tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post4627952878185396003..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Questions Week: Question FairSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90438578576510770802013-01-28T08:56:04.336-04:002013-01-28T08:56:04.336-04:00I am putting all that on a list. Probably won'...I am putting all that on a list. Probably won't be easy to track down, but looks worth the effort.<br /><br />Ahh the Académie Française, bane of my language! While I suspect the Welsh Academy is an important tool to protect the imperiled Welsh language, I'd point to the Académie as a major cause of French's own imperilment. By setting iron-cast norms in spelling, grammar and even literary style, it kept the language from evolving over the last couple centuries. Or rather, spoken French evolved, but written French did not, causing problems in the classroom. In Canada, this is a huge problem, as kids let their counter-intuitive language skills lapse in favor of the "cooler", "easier" and more flexible English that surrounds them.<br /><br />Yes, I'm saying the way French has been handed down to us is one of the most important causes of assimilation.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-48428039466729585352013-01-28T08:35:52.262-04:002013-01-28T08:35:52.262-04:00Re: Welsh language media, there aren't many We...Re: Welsh language media, there aren't many Welsh language comics, but there is a bit of a tradition of publishing translated bandes dessinées - the one I've got most fond memories of as a kid was Christian Denayer and André-Paul Duchateau "Les Casseurs", to my recollection not available in English over here. I think this is a historical quirk of the tenuous connection between the Académie française and the Welsh language Academi Gymreig, the latter being inspired somewhat by the former.<br /><br />The biggest Welsh-language media that went international that I know of was "Yr Heliwr" (The Hunter), which was a detective series in the 90s that had both Welsh language episodes and English language ones (the English language ones broadcast under the title "A Mind to Kill.") It starred Philip Madoc, a familiar name to Whovians, and was an unlikely international success- it was the most-popular UK shows in translation abroad around the turn of the century, despite only limited popularity at home.<br /><br />A couple of things that deserve a larger audience would be Fflur Dafydd's SF novel "Y Llyfrgell" (The Library), which won a Welsh language literary prize a few years ago, and a really weird Twin Peaks-ish TV series called Arachnid from ten years ago.Madeleyhttp://brothermagnus.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-17843099363797579042013-01-14T09:00:41.332-04:002013-01-14T09:00:41.332-04:00I don't know Eyeful Evil - any relation to the...I don't know Eyeful Evil - any relation to the Legion's Eyeful Ethel?Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-75638425197961481932013-01-12T08:24:21.967-04:002013-01-12T08:24:21.967-04:00Walter Melon is all over the You-Tubes and was a c...Walter Melon is all over the You-Tubes and was a cartoon show... I'll have to check it out, but it looks quite removed from the source material.<br /><br />As for the books, when he started having adventures and solving mysteries, while there was still a lot to like about the language, it just didn't work as well as the 2-page strips.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-11010477027368245042013-01-11T22:49:53.162-04:002013-01-11T22:49:53.162-04:009825 eatsabiI saw at least one translation of Achi...9825 eatsabiI saw at least one translation of Achille Talon as Walter Mellon. Thought the character didn't take an active enough hand in his own adventure.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-36151817642426404432013-01-11T15:39:54.012-04:002013-01-11T15:39:54.012-04:00Second place for me is the Mind Flayer, despite th...Second place for me is the Mind Flayer, despite the wonky psionics rules. I had a sweet sweet miniature of one (of both).<br /><br />So it would seem I was tailor-made to buy Spelljammer products. Too bad it didn't live up to its potential.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-53721454463741909332013-01-11T14:50:06.176-04:002013-01-11T14:50:06.176-04:00** Edit **
I don't know man; that Sgt. Rock t...** Edit **<br /><br />I don't know man; that Sgt. Rock teamup of mcTiernan & De Souza sounds like it would've been great.<br /><br />When you get Die Hard and Commando together, what could possibly go wrong!? (Besides everything.)<br /><br />Also my favorite D&D monster is a two-way tie between the Gibbering Mouther and the Gelatinous Cube; I even imagine what the Mouther sounds like in my head it's hilarious, and the Cube as a Monster Player race, cleric of Pelor. Paralyzing touch-heals FTW.idiotbrigadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077080129041184948noreply@blogger.com