On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, David Silberstein wrote: #You mean this?: # # FHYA, chapter 8, p. 103(mmpb): # # Her lineage block, similarly, is in the form of a # downward-pointing arrowhead or triangle, entirely self-contained, # with no lines entering or emerging, as if her maternal and # paternal ancestor had appeared from nowhere at all, begotten her, # and vanished." [...] #Linguistic note: He says "arrowhead". Hey, I thought those were new! #Although perhaps they were better known by the time of Norathar's #reign. Suppose that the Dragaeran symbol used here literally translates as "spearpoint", but it is also used as the name of this shape. A good translator will use the English word that is conventionally used for the shape, "arrowhead", rather than translating the expression literally. -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website