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Re: CHAT: RPGs (was Re: Wargs)

From:Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 27, 1999, 22:00
John Cowan wrote:

> > A werewolf was more than just a man wolf-like, > > Hey, if "man wolf" was a good enough compound for our Anglo-Saxon predecessors, > it should be good enough for us!
Well, more importantly, specific names of new or alleged (and therefore, not very well known) phenomena are not usually given based on detailed information -- if all you know, really, about him is that he's like a wolf, well "man-wolf" is an accurate naming given your understanding of him. ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." Denn wo Begriffe fehlen, Da stellt ein Wort zur rechten Zeit sich ein. -- Mephistopheles, in Goethe's _Faust_ ========================================================