(urth) Fwd: Re: Urth is a colonised planet

[Marc Aramini]

Nah no shame in not knowing everything under the sun.

On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote:

> Putting my hands on my mouth again.
>
> Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini:
>
> Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi.
>
> On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','foxyab at casema.nl');>> wrote:
>
>> They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country,
>> like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme
>> such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is
>> subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power
>> ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of
>> colonization, like the Dutch East Indies.
>>
>> By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means
>> 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived
>> from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth.
>> Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep
>> time.
>>
>>
>> -------- Doorgestuurd bericht --------
>> Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet
>> Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500
>> Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com>
>> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl>
>>
>> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
>> > Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them
>> > like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
>>
>> Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among
>> them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space,
>> or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size.
>>
>> --
>> Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com >
>> RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/>
>>
>>
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