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Game of Thrones (TV Show Discussion Only) *DO NOT POST SPOILERS*


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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/arts/television/in-game-of-thrones-a-language-to-make-the-world-feel-real.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

 

In ?Game of Thrones,? Dothraki-speaking characters greet each other by saying ?M?athchomaroon!? (hello) give each other commands like ?Azzohi haz khogare? (put down that cask) and occasionally utter sentiments like ?Vezh fin saja rhaesheseres vo zigereo adoroon shiqethi!? (the stallion that mounts the world has no need for iron chairs!) that don?t seem to make sense in any language. And this being an HBO show, there?s also a fair bit of ?athhilezar? (sex).

 

?The days of aliens spouting gibberish with no grammatical structure are over,? said Paul R. Frommer, professor emeritus of clinical management communication at the University of Southern California who created Na?vi, the language spoken by the giant blue inhabitants of Pandora in ?Avatar.? Disney recently hired Mr. Frommer to develop a Martian language called Barsoomian for ?John Carter,? a science-fiction movie to arrive in March.

 

The shift is slowly transforming the obscure hobby of language construction into a viable, albeit rare, career and engaging followers of fantasies like ?Lord of the Rings,? ?Game of Thrones? and ?Avatar? on a more fanatical level.

 

At ?Game of Thrones? viewing parties in San Francisco, fans rewatched Dothraki scenes to study the language in a workshop-like setting. Last October, a group of Na?vi speakers from half a dozen countries convened in Sonoma County, Calif., for a gathering known as ?Teach the Teachers.? Mr. Frommer gave attendants tips on grammar and vocabulary and fielded any questions they had about the language. The rural, wooded setting felt ?almost like being on Pandora,? he said. At a question-and-answer session in July that he participated in, at least a dozen attendants rattled off their questions in fluent Na?vi.

 

So friggin' awesome.

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I watched a couple episodes last night that were on and it reminded me of the old dude that acts crippled like but in that one scene is perfectly fine... Does the explanation for that come out in the 2nd season?

 

Grand Maester Pycelle? That was an add-on in the show only. There's no mention of it in the books.

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alright cool. So I'll finish this first book in a couple weeks (hopefully) and then watch season 1.

 

Its gonna be weird if the show catches up to the books and the show runners will basically be waiting on him to finish the final book. I would kinda hope the show doesnt affect his writing (like worrying about how stuff would translate to tv and having that affect the story).

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