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« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2012, 01:17:07 am » |
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Could they possibly be pictographs for the children's names, perhaps made by the children?
The markings look too "printed" for that, to me, with the enhanced images Kamean supplied. Also, now the sixth character from the left looks quite Chinese to me. It reminds me of the character for 'hand':  or 'ox':  or a combination or so, as the upper stroke on the original appears to have a small tick-mark on the left, like ox, but it has 3 strokes like in hand. Damn, my Chinese is rusty... |
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« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2012, 07:36:22 am » |
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Could they possibly be pictographs for the children's names, perhaps made by the children?
I like that idea. I remember reading somewhere that name signs are quite common - sometimes Na'vi craftsmen brand their work, or mated (or betrothed) pairs make each other gifts, bearing a prominent name mark so others can see who the wearer belongs to. So the idea of name signs isn't new. |
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Irayo, ma frapo, ma oeyä smuke sì ma oeyä smukan. Vivar 'ivong Na'vi! Eywa ayngahu! I am the solid, unchanging mountain I am the restless, churning sea I am the wind beneath Toruk's wings; I am inside Eywa Please, dont mourn for me. -Ta Reyko  *if i make a mistake in any of my Na'vi, please correct me  |
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« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2012, 05:37:51 pm » |
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I like the idea of name signstoo. One 'eveng could have been copying random logos from boxes. The sign that Puvomun was describing could have been the Boise Cascade logo. I like the concept of copying stevedores inscriptions from the recycled lumber, (though lumber from "rrta would have been VERY scarce at that point in history.
BACK TO THE SCHOOL ROOM: There is a mobile depicting a solar system. Should it not include TWO SUNS being that they are from the binary star system, Alpha Centauri A and B?
In Chapter 127 of my story*, Ateyo is presented with this mobile, which is salvaged from the wreckage of the old school house. Ateyo is also busying herself creating a galactic dioroma using fruit and exclaims. "HEY WHO ATE MY SUN!"
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« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2012, 04:24:14 am » |
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BACK TO THE SCHOOL ROOM: There is a mobile depicting a solar system. Should it not include TWO SUNS being that they are from the binary star system, Alpha Centauri A and B? Um... I'm afraid it isn't a solar system, it's the Polyphemus system with the planet and its 14 moons. We are just making it! |
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« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2012, 06:31:55 pm » |
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As it is, Alpha Centauri B would appear bright (much brighter than Venus from Earth), but not at anywhere near the same relative magnitude and still only during the night since A is so much closer.
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« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2012, 01:54:02 am » |
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BACK TO THE SCHOOL ROOM: There is a mobile depicting a solar system. Should it not include TWO SUNS being that they are from the binary star system, Alpha Centauri A and B? Um... I'm afraid it isn't a solar system, it's the Polyphemus system with the planet and its 14 moons. We are just making it! Which planet? Pandora is also a moon of Polyphemus. Just a habitable one.  |
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« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2012, 01:13:17 pm » |
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BACK TO THE SCHOOL ROOM: There is a mobile depicting a solar system. Should it not include TWO SUNS being that they are from the binary star system, Alpha Centauri A and B? Um... I'm afraid it isn't a solar system, it's the Polyphemus system with the planet and its 14 moons. We are just making it! Which planet? Pandora is also a moon of Polyphemus. Just a habitable one. Polyphemus the planet  and it's moons |
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Irayo, ma frapo, ma oeyä smuke sì ma oeyä smukan. Vivar 'ivong Na'vi! Eywa ayngahu! I am the solid, unchanging mountain I am the restless, churning sea I am the wind beneath Toruk's wings; I am inside Eywa Please, dont mourn for me. -Ta Reyko *if i make a mistake in any of my Na'vi, please correct me |
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« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2012, 01:59:03 pm » |
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BACK TO THE SCHOOL ROOM: There is a mobile depicting a solar system. Should it not include TWO SUNS being that they are from the binary star system, Alpha Centauri A and B? Um... I'm afraid it isn't a solar system, it's the Polyphemus system with the planet and its 14 moons. We are just making it! Which planet? Pandora is also a moon of Polyphemus. Just a habitable one. Polyphemus the planet and it's moons Right. |
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« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2012, 04:21:41 pm » |
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IRAYA MA OEYA AYTSUKAN! I stand corrected. Not Sol, TSAWKE! I wondered why there was no reference to the second sun. Irato HMN! 14 MOONS? So far, we only know of one which is habitable! Any hints from JC? Ma Pa'li Makto! You made a mysterious comment: "We are just making it." Are you making a mobile of the TSAWKE system? Are you using gourds from the rumat? Rum=ball. Utral=tree. (It's mentioned in the Na'vi dictionary. Ateyo collected an armload, using her tewng, loincloth, as an apron! |
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« Reply #26 on: April 02, 2012, 11:04:52 pm » |
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WOU! Txantsan lu! Nìngay, aynga lu Na'vi hu ta'leng sawtuteyä! |
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