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My God words cannot describe how much I hate this Wolfspeak. It's just completely wrong. I don't care if people think "It's using a variety of words to make a post sound interesting," it's just not correct. Sure, there's definately a variety of words in there, but they certainly do not make the post sound interesting, it makes you sound like a fool who has swallowed a thesaurus trying to sound intelligent. *Throws dictionary* You're paragraph is incorrect nonsense! Get a dictionary out and look up the meaning of the words you just wrote.
When I've been in roleplays with people typing Wolfspeak, I can literally feel my eye twitching and my heart rate going up. And I can't ask them to stop doing it because more than likely I'll have an entire pack ganging up on me, bad mouthing me for 'critising' their RP style, when I'm just telling them that what they typed is grammatically incorrect. Is it a roleplay style to do that? Weird.
I let people off with "cranium" because I actually think that's acceptable as it does refer to a part of the skull, but everything else in that list is a massive No. And I've honestly never seen anyone refer to a male as a 'brujo'... Wtf? Two completely different meanings there!
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How could you forget banners, tassels and flags? They're all apparently synonymous with 'tail'. Apparently. There's also orbs, spheres and optics- which are frequently used to describe eyes.
Even so, the thread's a good giggle (+floof'd)! Wolfspeak's one of the few things I completely loathe in-game; I can understand it after a spot of scrutinizing, but I'd genuinely rather roleplay with a chat-speaker. It's just too much purple prose for my personal tastes. Good for you if that's your preferred method of roleplay, I'm just staying well away from you; the pretentious lanuage leaves me so confused and flustered. I've left so many groups because of it! :D
It reminds me of the roleplay I had the misfortune of reading a week or two ago in Ficho. Whilst I completely respect other's styles, this one person seemingly flung open a thesaurus, picked the longest word listed there and crushed it into their roleplay, irrespective of its meaning. It was genuinely several paragraphs of something along the lines of:
"Her obsidian cinctures umbrageously scintillated as the fae's terrene vacillated towards the conterminous brute."
I believe I was blocked after politely attempting to correct them, initially pointing out that cinctures are these (http://208.73.49.42/resources/StJudeShop/images/products/processed/703-0.zoom.a.jpg), not eyelids. I'd honestly rather see people go for the more simplistic terms! I've an extensive biological vocabulary from the four years of my degree, yet I'll still refer to pieces of anatomy as their common names; it allows a wider variety of roleplayers to interact with you, as opposed to a select few who can scarcely understand what you're babbling on about. :P
Edit: WAIT I ZOOMED INTO THAT PICTURE. I CAN'T-... DEAD. AFHG-. Also screenshotted the roleplay I was talking about!
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Of course, people are allowed to use any RP style, be it Literate or Chat-Speak. But using words which make completely no sense is just awful.
For me, being a non-native English speaker (I also learned most of my words and grammar thanks to the internet and movies. If I learned nothing except what they taught us in school, I'd probably write in the most basic writing way possible), it is very hard to understand what those people actually meant with their posts. I tend to stay away from RolePlayers who always use words such as "banners" or "cranium". Quoting an user, "If your cranium moved, your character would die in a slow and painful way.". It just makes me think why can't people use the common words of what they actually meant? When I was new, I had absolutely no idea what most of these meant, and it was frustrating.
Sorry if I seemed like I was ranting ewe. I just had to express what I was feeling.
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-Picks up a copy of the Wolfspeak Dictionary-
"You know where this belongs?" -chunks it in the garbage- "In the trash can."
This is just one of the few reasons I don't roleplay as a wolf.... In fact, I don't have one wolf character in my character vault at all. I often times don't understand a word of this giberish some of these people tell me during a roleplay. I understand some of it... just some of it. I've tried roleplaying in wolf RPs, but would often get questioned as to why I wouldn't use any wolfspeak words. I find wolfspeak to be so unecessary in roleplaying chat. Why not use words like "head", "eyes", "she-wolf", "ears", etc when roleplaying? It makes things alot easier for people to understand you.
Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT hating on anyone who uses wolfspeak. If that's what they are comfortable with, that's fine.... just leave me out of it. I can't tell people how to roleplay.
