Re: (TFT) names for folk

["John Paul Bakshoian" <shadowhex@hotmail.com>]

Cas

I thought it would be a tough sell.  Is there a nickname for half races?  I 
have several combinations and it would shure be better to use HALFLINGS than 
calling them mongrels or bastards or whatever.

Elven half orcs; Dwarven half elves; goblin half orcs; etc.

Hail Melee,
John Paul


> From: "casliber@ozemail.com.au" <casliber@ozemail.com.au>
> Subject: (TFT) names for folk
> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 01:35:52 "GMT"
>
> Dear JPB,
> calling half-orcs & half-elves halflings?? Naah, halfling & hobbit are 
> synonymous in my grey matter. We did start calling Reptilemen 'Repies 
> (sing. Repy) as a gender neutral term (reptileperson sounded naff). This is 
> very Australian. We here make diminutives in -y or -ie all the time: 
> biscuit=bikkie, mosquito=mozzie, breakfast=brekkie, TV=telly, 
> trucker=truckie, wharfie (=waterfront worker), cocky=cockatoo or cockroach
> yours colloquially,
> Cas


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