[projectaon] Re: weird 02fotw erratum
- From: Sam Seaver <samseaver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:26:19 -0500
Are there any other instances of this sign of Vonotar the Traitor, or
is it just the two in FoW?
S
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 26/04/2009 11:42, Ingo Kloecker wrote:
>>
>> Not sure. In 03tcok, section 26 we have
>>
>> "The Ice Barbarians also have curious Bracelets attached to their left
>> wrists."
>>
>> I checked a few other occurrences of "wrists". It seems "wrists" almost
>> always refers to the two wrists of one or more persons.
>>
>> For example in 21votm, section 31:
>> "These poor wretches wear heavy iron manacles which encase their wrists
>> and ankles. Standing behind them are eight hard-faced guards, each with
>> a loop of knotted rope that dangles menacingly from their wrists."
>
> I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is the use of the word 'each' which makes
> the difference.
>
> "Each [singular] has a chain on his [singular] left wrist [singular]."
>
> "The Barbarians [plural] have bracelets [plural] on their [contextually
> plural] left wrist [singular]" reads very strangely to me--though that
> doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong, of course!
>
>> "their left wrists" sound strange to my (German) ears. In German we'd
>> say "their left/right wrist" if we talk about one wrist of several
>> persons and we'd say "their wrists" if we talk about both wrists of
>> several persons.
>
> Out of context it probably does sound strange; but in context it seems to be
> better grammatically. Another escalation! :-)
>
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