The Jim Butcher Files: Dresden . Codex Alera . Cinder Spires & More

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Really, I could've told you that for free...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidhe

Actually Wiki says "ees shee" which I find a bit confusing.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Actually Wiki says "ees shee" which I find a bit confusing.

The Irish "aes sídhe" is pronounced "ees shee", and you are confused because now you think it's saying "sídhe" is pronounced "ees shee"?

Not my fault...

[alansplace]

[alansplace]

“Do you know my dog’s name?”
“Cerberus,” I said promptly. “But everyone knows that.”
“Do you know what it means?”
I opened my mouth and closed it again. I shook my head.
“It is from an ancient word, kerberos. It means ‘spotted.’”
I blinked. “You’re a genuine Greek god. You’re the Lord of the Underworld. And . . . you named your dog Spot?”
― Skin Game

[Melon Soda]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Actually Wiki says "ees shee" which I find a bit confusing.

This is interesting! A book in the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne has a pronunciation guide where "Bean Sidhe" was said to be pronunced as "BAN shee". I guess sidhe is "shee". I have a poor memory for pronunciation but I remember this one because of the "banshee"

Originally Posted by alansplace

“Do you know my dog's name?
[...]
"It is from an ancient word, kerberos. It means 'spotted.'"

I blinked. "You're a genuine Greek god. You're the Lord of the Underworld. And . . . you named your dog *Spot*?”
― Jim Butcher, Skin Game

At least Kerberos sounds cooler than "Here, Spotty, Spotty"

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by Melon Soda

...At least Kerberos sounds cooler than "Here, Spotty, Spotty"

Hades' dog's name is not Kerberos, it's Cerberus.

[jemc]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Hades' dog's name is not Kerberos, it's Cerberus.

From Wikipedia:

"The name "Cerberus" is a Latinised version of the Greek Kerberos."

See Etymology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by jemc

From Wikipedia:

"The name "Cerberus" is a Latinised version of the Greek Kerberos."

See Etymology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus

Except that Hades appears to talk english in Skin Game, so in that case the more appropriate name be Cerberus. Even though he might use Kerberos when he talks greek? It is a wonder that everybody capable of human speech magically speaks english. Well magic, I guess. Unless Harry can understand and talk other languages? Don't remember any mention of that.

[jemc]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Except that Hades appears to talk english in Skin Game, so in that case the more appropriate name be Cerberus. Even though he might use Kerberos when he talks greek? It is a wonder that everybody capable of human speech magically speaks english. Well magic, I guess. Unless Harry can understand and talk other languages? Don't remember any mention of that.

True enough. I was just pointing out that they are effectively the same name. I suppose it really depends upon which side of the Ionian one is standing for any true relevance...

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

“Do you know my dog’s name?”
“Cerberus,” I said promptly. “But everyone knows that.”
“Do you know what it means?”
I opened my mouth and closed it again. I shook my head.
“It is from an ancient word, kerberos. It means ‘spotted.’”
I blinked. “You’re a genuine Greek god. You’re the Lord of the Underworld. And . . . you named your dog Spot?”
― Skin Game

Originally Posted by Melon Soda

...At least Kerberos sounds cooler than "Here, Spotty, Spotty"

Originally Posted by alansplace

Hades' dog's name is not Kerberos, it's Cerberus.

Originally Posted by jemc

From Wikipedia:

"The name "Cerberus" is a Latinised version of the Greek Kerberos."

See Etymology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Except that Hades appears to talk english in Skin Game, so in that case the more appropriate name be Cerberus. Even though he might use Kerberos when he talks greek? It is a wonder that everybody capable of human speech magically speaks english. Well magic, I guess. Unless Harry can understand and talk other languages? Don't remember any mention of that.

Then we could call him Fluffy, like Hagrid did!

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by jemc

True enough. I was just pointing out that they are effectively the same name. I suppose it really depends upon which side of the Ionian one is standing for any true relevance...

True enough yourself. You don't know Alan well enough if you forget to smell a snark each time he posts. Or suspect a snark at the very least.

Did I say "smell a fart"? No, I mean a fart. Darn auto-correct. Snnfart. A snark.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Then we could call him Fluffy, like Hagrid did!

Bahaha, Fluffy. And poor Ron gets the slime drippled on. And his excellent acting disgusted face. IMO a better actor at times than Harry when it came to facial expressions.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Bahaha, Fluffy. And poor Ron gets the slime drippled on. And his excellent acting disgusted face. IMO a better actor at times than Harry when it came to facial expressions.

Did you catch both his (Rupert Grint) and Alan Rickman's performances in CBGB?

[jemc]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

True enough yourself. You don't know Alan well enough if you forget to smell a snark each time he posts. Or suspect a snark at the very least.

Did I say "smell a fart"? No, I mean a fart. Darn auto-correct. Snnfart. A snark.

Yes, sometimes it's difficult to pickup on all of Alan's inside jokes.

Regardless, Fluffy works for me as well.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Right now the book is Sand (Hugh Howey). I am not even sure yet if it will be something to recommend. It is different, I suppose. It is not bad (so far), but then I have very seldom found a book that is truly crap - unworthy of reading.

Finished Sand last night. Now I can truly recommend the book. And not only because it was written by Hugh Howey, but for the excellent story. No surprise it is somewhere in the future (never really does say when), and it is dystopian. It plays in the dessert (could you guess by the name?). The rest I probably should put in a spoiler, even though not much gets spoiled if you have not read it yet.

Spoiler:

The twist is that it is possible to dive in that sand just like diving in water. And then the other twists that appear almost every chapter are numerous. The story starts really small and confusing and grows bigger and bigger. It ends with a big finale. Everything inbetween has lots of action, lots of surprises, treachery, luck (good and bad), and a family story.

It is only one book if you pick up Sand (omnibus) for Kindle ($5.99 or free with KU). No series, so it will be a rather quick read that will shorten the time until Peace Talks at least a little bit.