the planes, but an even bigger 'ship came into view from
behind and shot down all the planes. It was a pretty impressive sight,
seeing the big 'ship sink in flames that way. Lots of smoke, too.

Padraic.

>- andrew.
>--
>Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
>
>             Jesus Christ is raging, raging in the streets.
And why not! What with the state of what passes for "paving" anymore.