I guess the King of Rohan was belittling his own people when he bid them, "Forth, Eorlingas!"
In my homebrew campaign, male halflings are "bucks," and females are "jills," emphasizing that the snooty elves view them as domestic livestock.
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In Scarred Lands Halflings are a slave race. They are there to be abused.
No wonder that their kindly gods take extreme stances on interracial issues... and that unlucky folks found themselves targeted sorely because of a few additional inches.
Of course, that's the same setting where term "druid" is synonymous with "savage cannibal", and where nice folks still need to sacrifice little furry animals on dark altars to appease nasty gods.
Regards,
Ruemere
Not exactly slaves. Just defenseless and therefor taken advantage of.
Druids are not exactly cannibals either, they just follow the Titans, not all of whom were evil.
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In Scarred Lands Halflings are a slave race. They are there to be abused.
No wonder that their kindly gods take extreme stances on interracial issues... and that unlucky folks found themselves targeted sorely because of a few additional inches.
Of course, that's the same setting where term "druid" is synonymous with "savage cannibal", and where nice folks still need to sacrifice little furry animals on dark altars to appease nasty gods.
Regards,
RuemereNot exactly slaves. Just defenseless and therefor taken advantage of.
Druids are not exactly cannibals either, they just follow the Titans, not all of whom were evil.
In fact, one of the ways that King Virduk got halflings on his side was to make them feel empowered. One of the best PrC from the Scarred Lands is the Halfling Stalker.
Dwarves call them "pebbles"
Hill Giants call them "toes"
You folks have your etymology all wrong.
ling noun
1: any of various fishes (as a hake or burbot) of the cod family
2: lingcodTherefore, a halfling is half cod, half... um... not-cod.
That's the kind of clarity we look for you to bring to discussions Vic. Thanks for sharing . . . ;)
NONE of Prof. Tolkien's etymologies are wrong. But I agree that there's a lot fishy about this thread. More herring than cod, though.
You folks have your etymology all wrong.
ling noun
1: any of various fishes (as a hake or burbot) of the cod family
2: lingcodTherefore, a halfling is half cod, half... um... not-cod.
Somehow, this is Cosmo's mustache's fault.
Somehow, this is Cosmo's mustache's fault.You folks have your etymology all wrong.
ling noun
1: any of various fishes (as a hake or burbot) of the cod family
2: lingcodTherefore, a halfling is half cod, half... um... not-cod.
Soo...you're saying Cosmo has a mustachling? Is that what you're saying?
Soo...you're saying Cosmo has a mustachling? Is that what you're saying?
I knew there was something fishy about that guy.
I knew there was something fishy about that guy.Soo...you're saying Cosmo has a mustachling? Is that what you're saying?
'Ware his mackerel-ly wrath!
If vegetarians eat vegetables,whaddya think humanitarians eat?
If vegetarians eat vegetables,whaddya think humanitarians eat?
If they're only a little peckish, humanlings.
If vegetarians eat vegetables,whaddya think humanitarians eat?If they're only a little peckish, humanlings.
So for clarifications sake,are those Humanlings less than human,related to Human,or (my personal favorite) undisciplined fishpeople??
......Apple Dumplings,anyone?
......Apple Dumplings,anyone?
Insulting to dumps, obviously.
......Apple Dumplings,anyone?Insulting to dumps, obviously.
Well,Apples get the troops moving anyway,and that's more offensive to the nose than anything else.
{rolls through thread}
{rolls through thread}
"....Squeeze the jelly from yer eyes!! Actually it's quite good on toast..."
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.......Like a little army....marching.....for my glory.....
Who posts gibberish comments on an off-topic discussion cuz he's bored and imbues commas with life of their own for that same reason? No,seriously,the one in row three is named blue. And the two in that sentence were twins named telling and smelling. The Commas save my life. Every Day.
As long as you're an Oxford Comma man, we're cool.
As long as you're an Oxford Comma man, we're cool.
Maybe someday,Commas permitting.
gtg,peace out,Commas.