On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Martin Wohlert wrote: @> "elvtarsok": Noish-pa cannot think of the Dragaeran word he wants to @> describe Kelly's people, in relation to the murdered Franz [Tek52]: @> [Noish-pa:] "Well, his people, his -- what is the word? Elvtarsok?" @> [Vlad:] "Friends? Associates?" @> Noish-pa is never at a loss for words, in any sense. Is Brust doing @> something with the first syllable's resemblance to "elves"? @> @> @> I checked an online Hungarian-English dictionary, and found these two @> suspects: @> elvtárs comrade @> and @> társak companions I always thought he was doing something with the word 'comrade' in the sense of 'member of a Communist organization', but I could be reading too much into it.