Timeline for answer to For a fantasy world, what word can I use instead of "human" in order to include elves, dwarves, etc.? by Boba Fit
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| Jan 13, 2023 at 19:21 | comment | added | Boba Fit | @MonkeyZeus It's SO hard reading all the way to the bottom of a three paragraph post. | |
| Jan 13, 2023 at 17:56 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | Humanoid assumes humans were first. Why not orc-oids? Orcs aren't human-like, humans are orc-like. | |
| Jan 11, 2023 at 21:32 | comment | added | Divizna | @AustinHemmelgarn No, it still applies when translation convention is in place. Translation convention covers tone, style and connotations as well, not just the strictly technical meaning of words. | |
| Jan 11, 2023 at 14:47 | comment | added | Austin Hemmelgarn | @PLL That only fits if the writer is assuming that the whole setting speaks English (or real-world languages), which is rarely the case. Part of the conceit of a typical fantasy setting is that the reader/viewer/player is magically able to understand what is meant by everyone there, even though everyone there is speaking a completely different language. | |
| Jan 11, 2023 at 14:22 | comment | added | PLL | @WilliamMartens: I mean ‘apt’ in the sense of the ordinary English word, i.e. ‘suitable’, ‘fitting’. | |
| Jan 11, 2023 at 14:05 | comment | added | Jane |
@PLL with 'apt' you mean.. what? (I think of the util in linux apt for software management)
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| Jan 11, 2023 at 11:09 | comment | added | komodosp | @PLL - especially if "human" is just another race like "elf", "orc", etc. I am not sure the others would appreciate being referred to as "humanoid".... | |
| Jan 11, 2023 at 8:41 | comment | added | PLL | Even if it’s technically apt, humanoid would be pretty jarring in a typical fantasy setting. | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 21:46 | history | answered | Boba Fit | CC BY-SA 4.0 |