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General Discussion /
« on: April 13, 2005, 04:03:02 pm »
>>and Artur is celtic for \"the bear\".

No its most certainly not. Theres no ?Celtic? language. Its been dead for thousands of years. You might know a branch of the Celtic language but noone knows celtic anymore, they don?t even have a name for the language they used, they only have names for 2 of the branches of it and noone today even knows them! And the languages that came from them are almost all dead/dying as well.

You might as well say arthur is martian for ?cat?


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If anyone wants names translated/suggestions in gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) then i?d be willing to help.


Edit by Moogie: Posts merged. Please don\'t doublepost.

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Wish list /
« on: April 13, 2005, 03:43:08 pm »
>> If you are refering to their \"steel\" that is simply very pure iron folded and heated at high temps? Um, essentially that is it. Their armour was typically small (2cm x 4cm) plates of this type of iron sewn together, with some hardened leather. If I am mistaken, please tell me, but with examples please.

Except their swords were significantly better then anything Europe had to offer for a very long time. Their armour was usually made of metal and leather but you forgot to mention that it was renowned for been light and non-restrictive in movement.

The samurai were possibly and probably the most advanced warriors in the world before muskets and rifles started.

>>Western technology only? Nope, bone and antler were very North American and Siberian. Perhaps leather should also be divided into furs, suedes and rawhides. Again, tell me if I am wrong but with examples.

Howabout some Celtic/Gaelic weaponry ? Instead of a stick u could have a hurl :P

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Wish list /
« on: April 13, 2005, 10:19:08 am »
>>Right, as far as materials for armour, the only ever used historically/archaeologically (I am an archaeology major) are

And what about the armour and weapons used by the Samurai ? Are we solely using Western European technology here ?

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Wish list /
« on: April 12, 2005, 05:46:46 pm »
>>mythril wasn\'t specifically created by tolkein however, mythril is gaelic for silver, he merely changed it\'s properties to be magical silver, of elvish design

No it is not.

1. Theres no such thing as ?the gaelic language?. Its a term to describe 3 different languages, all of which originated from a certain branch of the Celtic language.

2. Tolkien disliked gaeilge (Irish gaelic) and didn?t use it in any of his books. He did use Welsh to create one of the languages (sindarin i believe) and Welsh is not a gaelic language, its from a different branch of Celtic.

3. Mythril is ?airgead? or ?soith? airgid? in gaeilge. Its not Irish Gaelic or Scottish.

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The Hydlaa Plaza /
« on: April 12, 2005, 05:38:20 pm »
>>I forget the author, but it was part of the lewellyn collection. in essence it was a textbook that explained the histories of the gaelics, the ways of the celtic shamans, natural order and balance.

History of the Gaels

Druidism is not really a religion as most people see it and what they practicised is long forgotten and can never be returned. We know very little about them and their ways today.

Druids were the wisemen, the teachers and it took years to become one. It was more law then it was religion (Check up Brehon Laws) and under it there were many classes of men including a class which were as good as slaves but the important thing about it was that even though these classes ranged in power, honour was such an important factor in their way of life that no higher class would dishonour themselves by mistreating a lower class and a lower class could call on that to help them against a higher class.

eg > If a man of higher power then you owed you something then you had the right under law to go to his house and starve yourself to death on his doorstep. If you died he was dishonoured.

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General Discussion /
« on: April 12, 2005, 04:53:24 pm »
>>speaking of worst laguage to learn, try chinese, especially traditional chinese

I?ve heard that alright but i?d have to try it to believe it. English is actually supposed to be particularily difficult for non-native speakers but gaeilge (Irish gaelic) is extremely difficult.

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General Discussion /
« on: April 12, 2005, 04:50:23 pm »
>> would you choose english or gaelic, provided that you\'re capable of writing in both?

Theres no such language as gaelic. Gaelic is a term to describe 3 different languages and also as a term to describe a particular culture of people i.e > The gaels.

Theres Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic), Scottish Gaelic and Manx (Isle of Man).

I?d choose gaeilge.

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