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Meriak

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  • Birthday 03/17/1986

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  1. I have to agree with beniowa, you're really lucky. I love Kay and I loved the Prairie Ink/McNally when I visited last summer. Both together should be awesome.
  2. Something I like about languages are words that aren't the translation of the same word in another language. I don't mean words that don't exist in English (or the Westeros common tongue) because the thing or concept simply doesn't exist in that culture like a type of sword either. The word would exist because the culture pinpointed an emotion or a state of mind more accurately. Like the word 'eager' doesn't have a perfect equivalent in French. In Québec, we have the word 'évaché'. It means to be in a relaxed state of mind while laying or sitting on a couch-chair-bed in a position that radiates said state of mind by being the most comfortable and relaxed position possible, taking as much space as you can, placing your limbs anywhere and keeping your body limp. It is much better that the French of France term 'avachi' (although it means close to the same thing) and doesn't have a perfect English translation either. So on top of the 37 Dothraki words for horses and the Dothraki word for falling from a horse being different than the one for falling from a cliff, the Dothraki could have a word used in Dany's wedding meaning you're both horny and hungry at the same time and things like that. The easiest way to create a phenomenon is of course to target the introduction of a new meme (this is sparta, cake is a lie), but if you can get people to use a Dothraki word to describe something in real life or on the internet that isn't related to asoiaf, which would be easier to do with a word that doesn't have a perfect equivalent in English and have an funny connotation, then its already something.
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