Week 02 - Live Play Session: Suzerain: Mortal Realms
Feb 8th, 2008 by twentyweeksofhell
Our recording of our play session of Suzerain: Mortal Realms.
Opening music this week by deceptakahn via the Podsafe Music Network.
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Oh, man, this is an extremely fun podcast, but I have to say that the GM’s got some hilarious issues with words. Aside from the whole telesma thing (which is completely understandable, I think), he keeps describing clothing as “refinery”, and said that the high priest “prostated” himself in front of Cleopatra.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/refinery
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prostate
Still, though, really great podcast.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Yes, Dave has done some doozeys as far as butchering the english language over the years. But we love him anyway
As an additional note, the two errors you pointed out specifically were colloquial expressions.
Prostate is based off of Prostration http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prostration and means to kneel/bow/etc in front of someone.
Refinery is a mash-up of Royal Finery and Refined. Which, in regards to how our group tends to use it, generally means nice/royal clothing. I don’t think it’s officially a word, but there’s enough clothing retailers that make use of it that it’s not completely fabricated (pardon the pun :p).
Still, it’s understandable how stuff like language doesn’t always translate over from one person to another. Especially when more uncommon/colloquial expressions are used.
Glad you liked our show though, and please feel free to keep listening and commenting!
-Nick
Yeah, I know what he meant, but the verb form of prostration is prostrate, not prostate. I don’t think you can use prostate as a verb, but if you do, you’re definitely playing FATAL.
But, yeah, it could always be a regional thing I’m totally unaware of. Where are you guys at, anyway? I couldn’t find any “about us” info on the site. I’m always interested in knowing who I’m listening to (not least because I totally forget names when I hear ‘em on a podcast).
Anyway, I guess “refinery” used in that sense does kinda work as a portmanteu.
Refinery is totally a word! It means nice clothes or something like that.. >.>