Recent content by Andrew Johnson [FXS]

This is correct.

Re: the changing language on already-founded cities. I love the idea, but here's where my brain goes: Londinium - Lundres - London. Great, works. Londinium - [Shawnee] - [Mughal]. Ok I know how Shawnee pronunciation goes I might be able to do th- Londinium x [all exploration civs] x [all...

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This one just came out! https://www.okgazette.com/arts-culture/preservation-partners-12971289

I know my Augustus from my Julius! But the line is just so good... Re: another poster liking Isabella's lines, thanks! I wanted to make a character who felt entitled to the world, but also felt the need to say that she didn't feel entitled to the world. "I don't want it for me, but for God (in...

Yes.

I think I can put the Huntington critique a bit better. By grouping countries by culture, Huntington makes the error (a typical senior professor error, I might add) of stepping outside of his realm of knowledge without getting versed in what's out there. One could categorize places by economic...

Here's my take. Hobsbawm, Eric. Age of... series. These are three volumes that go in depth into global (albeit largely Europe-centered) dynamics throughout the core of our Modern era (the "long 19th century"). They are vital at understanding economic, political, and cultural currents and how...

Sort of. Pali has gone down its own path as the language of Theravada Buddhism, and has, like church Latin, changed over the years (perhaps more so). It is so closely associated with religious texts that it's often categorized off on its own, but, yes, it is related (often thought of as the root...

เราก็เข้าใจความแตกต่างระวังสยามกับพม่าแล้านะครับ (“We get the difference between Siam and Burma” - in Siamese. I took seven years of it, only one year of Burmese I’m afraid, but I do have a PhD on the region)

I am immune to Pokémon references, being too old for it when it came out. I get them, but they don’t stick in my head. I was a kid in the 80s - the Atari 2600 was my first console. There IS an inconsistency in the Civ name - “Inca,” and not “Inka”, was simply so recognized. But when you get...

Well, not *originally,* but it’s how it’s spelled in Quechua.

We had a historian (me, in this particular case) on the sessions giving pronunciation or contextual coaching, and for many non-English words we went over the pronunciation beforehand. I can read Hangul and understand the distinction betweenㅕand ㅛ (I taught Southeast Asian Studies at Sogang...

The civilopedia was... an effort. It's big. Hopefully it satisfies your curiosity. I also wanted to point out the intentional irony of "itsaraphab" here. "Freedom" is granted... to become part of Siam. Siam remained uncolonized, but the view from Lanna or Patani (the former a formerly...