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Wood Gnome

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dunderheaded illiterate dwarf!
« on: July 18, 2007, 07:39:00 am »
my first human trading caravan had just arrived on the map (of course my road was just in sight of the map edge but not quite there yet....) and i rushed to order trade items to the depot.  this is when i noticed that my new craft dwarves hadn't been making anything.  argh!  
suddenly, as i was looking for the layabouts, one of them was struck by a strange mood and took over a leather shop.  huh.  he just stood there with an exclamation point over his head, so i went to see what he wanted, since i hadn't yet gotten doors on the workshop to lock him in with (my usual method for dealing with fey dwarves).
there i found him, squatting on his workstool muttering "Atheliklist".  huh?  darn, the fool couldn't even mutter in english.  then i got the bright idea of looking in the game files, where i remembered seeing a dwarf/english dictionary.  sure enough, i found what i was looking for... sort-of.
[T_WORD:RING_OBJECT:athel]
[T_WORD:WHISPER:iklist]
so he wants to make a whispering ring.  fabulous.  that really helped a lot.  do i have any doors in my stockpile????
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Wood Gnome

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Re: dunderheaded illiterate dwarf!
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2007, 07:46:00 am »
okay, so it turned out to be a mule leather long skirt when it was finished.  i guess my dwarf language skills aren't as sharp as i thought they were.  at least i didn't have to lock him up!
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Trichordate

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Re: dunderheaded illiterate dwarf!
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2007, 07:47:00 am »
No, you've got it backwards. He wants a ring whisper.
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Ravendas

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Re: dunderheaded illiterate dwarf!
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2007, 08:48:00 am »
Hahaha, this is normal. When they collect everything, they merely mutter the name of the creation they are making. Much like Toady must mutter "Dwarf Fortress" throughout his day.
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Wood Gnome

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Re: dunderheaded illiterate dwarf!
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2007, 10:21:00 am »
ah well, it took my jeweler THREE rough emeralds to make Azinlilum Innoklûkothsal, a Emerald bucket (ooh, wow).  he thinks he's so cool.  next i suppose he's going to use 5 rubies to make a little red wagon, then head for the beach.... hehe   :roll:
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TerminatorII

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Re: dunderheaded illiterate dwarf!
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2007, 09:06:00 pm »
I had a Jewler take a little Emerald and make a 400 lb Coffin out of it.  :) He died of thirst before he could stager to the liquor.
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Casey

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Re: dunderheaded illiterate dwarf!
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2007, 09:12:00 am »
At least you have something nice to bury him in...
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