PharaohStar: -Rips a page out of the wolfspeak dictionary, folds it into an origami hat, and places on head- "Call me Captain Jack Pharaoh" T^T
Btw, what is that absord looking creature at the top of the page? Did it escape from a Ripley's Believe it or Not side show, or a circus? O_O
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That stuff is bogus. Legit.
But that graphic is hilarious.
It's one thing if you want to be interesting, but it's not if you don't even know half the words their using, and I highly doubt they do.
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I hate wolfspeak... It just is annoying, and it shouldn't be used... Since sometimes it doesn't make sense when your using them...!!!
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I called myself a "femme" once by accident (meant to type female but I guess I held the m down too long and the a and l didn't take, idk) and like five people ganged up on me saying that I had called myself a feminine lesbian and I was like "wat." I tend to use wolfspeak because most of the packs I'm in use it, and I don't want to be the odd one out. I'm not a fan of it, though. Meh.
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I feel the same way about wolfspeak. But there's no need to do it because everyone else does! Stick to your guns and keep roleplaying the way you want to. You might even get some to change their mind! :D
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Ha, almost everyone in my wolf packs use wolfspeak. I don't really mind...but it does get confusing if they're using really weird words and I have no idea what they mean.
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Oh goodness, in one RP I joined most of us were regular literate players, no wolfspeak involved anywhere in our vocabulary. But just one of our members used hardcore, fluent wolfspeak and I could not for the life of me understand most of their posts. Or I took one look, and didn't even want to try.
I did my best to tolerate them until they used the word "acoustics" instead of ears. At that point, I logged off and deleted the character I joined with, in the hopes of never meeting that person again.
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I am an effeminate gay explosive crustacean and I find this offensive!
Seriously, though, I love this thread. Someone needs to end this absurdity. The image to go with it made my day.
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I don't roleplay much now because it seems that most people who class themselves at literate, also do wolfspeak as well. I just can't be bothered with it. I come on FeralHeart so I don't have to use my brain as much as whenI do during the rest of my day, but trying to understand wolfspeak is like trying to decipher the complex vocabulary of a biology textbook. -_-
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Yaaaaaayy.
I don't see banner on this list, though. ):
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I've always hated wolfspeak, I was once in a RP which said that if you don't use wolfspeak then you're a "fail wolf" as they put it. They would use these CONSTANTLY so I pretty much became inactive and just stopped going to the pack site all together because of the stupid wolfspeak that you're forced to memorize by heart and the massive amount of drama. =/
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I got a kick out of reading this. The first, and only time I tried to join a wolf roleplay, just to join a friend who i'd haven't seen of late, (because she was occupied with this particular group) I was called an illiterate just because I didn't fill up my post box, and I didn't use wolfspeak. I was ridiculed, and I quit. I had to block the alpha in the end, because they didn't leave my other roleplay alone. It was infuriating, to say the least.
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Direct them here next time.
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwed1hkoD1r0oqyy.gif)
I would but sadly that pack is long sense gone now. But if I ever see the female Alpha (or "Alphess" as they called her) I'll be sure to direct her here.
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Best flippin' dictionary I've seen in a long time, I was laughing so hard my throat started to burn.
I remember someone flung a full on wolfspeak sentence at me, and I said: ''English only in RP please''. I got a kick out of it. ~
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Nemena's two orbicularis oculi contracted as her zygomaticus major and minor worked alongside her levator labii superioris. The fae's risorius and levator anguli orsis each contracted and relaxed in subsequent turn.
(aka: she smiled)
I also found this (http://blackbloods.wetpaint.com/page/Wolf+Role+Play+Terms) which might help with further Wolfspeak terms (if you're adding to the fabulous guide!); I've seen so many (http://i.imgur.com/060fS1A.png) of these (http://i.imgur.com/w9NjfQ0.png) words (http://i.imgur.com/VhgFszO.png) spring into my chatbox. As said before, I'm glad they're using the style they personally enjoy (even if it's simply alt-tabbing through theasaurus.com whilst they type!), but-... I still personally avoid those roleplayers. Trying to decipher their text is essentially akin to muddling through a complex riddle. No thank you! :D
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Nemena's two orbicularis oculi contracted as her zygomaticus major and minor worked alongside her levator labii superioris. The fae's risorius and levator anguli orsis each contracted and relaxed in subsequent turn.
