Dragaera

Swords, and a tolerable acquintance with their length

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Fri Aug 16 11:23:58 PDT 2002

Nytemuse <nytemuse at auros.org> writes:

> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Matt Jennings wrote:
> > Don't forget that one of the most important factors in the different styles 
> > (Eastern vs Dragaerian) is the stance.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > I think that most of the duel/fighting descriptions in PG and 500ya do a good 
> > job of showing how both hands (poinard & sword) are generally used for attack 
> > and defense in the Dragaerian style.  That is, except for Bruce Le... excuse 
> > me, Aerich.
> 
> *wince*  OK, I've been good on not correcting grammar, but can we correct
> spelling, Steve?
> I believe the accepted spelling is "Dragaeran" (no i).
> 
> I wouldn't send it to the list, but I think I saw another person
> misspell...
> 
> *crosses fingers hoping not to be flamed*

It bugs me too, so I'm glad somebody said something.  And I'm glad you
did it as "I believe it's..." rather than the far-too-common "You're
obviously an idiot not to know...".  The second I'd really prefer we
avoid! 
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