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Wiles

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Typo in creature_large_ocean
« on: February 28, 2008, 08:52:00 pm »

In creature_large_ocean.txt whales have an inconsistent name for their children.

[CHILDNAME:whale calf:baby calves]

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Re: Typo in creature_large_ocean
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2008, 10:41:00 pm »

Calves is actually, in fact, the plural of Calf. Looks fine to me.
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Re: Typo in creature_large_ocean
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2008, 10:46:00 pm »

"baby" is not "whale" though.  Fixed for next time.
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Re: Typo in creature_large_ocean
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2008, 11:49:00 pm »

Full of fat, makes gurgling noises, horrifying as a zombie, massively huge.

Sounds like a baby to me.

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Re: Typo in creature_large_ocean
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2008, 01:05:00 am »

Babies aren't that big...  That's what makes them such unsatisfying meals.
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Re: Typo in creature_large_ocean
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2008, 01:09:00 am »

Easy enough to fix.

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Re: Typo in creature_large_ocean
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2008, 02:09:00 am »

Dear lord.  All of you people missed it.

[CHILDNAME:whale calf:baby calves]
[CHILDNAME: SINGLUAR :  PLURAL   ]

One is a whale calf, two are baby calves?

Baby whats?

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Re: Typo in creature_large_ocean
« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2008, 02:12:00 am »

No, I don't think that was missed.  Untelligent skimmed past it, but I think he was the only one.