Jonathan Blake wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Here's a list of changes I think should be made based on precedent and my understanding. Comments welcome. 12tmod 15, 289: Nadziranim temple guard -> Nadziran temple guard (cf. 18dotd Section 164 Errata) ...I left our last discussion with the impression that we were going to leave this as is because these are used interchangeably throughout the books. There's no strong reason in my mind to change it at this point.
The list I posted contained only the instances I considered might need changing; the VAST majority of occurrences of Nadziranim I automatically rejected.
That said, possibly quite a number of this list could also be rejected if we consider the use to be adjectival. I've never really thought of the Nadziranim as a *race* (e.g. Drakkarim, Sommlending), but I suppose they are, so the term could quite conceivably be used as an adjective relating to them. I do feel that Nadziranim sorcerer (lit. "Black sorcerer (adj.?) sorcerer") potentially contains a similar redundancy to "Sierra Madre Mountains".
Unless there are any objections, I'm putting this on my reminder list to revisit next year after the Big Push is over (or whatever it is we're calling it). :)
The Big Push, The Final Battle, Devergeddon--any name's OK as long as we complete--or get close to completing--the release of the Lone Wolf series. ;-)
There is a Nadziran/im issue on the list from Book 25; when we work on that one, we should get some sort of precedent that affects a number of other instances on that list, hopefully. Wolf's Bane should take precedence.
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