Its not "House-Carl"... : V - Skyrim

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:08 pm

So you're Icelandic then?
As that was the only one you used a capital letter for.

Stiglock Holmes at yer service.

Hehe

No.But i do think iceland is cool,I am swedish but i am part danish and norwegian.My grammar and spelling at english isnt that great.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:06 am

Hehe

No.But i do think iceland is cool,I am swedish but i am part danish and norwegian.My grammar and spelling at english isnt that great.

Damn. Well, I wasn't THAT far off, no?

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:34 pm

I served as Húskarl under King Harald Sigurdsson. I was there when he lost at Hastings to William the Usurper. We took to the battlefield, and stood waiting for the Norman king to send his army to meet us. Instead, he ordered his archers to open fire on us. Thanks to his dishonorable tactics, many of us were killed, and many more, myself included, wounded and unable to fight.

Yes, I was a Húskarl once, then I took an arrow in the knee.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:15 pm

True. It's not very similar, really. It mostly looks like The Rift does in-game - beeches and other foliferous trees. We do not have saber-tooth cats, ice bears or snowtrolls - despite what the americans believe. :tongue:

Darn. I guess I'll cancel my travel plans then. Always wanted to see a Sabercat, though I admit I was planning to give the ice-troll sanctuaries a miss. :biggrin:

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:55 am

I served as Húskarl under King Harald Sigurdsson. I was there when he lost at Hastings to William the Usurper. We took to the battlefield, and stood waiting for the Norman king to send his army to meet us. Instead, he ordered his archers to open fire on us. Thanks to his dishonorable tactics, many of us were killed, and many more, myself included, wounded and unable to fight.

Yes, I was a Húskarl once, then I took an arrow in the knee.

Life must have been very hard on you back in 1066 AD.

I also heard a rumor that the only reason why the French was defeated at the Battle of Agrincourt was due to a severe number of patella injuries from the English Longbowmen. Since you've been around for a while, can you verify this claim? :biggrin:

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:51 am

It's funny how foods that people originally ate literally out of desperation, like lobsters, hakarl etc. Are considered "exotic delicacies" nowadays.

I think oysters are another one.

I also heard a rumor that the only reason why the French was defeated at the Battle of Agrincourt was due to a severe number of patella injuries from the English Longbowmen. Since you've been around for a while, can you verify this claim?

Once more into the knee, dear friends, once more.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:36 am

Wrong button

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:27 am

I also heard a rumor that the only reason why the French was defeated at the Battle of Agrincourt was due to a severe number of patella injuries from the English Longbowmen. Since you've been around for a while, can you verify this claim? :biggrin:

"J'ai l'habitude d'être un chevalier jusqu'à ce que je pris une flèche au genou"?

*expects a Frenchman to punch him in the noggin via TCP/IP at any moment*

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:43 am

we have more important things to discuss

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:15 pm

Wait, Harumph is a word?

*mind***k

Yes, more specifically it is an http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onomatopoeia (a word that expresses a sound like "boing" for a bouncing ball).

Here ends todays vocabulary lesson.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:31 am

"J'ai l'habitude d'être un chevalier jusqu'à ce que je pris une flèche au genou"?

That is like "I am used to being a knight"...

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:57 am

Life must have been very hard on you back in 1066 AD.

I also heard a rumor that the only reason why the French was defeated at the Battle of Agrincourt was due to a severe number of patella injuries from the English Longbowmen. Since you've been around for a while, can you verify this claim? :biggrin:

Agincourt? Sorry, wasn't there. My cousin was though. He was out fighting Frenchmen and what did I get? Guard duty. :down:

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:55 am

That is like "I am used to being a knight"... :smile:

Yeah, I figured there'd be something wrong with that. It's straight from Google Translate. :tongue:

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:05 pm

Yes, more specifically it is an http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onomatopoeia (a word that expresses a sound like "boing" for a bouncing ball).

Here ends todays vocabulary lesson. :wink:

Sigh, why all the hard words? We call those Ordlyder or Wordsounds.
Simpler than Onomatoposomething.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:53 pm

Agincourt? Sorry, wasn't there. My cousin was though. He was out fighting Frenchmen and what did I get? Guard duty.

Ah ha ha

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:24 am

Agincourt? Sorry, wasn't there. My cousin was though. He was out fighting Frenchmen and what did I get? Guard duty. :down:

Oh well. At least all those hours watching the History channel here in the States has paid off. I personally don't know anyone who knows what the Battle of Hastings or Agincourt is... let alone battle releated projectile injuries to kneecaps.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:08 am

*sends huskarls to take your castle*

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:44 am

True. It's not very similar, really. It mostly looks like The Rift does in-game - beeches and other foliferous trees. We do not have saber-tooth cats, ice bears or snowtrolls - despite what the americans believe. :tongue:

...

But you do have elves and giant spiders right.

But as an American I do understand that Skyrim is not a represenation of real Scandanavia -- there are no gnomes in the game.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:54 pm

Even if it weren't a fictional universe, the word is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housecarl. The game is in English, dude. If they put out a release in Old Norse, you can make a thread.

THIS

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:48 am

But you do have elves and giant spiders right.

But as an American I do understand that Skyrim is not arepresenation of real Scandanavia -- there are no gnomes in the game.

Nope. We only got troll, vetter, alver, tusser, jotner and nisser.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:24 pm

I can't help but think of the Gothic unit from Age of Kings

Yeah, that's all I can ever think of when anyone makes a reference to Huskarls. Maybe Bethesda should give them a deflect arrows perk. :dry:

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:09 pm

OMG!

SPOILERS!!!!

:tongue:

lol

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:12 am

Yes, more specifically it is an http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onomatopoeia (a word that expresses a sound like "boing" for a bouncing ball).

Here ends todays vocabulary lesson. :wink:

Hold on... I though onomatopoeia was when a bloke gets drunk and tries to go to the toilet... and misses. :confused:

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:28 pm

not true. i saw a documentary about these kids who meet a troll hunter it goes very wrong but it proves the existence of trolls and the government covering it up

Yeah, great movie.

That's Norway, though, not Sweden. The fact that they have trolls is well known. All right, there might be a few in the mountains to the north...

Really? Gee, I guess you really do learn something new everyday.

At least I can take comfort in knowing that you still have Thor, maelstroms that are 90 meters long and lutefisk the size of Saab automobiles. :biggrin:

But you do have elves and giant spiders right.

But as an American I do understand that Skyrim is not a represenation of real Scandanavia -- there are no gnomes in the game.

Yeah, all right. We do have those. Not too much where I live in the south, however. The elves and frost gnomes are a nuisance when visiting relatives up north, I tell you...

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:08 am

Ah, I love this thread. Glad someone brought it up again.