tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 03 00:49:41 1997
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Re: KLBC: New Words - magic, magician
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Jim LeMaster wrote:
> > On the subject of witches, the word wiccan comes from an old English
> > word which means to bend, therefor a witch is a person who bends things,
> > most commonly the wills of others to do the bidding of the witch.
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> !!!Given this that a wiccan witch is a "bender", how about using
> the verb SIH (bend) to create SIHwI' for magician, sorcerer,
> warlock, etc. SIH is a 'known' word that is 'known' to be a verb and
> therefore breaks no "rules" to be changed into a noun as "one who
> bends."
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No SIHwI' couldn't be used for magicians, sorcerers or warlocks, only
the word witch, as the previous classes are not witchs, but something
different.
> > If anyone wants a list of different magicks, i can prolly sort one
> > out.
> >
> > 'elren
>
'elren