Dafuq...?
It's just like verbiage!
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Since I haven't been on much recently, I didn't get exposed to wolf-speak until a couple of days ago, and needless to say it was very difficult for me to understand. One of the wolves was being referred to as an "alpha fae" and I asked myself "what's a fae?"
Of course, some of these can be used in similes or metaphors, as in "her eyes were like pools," but using them excessively to replace the real word would (for me) make the post harder to read. That is, there is a way to use wolf-speak to a good effect, but going overboard with it is just confusing.
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Thanks for the link. I know how to keep busy now.
Would you mind if I add the pictures, along with the written examples, to the guide as examples?
Gotta keep it fabulous.
Feel free to yoink away! It was a friend who found the link after struggling to work out exactly what a summus tergum was during our literal translation bonanza; it's no biological term I've never heard of.
It apparently means spine. In the post it was mentioned in-... I'm most certain that 'to genuflect' is to bend one's knee- or kneel. So, to 'genuflect her summus tergum', she's essentially bending her knee-... At the spine? Kneeling on her spine? Kneebending her spine? Becoming a contortionist? Twisting her body into unholy positions after an attempted exorcism of a thesaurus from her soul?
/que confused flopping.
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Of course, some of these can be used in similes or metaphors, as in "her eyes were like pools," but using them excessively to replace the real word would (for me) make the post harder to read. That is, there is a way to use wolf-speak to a good effect, but going overboard with it is just confusing.
And they can serve as great metaphors/similes, as you said; I often swoosh to figurative language during particularly dramatic or emotive scenes. It's not too nonsensical when the terms are used in moderation during comparisons, for example (these are pretty poor, apologies):
"Tall, stoic and stalwart, his legs were pillars of steel as the brute of a wolf desperately rammed into his side; he would not move- not even an inch".
"Her ears prickled like thorns as the omnious noises drew closer- and closer still."
Unfortunately, 99% of the time, they're not used like this at all. :P
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I simply HATE Wolfspeak and those kinds of packs. Anyways,when I join any semi-lit packs,they mostly want me to give a RP sample. I MEAN WHY?! Then when I finally join,they ask me to put a IL at the end of my nametag. I asked why? ''Because you're an ilit thing. Do you think they're lit? I dun think so.
RP SAMPLE THAT I GAVE AWAY:
Blah,blah,blah something,lalalala. *doesn't matter,I have huge miss-spelling problems,but I have imagination and a really good grammar.*
Alphess:
You can join.
Neeloo has joined Beasts Of Flourite.
Someone:''Hey.'' He said. ''Welcome to the pack.''
Me:Thanks.
Someone:I wasn't talking to you.
Alphess:-the fae...lalala....and...blahblah..-
Me:What's a fae?
Alphess:Google it.))
I googled it and it turned out the same. Fae.
Me:Nothing came up.
Alphess:It's a female.))
Me:Okay))
A few minutes later:
Someone:Nee you have a miss-spelling problem and a badz gramar.))
Me:Orlly? -.-))
Someone:-he wentt to the cave where the wolfes sleept and ate.-
Me:That's called a den. And then I have a miss-spelling problem eh?))
Alphess:Don't be mean Neeloo.))
Me:Fine.))
Alphess:-she padded through the forest and her pads were freezing cold.-
Me:What's a pad?))
Yes I'm quiet ilit sometimes.
And so on,for three FH days they used Wolfspeak. And When I said: ''Can we not use these words?'' They said:''No.'' I got kicked out.
But still,
Who thought of Wolfspeak anyways?!
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Though I never played it, I heard it was created out of necessity on WolfQuest because the chat filter was so restrictive that people couldn't form a normal sentence (apparently even the words 'female' and 'male' were blocked, hence 'fae' and 'brute'). For some reason it carried over to FeralHeart, despite the game having no filter at all.
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Though I never played it, I heard it was created out of necessity on WolfQuest because the chat filter was so restrictive that people couldn't form a normal sentence (apparently even the words 'female' and 'male' were blocked, hence 'fae' and 'brute'). For some reason it carried over to FeralHeart, despite the game having no filter at all.
