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".

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