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Re: DF reference
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2011, 03:13:45 pm »
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Quote from: Cotes on March 24, 2011, 01:56:39 pm
That was an indefinite 'you'.

Also, yes, people are that stupid. Although in all fairness high-fantasy is, generally speaking, copycatting disguised as a genre. What the fanboys get confused about is who is ripping off who.
Ah. Easy to get those mixed up in text form. :) Strictly speaking, though, fantasy shouldn't be a genre at all. Narrative genres are grouped by the emotions they are meant to invoke (drama, comedy, etc.) Fantasy is just a setting. One that's been generic for the most part since Tolkien laid down the law last century.
Works can have multiple genres though. A good example is video games that usually have three distinct, separate genres for narrative, setting and gameplay. I agree fantasy normally refers to the setting, but it's still a genre. I guess the narrative counterpart would be surrealism.
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Well if you remove the [MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE] tag from dwarves I think they have like 2-4 children each time they give birth. And if you get enough mothers up on the pillars you can probably get a good waterfall going.
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Re: DF reference
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2011, 06:00:22 pm »
Quote from: Rushmik on March 24, 2011, 01:03:59 am
But.. All dwarves are Scottish.  :o

They're jewish!
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Re: DF reference
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2011, 06:45:16 pm »
Quote from: Symmetry on March 24, 2011, 06:00:22 pm
Quote from: Rushmik on March 24, 2011, 01:03:59 am
Scottish
jewish!

Clearly, they are Scottish Jews. Who are also Vikings. From Russia.

Judeo-Scóđinnoviches, if you will.
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Re: DF reference
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2011, 06:59:10 pm »
Actually, anyone who knew anything about dwarves would know that they're Welsh. But it appears the non-British are incapable of distinguishing between the various Gaelic/Celtic accents at a glance, so they've defaulted to being Scots.
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« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2011, 07:13:46 pm »
Quote from: 3 on March 24, 2011, 06:59:10 pm
Actually, anyone who knew anything about dwarves would know that they're Welsh. But it appears the non-British are incapable of distinguishing between the various Gaelic/Celtic accents at a glance, so they've defaulted to being Scots.

I always assumed dwarves were Nordic, and just used a Scottish accent since nobody knows what a Norwegian accent sounds like.
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Re: DF reference
« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2011, 10:28:33 pm »
Quote from: Interus on March 24, 2011, 07:13:46 pm
Quote from: 3 on March 24, 2011, 06:59:10 pm
Actually, anyone who knew anything about dwarves would know that they're Welsh. But it appears the non-British are incapable of distinguishing between the various Gaelic/Celtic accents at a glance, so they've defaulted to being Scots.

I always assumed dwarves were Nordic, and just used a Scottish accent since nobody knows what a Norwegian accent sounds like.
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