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::Very interesting info that you've written. But even though we have *far* more leeway than the WPers do, we really can't say "The opinion of this author is that it goes something like "Faf-rrrrd" where the "rrrr" is a throaty rolled R in the manner partway between that of the Scots and the French; that is, as he would imagine it in the throat of the Norsemen of a thousand years ago." I think we could get away with "Some feel that it might be "Faf etc etc." [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 22:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | ::Very interesting info that you've written. But even though we have *far* more leeway than the WPers do, we really can't say "The opinion of this author is that it goes something like "Faf-rrrrd" where the "rrrr" is a throaty rolled R in the manner partway between that of the Scots and the French; that is, as he would imagine it in the throat of the Norsemen of a thousand years ago." I think we could get away with "Some feel that it might be "Faf etc etc." [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 22:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | ||
::: You don't know how strong the fences are till you rattle them! Unfortunately I think the "some" in that last sentence would be the "some" in the mathematical sense, i.e. "at least one, erm, well actually, just one, er, me". No matter. --[[User:Matthew Simon Quartermain|Matthew Simon Quartermain]] 22:43, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
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This page is a labour of love. Everything is cut from whole cloth - there has been no reference to external websites except for ISFDB which I've used as my source work for publishing details (still to be added).
Clearly the sections on Nehwon and Lankhmar can be greatly expanded, and probably need a page of their own. It was not my intent here to major on those subjects - the main thrust here is to provide precis (what's the plural of precis? My mind's gone blank) of the F&GM stories in the context of the published canon which sets them out in order, before I put the books up for sale on ebay.
Once I've done this I may move on to Conan. Take that, if you please, as a Dire Warning. ;-) I'm having incredible fun here. --Matthew Simon Quartermain 09:55, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Without bothering to look it up, I would say that the plural of precis is precis. Or précis, if we wanna be fancy. Hayford Peirce 20:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
pronunciation
Mouser is easy enough to figure out, but all my life I've been baffled by Fafhrd, and I don't hang around people who talk about these guys. I suppose I could have asked Anderson or Silverberg or someone like that back when I lived in the Bay Area, but I never thought to. Could you maybe, even in the article itself, give us a clue as to how this really weird-looking name might be pronounced? Thanks! (In fact, now that I think of it, *especially* in the article, this info should be known.) Hayford Peirce 20:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Of course! On the case. Might take me a while to find the appropriate references, but consider it done. --Matthew Simon Quartermain 21:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Very interesting info that you've written. But even though we have *far* more leeway than the WPers do, we really can't say "The opinion of this author is that it goes something like "Faf-rrrrd" where the "rrrr" is a throaty rolled R in the manner partway between that of the Scots and the French; that is, as he would imagine it in the throat of the Norsemen of a thousand years ago." I think we could get away with "Some feel that it might be "Faf etc etc." Hayford Peirce 22:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- You don't know how strong the fences are till you rattle them! Unfortunately I think the "some" in that last sentence would be the "some" in the mathematical sense, i.e. "at least one, erm, well actually, just one, er, me". No matter. --Matthew Simon Quartermain 22:43, 2 May 2010 (UTC)