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 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:06 pm
woot! so, Dwayne Reynolds is the one who plys Drow all the time, eh? ninja i'll remember that.
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:50 pm
Chieftain Twilight woot! so, Dwayne Reynolds is the one who plys Drow all the time, eh? ninja i'll remember that. i dont think thats really who he meant, lol but ok
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:30 pm
oh noes! is this all we know about the language?
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:51 pm
I am sure you hate people bumping as much as i do (especially after my own post), but it is necessary so.....
BUMP! crying The pain! Keep sharing you information please, it benefits no one to keep such knowlege to oneself....or does it? idk let me know
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:23 pm
Here you go. I got this out of Candlekeep's library ( www.candlekeep.com ). A good source for all things Forgotten Realms related in your RPG'ing,. While not dogma, it provides an interesting angle on the subject:
Drow
Each drow city has it's own dialect. This is largely due to the fact that drow cities are isolated by the geography and the physical make up of the under dark and the fact the drow highly xenophobic. While trade and commerce do take place, little cultural exchange occurs. Like their surface cousins, the differences between dialects are not enough to constitute a change in language. However to natives, or those surface dwellers that are trained and observant, there are noticeable differences in the speech patterns of the drow cities.
Surface dwellers often say that the drow language, regardless of dialect, is disturbing to hear. Sounds that emulate dripping water, wind blowing through a cavern, the clicking of giant spiders, moans and the like constitute much of the tongue and echo-like inflections are usually present. Much of this disturbing effect is lost on the drow themselves, who have spoken this language for millennia.
Understanding the drow language is possibly more disturbing than the eerie sounds of which it is made. There are 23 different drow words for cavern, 7 for the kinds of water found in the under dark, 11 for the under dark emanations (or radiation) and 1,284 different words for torture. There are no drow words for selflessness, compassion or joy, as these are largely alien concepts to the dark elves. There is also no native drow poetry or songs.
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:11 pm
Lady Zeenat Here you go. I got this out of Candlekeep's library ( www.candlekeep.com ). A good source for all things Forgotten Realms related in your RPG'ing,. While not dogma, it provides an interesting angle on the subject: DrowEach drow city has it's own dialect. This is largely due to the fact that drow cities are isolated by the geography and the physical make up of the under dark and the fact the drow highly xenophobic. While trade and commerce do take place, little cultural exchange occurs. Like their surface cousins, the differences between dialects are not enough to constitute a change in language. However to natives, or those surface dwellers that are trained and observant, there are noticeable differences in the speech patterns of the drow cities.
Surface dwellers often say that the drow language, regardless of dialect, is disturbing to hear. Sounds that emulate dripping water, wind blowing through a cavern, the clicking of giant spiders, moans and the like constitute much of the tongue and echo-like inflections are usually present. Much of this disturbing effect is lost on the drow themselves, who have spoken this language for millennia.
Understanding the drow language is possibly more disturbing than the eerie sounds of which it is made. There are 23 different drow words for cavern, 7 for the kinds of water found in the under dark, 11 for the under dark emanations (or radiation) and 1,284 different words for torture. There are no drow words for selflessness, compassion or joy, as these are largely alien concepts to the dark elves. There is also no native drow poetry or songs.Thanks so much, i will get to reading it and then see if i still have any more questions, i never did think of the different dialect thing even though it is so obvious
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