(urth) Short Sun Notes: Chems

[Andrew Mason]

David Stockhoff wrote:
>
> On 12/3/2012 5:10 PM, Andrew Mason wrote:
>>>> If Cijfer is a chem her husband, Wijzer, must be as well. In the light
>>>> of this it may be significant that in the final battle he killed five
>>>> inhumi, ?twice strangling one with each hand?.
>>>
>
> How are those names pronounced: Cypher? Wiser? That might be suggestive too.

That's about it, I think, though the 'i' sound isn't precisely the
same as an English one. 'Cijfer', it seems,  means 'digit' (as in 1,
2, 3...) and 'Wijzer' means 'pointing device', and can include a clock
hand or a compass needle. While this is not an improbable name for a
sea-captain, both names would fit mechanical people. (Though it is
hard to tell with Dorpian names: 'Vadsig' apparently means 'lazy'.)