Conan Doyle and the "Case of the Puzzling Plural"

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Yogah of Yag

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In Scandinavian languages, Vanir and AEsir are plurals, but how would you lads (and lasses) refer to one individual of those groups? I know that the singular for AEsir is áss [which sounds like Cockney for "house"].

Saying "My PC is a Vanir Barbarian" does not sound all too grammatical.
"My PC is a Barbarian of the Vanir" would be fine, I suppose.

Also, I have noticed two different spellings: Nordheimer and Nordheimir. Is there a correct spelling or do they each mean something separate?
 
Yogah of Yag said:
Also, I have noticed two different spellings: Nordheimer and Nordheimir. Is there a correct spelling or do they each mean something separate?
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One is plural and one is singular, IIRC
 
Yogah of Yag said:
In Scandinavian languages, Vanir and AEsir are plurals, but how would you lads (and lasses) refer to one individual of those groups? I know that the singular for AEsir is áss [which sounds like Cockney for "house"].

Saying "My PC is a Vanir Barbarian" does not sound all too grammatical.
"My PC is a Barbarian of the Vanir" would be fine, I suppose.
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What about "Van" as the singular form of "Vanir" ? (Doesn't sound too good, though...)

I think I have seen the term Vanir-man (ie "man of the Vanir") being used as well.

- thulsa
 
Thulsa: Thanks for the suggestions. I've admired your Hyborian Age website for a few years now. Some of the illustrations look like they are from comics. Are they from Savage Sword of Conan, or other sources? I'm afraid I am not much of an authority on comics, though. Anyway, great site. 8)
 
Yogah of Yag said:
Thulsa: Thanks for the suggestions. I've admired your Hyborian Age website for a few years now. Some of the illustrations look like they are from comics. Are they from Savage Sword of Conan, or other sources? I'm afraid I am not much of an authority on comics, though. Anyway, great site. 8)
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Thanks! :)

Yes, the images are from the Conan comics by Marvel. I must say I much prefer the clean look of the black-and-white comics as compared to Dark Horse's new "rough look" in color (although I do collect the Dark Horse series).

By the way, there's a page here that contains direct links to most of the images on the site, useful if you're looking for something specific:

http://hyboria.xoth.net/gallery/index.htm

- thulsa
 
I agree, you've had a very impressive site which I've also gone to again and again.

Your notes on the TSR Conan:Unchained adventure inspired me to get it (via Ebay; I'd gotten rid of all my old gaming books when I moved to a closet-sized apt in NYC a decade ago), and then I OCR'd it into a Word doc, which I was cleaning up. (Reading the adventure again, I realize the things I didn't like about it originally, but you could use elements of it in a half a dozen different adventures). Anyways, your site's very nice indeed.
 
throrII said:
Done time, eh???
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Hilarious, mate. :lol:
No. A miserable rooming-house in my old college days.
Nice guess, though.
And, by the way, let's leave the comedy to the professionals, shall we? :roll:
 
thulsa said:
Yogah of Yag said:
In Scandinavian languages, Vanir and AEsir are plurals, but how would you lads (and lasses) refer to one individual of those groups? I know that the singular for AEsir is áss [which sounds like Cockney for "house"].

Saying "My PC is a Vanir Barbarian" does not sound all too grammatical.
"My PC is a Barbarian of the Vanir" would be fine, I suppose.
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What about "Van" as the singular form of "Vanir" ? (Doesn't sound too good, though...)

I think I have seen the term Vanir-man (ie "man of the Vanir") being used as well.

- thulsa
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Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æsir) gives: Æsir: singular Áss, feminine Ásynja, feminine plural Ásynjur.

It's not so clear for Vanir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanir); however, in the text, Van is used in passing, but without comment.

Gr.,
Ant
 
Ant said:
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æsir) gives: Æsir: singular Áss, feminine Ásynja, feminine plural Ásynjur.
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Huh, huh, he said Ass! huh, huh.

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Sorry Ant, my gaming group have been posting Beavis & Butt-head replies on our group web page, so when I saw your post it just struke me to post my above reply. :oops:

Very interesting reply you had, sorry to make light of it, but long days lend me this mood.
 
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