On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > Afterthought: Wondering about the change in terminology in tPotD, I > have the notion that perhaps the Overcast has changed somehow just > prior to (or during) Norathar's reign, and the term "Enclouding" > refers to how it *used* to appear, prior to this change. It might > have gotten thicker, or more extensive - or it might have disappeared > (so that "overcast", in the ~180th year of Norathar's reign, just > means natural grey sky (like in the PNW)). > > Or perhaps "Enclouding" is simply what it was called during the > Interregnum. > > Or it might just be Steve messing with us. Bah. Or the Court was speaking in Serioli before (which sounds suspiciously like Russian) - Pel fashionably lapses into it early in _TPG_ - and some of the terminology was kept (or the direct translation used) by Paarfi for historical flavor - or there are House or regional differences, or poetic and plain speech distinctions, or ...