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[Katia]

Hi Laufey, I've noticed you've used a few Thayvian phrases such as "tazurel kin", "darm kin", etc and I'm curious as to what their origins are. Did FR ever release a kind of Thayvian dictionary?

From Eddie's pseudo-Russo-Hungarian accent, I would have thought that the Thayvian language would have been slavonic/magyar in sound but this doesn't seem to be the case.

For example, let's take the phrase "My Love"...

Thayvian: Tazurel kin.

Russian: Lyubimaya moya

Hungarian: Szerelmem

Oh well, even if there's no similarities I would still love to hear Elvira ask her son's sweetheart, "Akarsz csinalni hazassag elotti szerzodest?"

(Translation: Do you know what a pre-nuptial agreement is?)

Edited by Katia, 09 June 2004 - 10:48 PM.

[Laufey]

Hi Laufey, I've noticed you've used a few Thayvian phrases such as "tazurel kin", "darm kin", etc and I'm curious as to what their origins are. Did FR ever release a kind of Thayvian dictionary?

From Eddie's pseudo-Russo-Hungarian accent, I would have thought that the Thayvian language would have been slavonic/magyar in sound but this doesn't seem to be the case.

For example, let's take the phrase "My Love"...

Thayvian: Tazurel kin.

Russian: Lyubimaya moya

Hungarian: Szerelmem

Oh well, even if there's no similarities I would still love to hear Elvira ask her son's sweetheart, "Akarsz csinalni hazassag elotti szerzodest?"

(Translation: Do you know what a pre-nuptial agreement is?)

If there is a Thayvian dictionary, I don't know about it. The phrases I've used in Cards are entirely my own invention. I think that although Eddie's accent is Russian, and Thay reminds me somewhat of Russia, Thay also reminds me a bit of ancient Persia or something, and so I didn't try to make my 'Thayvian' especially Russian.

And yes, I'd *love* to use that phrase for Elvira at some point.