[projectaon] Re: 18dotd errata questions
- From: Ingo Kloecker <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:39:37 +0100
On Sunday 17 February 2008, OToole L wrote:
> >>I'm steadily working through the Dawn of the Dragons issues as I
> >>have the time. There are couple that I would like some input on:
> >>
> >>(er) 99: you may never -> you may not [jb: I'm can see where this
> >>is coming from, but I don't think "never" is really wrong.]
> >
> >Ugh! The 'never' in that sentence reads very badly to me: "You may
> >never live..." is just horrible!" I vote to change it.
>
> I've changed my mind on this twice, but now that I read it as
> 'live-to-see-your-homeland' as opposed to just 'live', I *think* it's
> ok.
>
> >>(er) 176: great Forest of Salony -> Great Forest of Salony [jb:
> >>Everywhere else "great forest" is uncapitalized. Where "Forest
> >>of Salony" is capitalized, it's our fault. Perhaps we should
> >>revert back to "forest of Salony" and also change "Forest of
> >>Ruel" to "forest of Ruel".]
> >
> >Using an example from my own homeland, Forest of Sherwood is
> >correct (not 'forest of Sherwood') AFAIK, so reverting 'Forest
> >of ...' seems a bad idea to me. The 'great' could be part of the
> >name of the vast area of woodland, or it might be "great" in the
> >pejorative sense. I would err towards 'Great Forest ...', as
> >that seems better to me, but I'm open to another opinion. ;-)
>
> Whether or not 'great' gets capitalised seems to be independent of
> whether or not 'forest' gets capitalised. Since the sentence refers
> to "*the* ... Forest of Salony", I would tend to agree that the
> capital 'F' is correct.
>
> The 'great' is a tougher call. Is it as in 'the Great Barrier Reef'
> and 'the Great Wall of China'? Or is it as in 'the great Himalaya
> mountain range' and 'the great Atlantic Ocean'? As always, I will
> fall back on my change-the-original-as-little-as-possible rule and
> assume the author intended the latter. So my vote would be with
> 'great'.
Given that 'Forest of Salony' occurs twice without 'great' and just once
with an additional 'great' I agree with Cerulean.
FWIW, the occurrence in section 92 still reads 'forest of Salony' in the
latest XML.
Regards,
Ingo
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