I stopped going on WolfQuest because of this. Though I didn't encounter people using Wolfspeak they were using odd and random words or a combination of words to say something like 'female' or 'male'. I was talking to someone a few weeks back about this and apparently now (because they go on WQ), people use 'alas' or female and...something else for male (I've forgotten what it was XD). But it is pretty much the same as Wolfspeak, in my eyes.
(I'll see if I can remember that word.)
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I simply HATE Wolfspeak and those kinds of packs. Anyways,when I join any semi-lit packs,they mostly want me to give a RP sample. I MEAN WHY?! Then when I finally join,they ask me to put a IL at the end of my nametag. I asked why? ''Because you're an ilit thing. Do you think they're lit? I dun think so.
RP SAMPLE THAT I GAVE AWAY:
Blah,blah,blah something,lalalala. *doesn't matter,I have huge miss-spelling problems,but I have imagination and a really good grammar.*
Alphess:
You can join.
Neeloo has joined Beasts Of Flourite.
Someone:''Hey.'' He said. ''Welcome to the pack.''
Me:Thanks.
Someone:I wasn't talking to you.
Alphess:-the fae...lalala....and...blahblah..-
Me:What's a fae?
Alphess:Google it.))
I googled it and it turned out the same. Fae.
Me:Nothing came up.
Alphess:It's a female.))
Me:Okay))
A few minutes later:
Someone:Nee you have a miss-spelling problem and a badz gramar.))
Me:Orlly? -.-))
Someone:-he wentt to the cave where the wolfes sleept and ate.-
Me:That's called a den. And then I have a miss-spelling problem eh?))
Alphess:Don't be mean Neeloo.))
Me:Fine.))
Alphess:-she padded through the forest and her pads were freezing cold.-
Me:What's a pad?))
Yes I'm quiet ilit sometimes.
And so on,for three FH days they used Wolfspeak. And When I said: ''Can we not use these words?'' They said:''No.'' I got kicked out.
But still,
Who thought of Wolfspeak anyways?!
Well, 'pad' is short for 'paw pad' and isn't really wolf speak. But 'fae' is and really means fairy or fairy-like.
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Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes.
-hands you cookie for making this thread.-
Though, I personally wouldn't say 'pad' is wolfspeak, because, as liontamer said, it'd be short for 'paw pad' xD
(I usually can decipher at least some wolfspeak, but some rp posts just make me go "._. wat")
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-in general- Looking for a wolf rp? -someone replies and I join- *This is sure to be a great pack!* -the brute grunted as several fae's passed by. He blinked his orbs and lifted his banner in a sign of dominance. Bending down, he grabbed the earlier killed rabbit in his dial.- *Me= wait wut?*
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~Le noms on cookie~
Well yeah. iPad. Someone should have a 'broken' keyboard and then write the i. iPad.
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I generaly hate Wolf-Speak. It's confusing and plain annoying.
Thankfully, I've never been in a wolf RP where they used wolf-speak (and if it was my group, I wouldn't allow it)
Some of the wolf-speak for the body parts they describe, I think is 'ok'
like Jowels and Chops for lips (though Chops is an informal term and I've only heard Brittons use that- expecially South Londoners)
Flank for the side (even I use that sometimes, though mostly as 'flanked')
abdomen for stomach or belly, (even humans has 'abdomens' though it a term mostly assositated (at least for me) for insects)
and Haunches for the back leg or bottom (eg: sat on his haunches).
But others is just like dafu did I just read?
and until I read this, I always thought Fae was a term for a female deer (other than doe) for some reason, hence my confusion when I was around some wolf-speak wolves useing the term 'fae'. i was just stiing there thinking "why are those wolves calling themselves deer?"
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YES! Someone has finally made a thread on this. :D I congratulate you, my friend! Now, every now and then, I use ridiculous middle/early modern English words, (purely for laughs :P) but I use my unusual words correctly, unlike these 'wolfspeakers'.
