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Message no. 1
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 08:55:28 -0400 (EDT)
At 03:58 AM 9/9/96 -0500, you wrote:

>>We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
>>and white patterned long coat of the appropriate design...

Which is?

You don't mean "Gernsey", do you? *grin*

>Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
>almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
>two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
>from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
>from in Shadowrun?

It's in the Paranormal Guide to European Critters, I think. It's basically what
they call Trolls in Greece. For the record, the brit word for "Ork"
is "Ogre".

--
"I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
Caxton translation,
V15 1484
Message no. 2
From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 11:56:43 -0700
Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> At 03:58 AM 9/9/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >>We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
> >>and white patterned long coat of the appropriate design...
>
> Which is?
>
> You don't mean "Gernsey", do you? *grin*

He was making a play on words twice...one for being from New Jersey, and
two a Jersey cow (ergo the cow print long coat, and a bull-like head).

> >Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
> >almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
> >two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
> >from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
> >from in Shadowrun?
>
> It's in the Paranormal Guide to European Critters, I think. It's basically what
> they call Trolls in Greece. For the record, the brit word for "Ork"
> is "Ogre".



Mintotaur and Ogre aren't just "names" for trolls and orks, they're
diffreent expressions of the meta-types. Minotaur being shorter and
stockier than trolls with heads that resemble a bull's and not nearly as
many knobs and bumps on they're skin. Ogre's are shorter and stockier
than their ork cousins, with little body hair and not nearly as many
skin blemishes as well. The game stats however remain the same for
both...


@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


Poisoned Elves http://www.netzone.com/~loki/
Message no. 3
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 17:16:57 -0400 (EDT)
At 11:56 AM 9/9/96 -0700, Loki wrote:
>Ubiquitous wrote:

>> You don't mean "Gernsey", do you? *grin*
>
>He was making a play on words twice...one for being from New Jersey, and
>two a Jersey cow (ergo the cow print long coat, and a bull-like head).

I'm not a farmer, but I never heard of a Jersey breed before.
*shrug*

>> It's in the Paranormal Guide to European Critters, I think. It's basically
>> what they call Trolls in Greece. For the record, the brit word for
"Ork"
>> is "Ogre".
>
>Minotaur and Ogre aren't just "names" for trolls and orks, they're
>different expressions of the meta-types. Minotaur being shorter and
>stockier than trolls with heads that resemble a bull's and not nearly as
>many knobs and bumps on they're skin. Ogre's are shorter and stockier
>than their ork cousins, with little body hair and not nearly as many
>skin blemishes as well. The game stats however remain the same for
>both...

That's what I meant by "same thing".

--
"I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
Caxton translation,
V15 1484
Message no. 4
From: The Jestyr <s421539@*******.gu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Names (a late comment)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 12:46:52 +1000 (EST)
> >>We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
> >>and white patterned long coat of the appropriate design...
>
> Which is?
>
> You don't mean "Gernsey", do you? *grin*

There _are_ "jersey" cows as well as "guernsey"... :)


Lady Jestyr

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Message no. 5
From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Names (a late comment)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:28:42 -0700
The Jestyr wrote:
>
> > >>We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
> > >>and white patterned long coat of the appropriate design...
> >
> > Which is?
> >
> > You don't mean "Gernsey", do you? *grin*
>
> There _are_ "jersey" cows as well as "guernsey"... :)
>
>
> Lady Jestyr

Thank-you. <wink>

@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


Poisoned Elves http://www.netzone.com/~loki/

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