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Watch your language!

PaulEberhardt

on Sept. 2, 2012

[p]I've always thought of Gundula as reasonably good at drawing and foreign languages. The reason is magic runes. Old Norse legends tell of people who got their runes wrong, and usually they were lucky if they just didn't work.[/p]
[p]This page was partly inspired by a talk I had with a tiger trainer. The secret of getting along with your tiger is to make them think of you as some kind of two-legged fellow tiger, who also happens to be the boss. This involves talking to them in a manner they understand, like making a snorting noise, whenever you go near one - "Prrft!"means "Hi, buddy!" or "I'm your friend." in Tigerish. The other inspiration was a discourse with my cat on how to pronounce "Mauw!"[/p]
[p]Have a nice week, and thanks for reading and commenting![/p]