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ingsve:

--- Quote from: Lajaki on February 09, 2011, 02:24:53 am ---Do the Dothraki even know what fish are? They tend to avoid water...

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Going by how temperate the dothraki sea seems to be with all the grass they should see some rain from time to time which means there are probably lakes here and there. So they might at least know some fresh water fish.

Memziri:

--- Quote from: seabass on February 08, 2011, 05:18:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: Lajaki on February 07, 2011, 03:42:56 am ---Dothraki name

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As soon as there's a (public, announced) word for "fish."

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zhaqe:[ZaqE]DP n.bassfish 

eh?????????????????????????????????????????????? Was this word created specifically for you?!

I'm just a tuna swimming in your wake, o great one! =D

ingsve:

--- Quote from: judytuna on April 28, 2011, 08:37:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: seabass on February 08, 2011, 05:18:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: Lajaki on February 07, 2011, 03:42:56 am ---Dothraki name

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As soon as there's a (public, announced) word for "fish."

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zhaqe:[ZaqE]DP n.bassfish 

eh?????????????????????????????????????????????? Was this word created specifically for you?!

I'm just a tuna swimming in your wake, o great one! =D

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I think the conversation went something like this:

[22:32] <ingsve> payoang needs to know the word for fish or seabass in dothraki
[22:33] <DavidJPeterson> Sea bass? Probably would be a borrowing, if it made its way into Dothraki at all.
[22:34] <DavidJPeterson> Their ocean vocabulary is scant, at best.
[22:34] <ingsve> I was speculating that the dothraki sea might have lakes at least so a fresh water equivalent probably should exist
[22:35] <DavidJPeterson> Oh, certainly. The Womb of the World is a lake, after all.
[22:35] <DavidJPeterson> There's a scene in the book where they bathe in it.
[22:35] <Payoang> But yes. A fishy word-- I mean, word for "Fish" would be lovely
[22:36] <DavidJPeterson> Hang on, I want to explore this "bass" bit a little bit. There are freshwater bass, are there not?
[22:36] <ingsve> yes
[22:37] <Payoang> Allegedly, basses come in various varietals: black, giant, chilean, european, spotted, largemouth, australian.
[22:37] <DavidJPeterson> I do have a word for that.
[22:37] <DavidJPeterson> It's a back-formation, in reality.
[22:38] <DavidJPeterson> In the context of the language, though, it's the name from which Zhaqo (in the book Jhaqo) comes.
[22:38] <DavidJPeterson> The word is zhaqe.

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