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Old 11-17-2004, 03:22 AM
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Yuan-ti language - does it make sense?

Maybe i'm not the first to notice it, but the things that the Yuan-ti say (Dragon's Eye, lvl3) actually make some sense if the letters are mixed.

For example:

Em phle! --> Help me!
Yemen dhenid --> Enemy hidden
Dica swa i --> I saw (?) acid, same for fire and electricity
Ni gicam use --> use magic (?)
and so on.

I figured that their sayings are a reaction to my attack, e.g if I drop a Fireball, they say the "Erif swa i" thing, etc.

Do you think it has any significance in the game? Or simply the producers couldn't come up with a better idea for creating the yuan-ti language?
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Old 11-17-2004, 11:23 AM
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I don't think it of any significance. How much does it help you that a yuan-ti said he saw fire. And they wouldn't put any plot important info in such speech, just for the impossiblilty to read every thing any given creature exclaims.

But the producers might have put some jokes in. And give them a break. Not easy to invent a new language
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Old 11-17-2004, 11:48 AM
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he/she has point... yes julian sounds girls name... but i belive there is boys with same name.. Well i cannnot be sure..

Oh well.. but most annoying text is with some throwing axe.. ''INCOMING'' and mosnter says ''GOTHCA''.. It was funny for start.. but then it started to annoy me quite much..

Oh well..
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Old 11-18-2004, 12:02 AM
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OK, got the message - nobody cares
Yeah, obviously it doesn't help the plot, so it's really all the same. But at least I can say that I was the one to notice it

Oh, rubbish.
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Old 11-19-2004, 12:08 AM
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Talking Annoying?

I tell you what annoys me about the characters speech...they sound like Scooby Doo and his gang half the time!
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Old 11-19-2004, 07:32 AM
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Well if original sound sets annoy you.. download BG sound sets..
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Old 11-21-2004, 11:11 AM
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First off: Wrath-of-Egg I would like to say that Julian is my brother and he is a boy. So than that is clear but yeah it could be a girls name.

ok since this post started of with something that has no significance then I can continue:

Has the yuan-ti language helped some here in the game. Didnt help me so I dont think it will help someone else. I think that gameproducers must be allowed to have some fun when they create something. They probly put it in so people like us can find it and have something to post on a forum.
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Old 11-22-2004, 12:32 AM
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Has the yuan-ti language helped some here in the game.
Not at all
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Old 12-01-2004, 05:49 PM
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Explanation

Just remember the yuan-ti are a result of human and snakes. It is only logical that there speech is similar to our own.
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