I don't know the significance of certain words as used in the game, but I've noted finally that there is one house that stands out to me, House Faen Tlabbar.
I don't know how it passed by me before, but Faen is the F word in Norwegian. I won't teach anyone how to pronounce it correctly, but that is what we use. I don't know that it is all that harmful given how few speak street Bokmal but it is easily googled now and anyone looking for Faen Tlabbar online might stumble across its meaning.
If there are other houses with odd words when translated, we should likely post it here. I'm not suggesting going out and searching each name but if you happen to notice it perhaps mention it.
Bloodline/House names
Bloodline/House names
I'm a raptor, doin' what I can, gonna eat everything till he appearance of man. Yo yo see me, I'm living below the soil. I'll be back, but I'm comin' as oil.
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Faen Tlabbar is a huge part of canon. Most people come to FK because they know FR with the occasional slip in of people like myself who did not until they came here. It is not likely to be found offensive often, given it is canon.
Beshaba potatoes.
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Well. Now I want to know how to pronounce it!
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My vocabulary is expanding.
While we're at it, the word "Yemin" in my language means "pile of junk in my yard that I can't seem to sell" and is normally used as a pejorative.
While we're at it, the word "Yemin" in my language means "pile of junk in my yard that I can't seem to sell" and is normally used as a pejorative.
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And in my language, the word "gift" actually means poison 
Weit in der Champagne im Mittsommergrün,
dort, wo zwischen Grabkreuzen Mohnblumen blühn,
da flüstern die Gräser und wiegen sich leicht
im Wind, der sanft über das Gräberfeld streicht.
dort, wo zwischen Grabkreuzen Mohnblumen blühn,
da flüstern die Gräser und wiegen sich leicht
im Wind, der sanft über das Gräberfeld streicht.
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Bad luck if you walk through an area with a lot of Mist, too.
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons
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I looked into that house and can see how there's nothing to be done. Guess I get a neat little chuckle each time I see someone logged in.
I'm a raptor, doin' what I can, gonna eat everything till he appearance of man. Yo yo see me, I'm living below the soil. I'll be back, but I'm comin' as oil.
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I know what you mean.Beskytter wrote:I looked into that house and can see how there's nothing to be done. Guess I get a neat little chuckle each time I see someone logged in.
I get a laugh every time I drive to a nearby town and go past a Mexican food restaurant named "Casa de Casa."
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I see where we stand now.Ungtar wrote:My vocabulary is expanding.
While we're at it, the word "Yemin" in my language means "pile of junk in my yard that I can't seem to sell" and is normally used as a pejorative.
*Cracks knuckles and prepares to throw fruit
I trained up double-edged bananas because the uber-plantain of doom I scored from the beehive quest was the best weapon in the game. Now it's being treated like a bug and they have gimped its damage! That's not fair! My character is ruined!