DirePenguin Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 When Walder said "match you son for son" does he mean just pair them up? Or kill them off equally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 more kill them off equally. If one of yours is killed for one of mine I'll still be left with many sons. He's not proposing that they actually fight to the death, just making a point about how many children he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 What is rank on rank?(long list of Freys) leading a long column of pikemen, rank on rank of shuffling men in blue steel ringmail and silvery grey cloaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 row by row (or line by line). If you have a column of soldiers then rather than saying that they stood in rows you can say that they stood in ranks (or in this case marched in ranks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 What is "knick"? Couldn't find it in dictionary. Chop off heads?Since when do they knick traitors on the steps of the Great Sept? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Punish or behead traitors, I'd say. Is it not spelt "nick"? That would mean to cut (the traitor's head off), in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Thanks Angalin. This one really has a "k". Miss type then I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 what would a hard pike of a man look like? Very thin, sharp features?At his side stood the Lord Hos Blackwood, a hard pike of a man with close-cropped salt-and-pepper whiskers and a hook nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Yes, exactly that kind of thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Does marry has other meaning other than man-woman marrying? Why shouldn’t we rule ourselves again? It was the dragons we married, and the dragons are all dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Does marry has other meaning other than man-woman marrying?It can also be used as a metaphor for binding things together. In this case, the North is 'married' into the Targaryens project of a united Seven Kingdoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hi Everyone.Finally I'll say I have completed the first book. :) And understand it the way I never did during my first read (alone). Thank you so much everyone. The amount of help I've received was . . . I don't know what word would be appropriate, but it was unbelievable :bowdown:Before this thread, I've completed book 2 on my own too and still can't decide if I should skip ahead to book 3, or start another English help thread for book 2 :blushing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I can't speak for the others but it's been my pleasure, DirePenguin, It's not often a native-speaker gets to think about their language from the outside. Your questions have been fun to answer and in answering I got to think about GRRM's writing style and taught myself a bit about English as well.Whatever you choose to do next, you'll have at least one person writing back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tijde Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I found your first English thread while searching for something else, and I just read through both. Loved them. If you decide to do this again for another book, could you post here to let us know please? I'll try to help answer your questions too. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Thanks Tijde :)After a short break and concentrating on my job, I decided to start reading book 3. Just started today and already have a few questions lol. Once I create a thread I'll make sure to post it here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimWolf Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Surely you won't be posting quotes from book 3 in this forum. Surely you'll stick them in the SoS Still Reading forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 yea I started a new thread a few days ago :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe11093 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 You guys are seriously awesome. I sometimes find difficulties reading it too. It's nice to see that people are willing to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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