And, indeed, what a merry Goatmas it has turned out to be! I realize that in my last post I had us voting on who would be crowned Winter Goat, 2012, but I had a late entry that has caused me to overturn the results of the vote (which, at the time of writing, were… Continue reading Merry, Merry Goatmas!
Author: David J. Peterson
Winter Goat 2012
After poring over several thousand copies of the eight goat pictures I received, I have settled upon four candidates that have earned the right to claim the title “Winter Goat, 2012”! Those images, submitted by readers of this blog, are presented below: (Note: The live goat pictures from above come from the Sierra Safari Zoo… Continue reading Winter Goat 2012
Me Azho Anni Shafkea
Shh! Did you hear that? Why…it sounds like the gentle rustling of the hoary beard of Winter Goat! No, he’s not here yet, but the goating hour draws nigh! Indeed, it is December, which means the grand nearly year-old Goatmas tradition here at the Dothraki blog is near at hand! And what better way to… Continue reading Me Azho Anni Shafkea
Suggestion for Transcribing Dothraki in Cyrillic
Note: This post originally appeared (in a modified form) at my old blog. As I’m no longer using that blog anymore, I decided to port the post over here (though the original post still exists). As a conlanger and orthography enthusiast, one of the things I like doing is figuring out how to write a… Continue reading Suggestion for Transcribing Dothraki in Cyrillic
Happy Thanksgiving
To those in America, Happy Thanksgiving! To those in Canada, Happy Thanksgiving about a month ago! To those elsewhere, happy day! Something that may have been asked before but which I didn’t address was a Dothraki word for turkey. It seems to me that there would be no turkeys in Essos, if it was modeled… Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving
Possession
So it was revealed in the comments on my last post that I have apparently never gone over alienable vs. inalienable possession in Dothraki—or at least not directly. Let me take a moment to do so now. First, a couple of definitions. Grammatical possession is probably something everyone is familiar with (e.g. in a phrase… Continue reading Possession