In my opinion, 'wolfspeak' is absolutely... retarded. :/ And quite frankly, it is not just the wolves who use this so called 'intelligent' vocabulary. In fact, I have seen several felines using this type of language--warrior cats in particular seem to enjoy it. It just blows my mind when people think that this language makes them seem intelligent! (Quite frankly, if you are as so lacking in originality to come up with better words... then nothing is going to help you become more intelligent :/)
Granted, I do occasionally use the so called 'wolfspeak' words, but not in the context that it is most commonly used by wolfspeakers. For example, I may describe my wolf's legs by saying they're "as strong and thick as pillars", or I may describe my character's eyes as "clear, bright, and glowing with a crystallized brilliance that made her eyes appear to be two glowing orbs hanging alone in the darkness." However, I never flat out give my wolf's body parts such ridiculous names unless I have previously made several comparisons to that body part and the substituted word in some older posts in the rp, but even then, I occasionally make quick references to the comparison. In short, I create a metaphor for my character.
Several of the words used in 'wolfspeak' are beautiful, but to be effective, they must be used properly. The key to using these words correctly is to not completely substitute one meaning for another but to accent the meaning you are trying to convey.
(Sorry if my post seems a bit confusing ^^; I am prone to... abstract thinking XD)
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I just ran into a group that uses wolf speak, and in all my times of role playing...I never wanted to punch someone in the face so hard that they go back to kindergarten, and relearn their lives on how to make a sentence. Literally I go on to the map of Island of secrets. And needless to say...I dont want to go back because a group of wolves, are having fun with wolf speak...And I tried to join...never again Dx
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Some of the wolf-speak for the body parts they describe, I think is 'ok'
like Jowels and Chops for lips (though Chops is an informal term and I've only heard Brittons use that- expecially South Londoners)
Flank for the side (even I use that sometimes, though mostly as 'flanked')
abdomen for stomach or belly, (even humans has 'abdomens' though it a term mostly assositated (at least for me) for insects)
and Haunches for the back leg or bottom (eg: sat on his haunches).
None of those (except maybe abdomen, I'm not quite sure) are really even considered wolfspeak as they're all used correctly haha.
Definitions:
Chops- Noun
A person's or animal's mouth or jaws.
A person's cheeks; jowls.
Flank- Noun
The side of a person's or animal's body between the ribs and the hip.
Synonyms: noun. side - wing
Abdomen- Noun
The part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs; the belly. In mammals it is bounded by the diaphragm and the pelvis.
The posterior part of the body of an arthropod, esp. the segments of an insect's body behind the thorax.
Synonyms: belly - stomach - paunch - tummy - venter
Haunches- Noun
A buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal.
The leg and loin of an animal as food.
Those who don't use wolfspeak tend to use these more often than wolfspeakers themselves, at least that's what I've noticed~
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Fun story, joined a dog pack a few days ago, came on today and everyone was in the middle of RPing.
One of them(who I hadn't met yet) was using fluent wolfspeak. We all told him we couldn't understand a word of what he was saying, and he ever-so-graciously agreed to tone it down. I made another joking comment a bit later about his use of the words "optics" and "luminaries" instead of just "eyes", and suddenly the whole pack went off at me :I
The guy even said "It says semi-literate to literate in the group bio, I'm within that". I so desperately wanted to tell him that wolfspeak is definitely not the same as literate RP, but I wasn't too keen to get kicked out of the group.
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Other stuff I've seen used:
Female: Dame
Body: Build, bodice
Eyes: Globes, spheres
Mouth: Maw
Teeth: Daggers, razors, ivories, pearls
Tail: Flag, ribbon
Legs: Pistons
Paws: Mitts
Claws: Talons, spurs
Ears: Audrey (short for auditory, I'm told)
I'm with the wolf-speakers that more synonyms for male and such would be useful, but seriously people? Unless you made a fighting rooster by accident, you don't have spurs, y'know?
Maybe you could put a list of actual synonyms in as a 'use these instead' kind of thing?
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Dame, really? And they were not RPing a Noir murder mystery? XD
I agree with what was said before; when used as metaphore in moderation, a lot of these words could actually add a lot to imagery... it's only when they're considered actual synonyms that things get weird.
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Hm, if they were speaking to a character that held some sort of respected, fighting, and/or honorable role, the term "dame" could work. It generally means a female knight basically, or a woman married to a knight. This usually falls in England, though, but who knows if they still use it.
