LINESII- Into the Darkness- Part II

[Cuivienen]

In order to get the whole "Ardan" issue, you have to know where it comes from. Yes, Ardan is a place- its the capital. Yes, its also included in the name of the nation- The Union of Ardan (referring to the city). However, you have to understand the underlying fact of Ardan- its a religious center, mixed with other forms to make the city. You don't declare something is Romanese do you? Jerusalemian? Meccite? They all have their own names- names missing the standard endings.

Yay! Pointless argument!

But the examples you cite do add endings. Rome/Roma -> Roman/Romanus. Mecca/Makkah -> Meccan/Makkiyy. Jerusalem... what would you call a person from Jerusalem? Not "a Jerusalem", I'm sure. (In Latin, it would be Hierosolymnanus, but I don't think that counts.)

There- happy? I now have to change my name to The Ardanic Union.

You don't have to change the name. It's still the Union of [centered on] Ardan. Ardan is a noun there, not an adjective.

 

[Jono]

Just leave it alone, if he wants to be an Ardan, let him be an Ardan.

 

[Cuivienen]

I have to side with Darkening on this one. My people are the Swade, who's capital city is Swade and who live in the Swade Ascendancy. I would hate to be called Swadish or Swadrian or Swadine or something like that.

Swade Ascendancy is the equivalent in English of saying "Ascendancy of the Swade", not "Ascendancy of Swade" (like "Union of Ardan"), which would imply that Swade was a ruler or a city, not a people. Thus, "the Swade" are the people, but "Ardan" is not.

 

[North King]

But you don't throw the boring old endings on either.

Yes you do. Roman. Meccan.

EDIT: And why aren't you on AIM NK? I have news that I need to bash into your head if you'll be playing Merhai again

There's no guarantee the Merhai will still exist, and besides, I may settle on starting anew.

 

[fantasmo]

Yes you do. Roman. Meccan.

Ardann? Ardanan? Don't hardly work. If he wants to call his people the Ardan, let him, and let him refer to them how he wants. It is, after all, only a game.


Iggyyyyyy...the sooner you post this update, the sooner I can join the NES and stop being a lurker!

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Good grief... it's nearly finished.

Sorry, my family has been using the updating computer for the last few hours, so I had to work remotely.

 

[Kozmos]

You could have just killed your family. Nobody would hold it against you.

 

[LightFang]

Well, good luck, Iggy! No pressure!

 

[Cuivienen]

The thumbs, they twiddle.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

You could have just killed your family. Nobody would hold it against you.

My mom saw that. She's not pleased.

I'm off my updating computer. Once I'm back on it, I can post the update.

 

[Luckymoose]

Time frame? So your mom knows you NES?

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Yes. She says it's consuming my life. So does my dad.

 

[Swissempire]

Take your time with the update, and tell your parents that its better than freezing your butt off counting the trees in the Yukon

 

[The Farow]

Yes. She says it's consuming my life. So does my dad.

I wonder why parents claim these crazy assertions. Just because I spend more time on the NESing forum then anything else does not mean that it is consuming my life

 

[Luckymoose]

I don't tell mine for the reason that they wouldn't understand the knowledge I learn from it and say its something I should quit. They do ask why I spend hours on the computer though.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

My Social Studies marks have moved from mid-eighties to high nineties since I started NESing, I usually use that as my argument.

 

[Contempt]

I hope that I am not disappointed tommorrow morning....

By the way, would you like the humble players to take this opportunity to spam slightly with blessing to get you to the top of the next page for your supposedly glorious update post? Only three more following mine are required...

 

[Thlayli]

Here's hoping I don't die...the story arcs for another exodus would probably kill me. Not to mention, I won't have one.

 

[Luckymoose]

Oh Lord Iggy we praise you. Finish the update for which I sent orders for on March 16th.

 

[Kentharu]

will the update be tonight? like... in a few minutes?