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I know it's been several months since I added to the draenei words. Kind of ran into some time issues with work. I'll be back to this shortly and have quite a bit to add.I'm considering how to break apart the word "Shattrath" right now. See, "rath" and its cognates actually means home in a couple different real languages. And starting it with "tt" is just... inelegant. I know wowwiki did that to

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I was asked for advice on running tavern-style events over on our Venture Co Realm Forums, and I thought it might be useful to log my response here as well:The logistics of it that are different [from text-based taverns], are to make sure you've got a good selection of alcohol ahead of time (very few people ever order food, though for a [Lunar Festival] party you might want to bring a few stacks

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If you are not a leatherworker, find one and make friends. Your first set of high-level pvp gear is available at lvl 78 and it's made by leatherworkers. If you are elemental or resto, your choice will be the Stormhide Set (which wowhead doesn't consider a set, so here's a link to just the chest). Unfortunately, the set lacks any spell crit rating, and has no gem slots where you can add the crit,

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Gah! Look! Earthbind totem no longer knocks rogues out of stealth. There are plenty of other reasons to drop it in pvp but please, all you people writing shaman guides, stop putting this in your pvp info! It hasn't worked for a long time. This isn't something new with 3.02!

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Most of the Shaman PVP information out there is pure crap. What isn't, hasn't been updated with the changes in 3.02. The one place with info I trusted, pvpgg.com, has had all it's old info removed. All the discussion centers around what spec to use... but just as important is what stats you should be carrying and there's no post-3.02 information on that anywhere.So I guess I'll be doing some

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As much as possible, I tried to match the sounds to their corresponding English equivalent. Here are a few that are not as obvious:Kh - Greek X, scottish ch. The sound comes from the back of the mouth, the throat rather than the front as in English ch.oh - Greek omega. This is a long and round O.eh - Greek eta.ei - like "eye"eu - a dipthong. Try saying eh-oo quickly. This is not pronounced like "

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Here are a few other useful pieces:Diminutives: Feminine: -oeg, oula Masculine: -in, -akehs Neuter: -akiDefinite article: koh, keh, kor. Corresponds to masculine, feminine, neuter declensions, but is not declined. "The journey": koh Poros.Pronouns, declined as masculine regardless of gender they refer to, except er'ar and er'ad, which are declined as fem. and neut. respectively.I- emosyou -

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Aand - kaiBCDDesire - v. epithum'einDwelling - n. trathEExile- v. draeneinHHome - n. trathJJourney - n. PorosJoy - n. Khara, -as. Used as a term of endearment in vocative form: "What did you say, aKhara?"Kkeep safe, to - v. arkaneinLLight - n. SharPpleasing, that which is suited to the heart - n. thumarehsaSsufficient, to be - v. arkaneinT to - p. a(n).toward - p. a(n).Note: These definitions and

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As in many languages, Draenei words have three types: masculine, feminine and neuter. These should not be mistaken as necessarily referring to the gender of the object itself; a man's name may be inflected as a feminine word.MasculineCaseSingularPluralNominative-os-uGenitive-ou-ounDative-o-uhAccusative-ol-ulFeminineCaseSingularPluralNominative-ar, -a-eiGenitive-as, -

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Verbs are complicated. I purposefully did not create every possible tense, mood, aspect, etc., just those I thought I was most likely to use.Considering the longevity of the draenei, I assume the most common present will actually be the progressive/continuous, because most things in their life will be ongoing, the same now, in the past and in the future. This forms the basis for my accent in

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Aa(n) - prep. to, toward. Also used to create the vocative.arkanein - v. to be enough, to be strong enough, to be sufficient, to keep safe. ex. Arkanon Poros, lit. "Journey be enough."BCDdraenein- v. ExileEepithum'ein- v. to desire, epithume'oh, epithume'osehKkai - andKhara - n. Joy. Used as a term of endearment in vocative form: "What did you say, aKhara?"P Poros- n. passage-way, a river ford.

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The first step in dealing with people is to be selective in who you choose to deal with. Make sure, when you are are able to do so, that everyone in the event is comfortable with the same tone. For some groups that may mean constant profanity and taunting of other members; for others an attitude of mutual respect and avoiding certain topics will be required. This is entirely dependent on the

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One of the easiest ways to bring your character's culture into your roleplaying is how you greet others. Walk around and click on the Draenei npcs to get a feel for how the greetings sound.You may also want to take a look at the Draenei language entry on wowwiki.com. Unfortunately, that entry doesn't include some of the greetings you will hear from the npcs. I've tried to transliterate some of

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Let me start by telling you a bit about who I am and what you can expect to find on this blog:Aurhia Rumbleshot is a Draenei Shaman (Resto) in the Keepers of Stromgarde on the rp-pvp server The Venture Co. (US) in World of Warcraft. I'm also a professional web developer and the web shaman for the Keepers, so if I find any cool widgets that you can put on your guild/character website, I'll

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