Re: [lojban] orc and ogre

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

2010/12/4 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not clear on the difference between an orc and an ogre

I think the two main differences are their size, ogres are much larger
than humans, while orcs are more human size, and their social habits,
ogres are usually found alone, while orcs tend to appear in large
groups. What is the proper collective noun for orcs? Pack of orcs?

I don't know, but the collective noun for women is "conspiracy". :)
 

>(in Italian
> they both translate to "orco"). If i'm not mistaken in the Italian
> translation of Tolkien's "The Lord of Rings" for orc they used the
> word "orchetto" which I really dislike (it means "little orc").
>
> Any idea on how to render the difference in Lojban?

I would suggest ".orko" and ".ogro", but they are both types of crida,
so you could make a lujvo with that. ".ogro" are also a type of
"brabracrida".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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