[projectaon] Re: Spellchecked 25totw
- From: Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:04:47 +0000
Ingo Kloecker wrote:
I used the Old Kingdom Spell 'Spell Checker' on 25totw:
And I'll make use of Counterspell Checker. :-D
(ne) 25totw blurb: darklands -> Darklands
(ne) 25totw blurb: succesfully -> successfully
(ne) 25totw blurb: missionéor -> mission or
mission...or. Fixed.
(er) 25totw 11, 300: pole-arms -> polearms [ik: as in 155 and the other books
(see below)]
**Escalated!
(er) 25totw 30: spluttering torches -> sputtering torches [ik: or maybe not
(see below)]
Fixed--including all the relevant issues listed below . . .
(er) 25totw 35: Dargorse buds -> Dargorse Buds [ik: as everywhere else in this
book]
**Escalated! At this point, the Dargorse Buds are not in your possession. I don't know whether to
capitalise Buds or lower-case Dargorse.
(er) 25totw 93, 203, 218, 271, 285, 338, 342: mortice -> mortise [ik: same
replacement was made in 24rw]
(er) 25totw 97: Skyrza -> Skryza [ik: as everywhere else in this book]
(ne) 25totw 101: Threre -> There
(er) 25totw 110: sky-craft -> skycraft [ik: as in 26tfobm and 27v]
(ne) 25totw 164: ENDRUANCE -> ENDURANCE
(ne) 25totw 275: Magnaikai -> Magnakai
Fixed!
All occurrences of pole-arm(s) vs. polearm(s)
25totw 11: in their bony hands are rusty pole-arms of differing type and
origin.
25totw 300: in their bony hands are rusty pole-arms of differing type and
origin.
24rw 31: at you and swings his bladed polearm at your head.
25totw 155: at your chest with this rusty polearm. The tip of the halberd
slices
28thos 54: Yeng with their razor-tipped polearms.
28thos 54: armed with razor-tipped polearms.
28thos 237: the halberd-like polearms that are issued only
Standardise to polearm seems to easiest solution here, though neither appears
in my dictionary. :-\
All occurrences of spluttering vs. sputtering
04tcod 40: to a smaller passage lit by a spluttering torch.
06tkot 49: fingers then walks over to a spluttering wall torch,
06tkot 221: The soldier removes a spluttering torch from a
07cd 217: flame sparks into life like a spluttering fuse.
07cd 246: flame sparks into life like a spluttering fuse.
07cd 317: flame bursts into life like a spluttering fuse.
09tcof 135: he halts beneath one of the spluttering torches
Fixed!
13tplor 246: the surface, choking and spluttering like a netted fish.
15tdc 187: Prarg laughs as he watches you spluttering,
Unnecessary.
18dotd 120: The hall is lit by a hundred spluttering candles
Fixed!
18dotd 132: Coughing and spluttering, the wretch stirs
Unnecessary.
19wb 204: to form a spluttering flame which
Fixed!
19wb 324: Coughing and spluttering, you bob to the surface and
23mh 51: fall to the deck, choking and spluttering as they fight
23mh 119: fall to the deck, choking and spluttering as they fight
Unnecessary.
25totw 30: is lined with iron hooks and spluttering torches.
Fixed!
Gah! We're still finding issues in Books 1-9, albeit very minor ones. I'll update the errata pages
in a bit--the server seems to be down at the moment.
--
Simon Osborne
Project Aon
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