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Redefining Established Paranomal Beings
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: Darwinist on October 27, 2009, 08:28:32 PM --- The sounding of the two words together LOOP GAR-OO sounded out, sounds childish and like babble-speak.
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loup-garou (pronounced /lugaˈru/) Derived from Latin lupus(wolf) and possibly Old French garoul(werewolf).
sarafina:
--- Quote from: Darwinist on October 27, 2009, 08:28:32 PM ---The sounding of the two words together LOOP GAR-OO sounded out, sounds childish and like babble-speak. It's hard to put faith behind the word, to really fear it. There isn't enough harshness to the sound of the word like the other two. That is why the other two are more widely used and more widely accepted. It just sounds goofy. LOOP GAR-OO. /cringe.
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You're right, it does sound goofy. Yet another reason I like France and the French. Also, I believe the term is used down in Louisiana, where the French heritage is stronger. I don't know if Quebecois uses the term, Shecky might know.
comprex:
--- Quote from: sarafina on October 27, 2009, 09:38:40 PM ---You're right, it does sound goofy.
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Honestly, 'lycanthrope' sounds even goofier, like some anglophone prat showing off daddy's first-year-Greek dictionary before they even went to language class.
sarafina:
--- Quote from: squeemonster on October 27, 2009, 09:46:15 PM ---Honestly, 'lycanthrope' sounds even goofier, like some anglophone prat showing off daddy's first-year-Greek dictionary before they even went to language class.
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I don't like 'lycanthrope', to me it's too unwieldy with too many hard (as in rocklike, not difficult) sounds. Also, I may have read to many LKH books. Loup-garou flows, like one could break into a yodel down the road:
"When I'm calling you-ooo-ooo-ooo'
Dooby-dooby-doo, with my loup-garou..."
But 'lycan' was referenced by Castle last night FTW.
Son of an Ogre:
Me actually being of French heritage...I personally like Loup-Garou. If I were to have werewolves in my stories, I'd go with it. :P lol
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