Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

Sally Caves wrote:
>
> human-wolf.  The Norman tradition still persists today in the French
> word
> loup-garou.  Since garou has become obscure, they've added a third wolf
> to
> it.  Very curious.
>
        Yes, and we even use the semi-word garou as a suffix to describe all
kinds of people changing in animals (chien-garou, oiseau-garou -strange
one!-). It is still seen as neologism and not a productive derivation,
but maybe it's only because such creatures are hardly seen in everyday
life :) .

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