Ivories is also one of the few rare words in wolfspeak that's used correctly. Though it may not be thought as teeth right away, it can still substitute the word.
Ivories- noun?/??v(?)r?/?
ivories, plural
A hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (esp. formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles
- a knife with an ivory handle
An object made of ivory
The keys of a piano
A person's teeth
A creamy-white color
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It is? I usually thought it'd be correct because it's used for tusks which I thought to be similar to teeth. Not exact, but made in a similar way. I knew coloration was ivory-like, but from what I read from sites it made it sound like ivory was in the tooth, too.
No need to apologize, either, thank you for the correction! I should of looked into it a bit further, I think I will anyway just because I like to learn and need to know more about anatomy. Well, perhaps not need to unless I wanted my career revolved around that, but it's interesting to know certain things, and helpful. I'm supposing animal teeth are a similar way?
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Body: Build, bodice
Mouth: Maw
Legs: Pistons
Maw: "the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal."
So "maw" would actually be used correctly in this case. I find it quite descriptive for open jaws, but that's just me.
As for "build" in place of "body," I've seen/had it used correctly before in sentences such as "he has a slim build," but other than that I haven't heard it used much.
...but pistons are a machine part, as far as I know. o_o
Maybe I should start wandering around more so I can hear more of this "wolfspeak"...
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I doubt if your paw resembles soft material.
Your paws aren't a manner of treading.
1. Yes, paws do resemble a soft material.
2. YES, you use your paws to tread...
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Don't tread on the grass
They trod back to the old house
An old, trodden path'
The tire's treads were worn
Paw pads =/= the way a dog jogs; it is the foot of a dog; you do not say "Sneaker" when you see someone walking, so why use the term "tread" for something on the foot of a cat or dog?
Soft paw pads = bloody, cut up paws for you, thus not so much encouraged movement at all [too soft paws are bad for dogs; they usually harden and healthy paws are usually soft, yet resistant, sort of like rubber]
Paw pads =/= tire patterns or tires
When people even TRY to use "treads" as a noun all I think of is this
(http://www.allfreelogo.com/images/vector-thumb/tire-treads-vector-prev1170012606d8AN25.jpg)
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Haha, I almost fell off my chair!
Yes, I totally agree with the post.
I tend to use a little wolfspeak when I'm out of words, but the only words I use are orbs, optics, fae and brute and figure. These are the only ones I understand and know, plus, they don't confuse players so much.
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Oh they use "tread" as the actual paw or paw pad? Oh, okay. I thought they meant it as the action "to tread".
AKA, I am treading along the path.
Not: My treads hurt.
...or something.
That sounds awkward, the second one.
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Ooh, okay, I get it now. Thanks again for making that clear! ^.^
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Wolfspeak is....just...stupid...
Too many people neglect the dictionary. Where's the love for the dictionary? I don't use it. If I do happen to use it, its VERY limited. It should have it's own dictionary. Just trying to decipher it is agonizing.
Sometimes I'm glad I'm stuck on one map (Temple of Dreams and/or North Pole).
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They don't neglect the dictionary
They just don't know how to use it properly
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That's neglecting the dictionary in my opinion. You only use it to look up words you don't know about and maybe reference it a few times if needed.
Since when dictionaries aren't used correctly? I must be thrown out of time and only entered at a later date. :|
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Maw: "the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal."
So "maw" would actually be used correctly in this case. I find it quite descriptive for open jaws, but that's just me.
As for "build" in place of "body," I've seen/had it used correctly before in sentences such as "he has a slim build," but other than that I haven't heard it used much.
Mm. Maybe maw it could be used for just the mouth, but to my understanding, it means the entire upper digestive tract. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.
And as to build, 'slim build' doesn't really mean a slim body. More like his body was built like that. Similar to 'she has a slender frame'. But it's not calling her body a frame, just relating her skeleton to one, and remarking that it's skinny.
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...I...I have no words.
Thankfully, I have never met someone that used..that word... in wolfspeak.
Wolfspeak is just so ridiculous, it's starting to get on my nerves. :I
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Wolfspeak really annoys me, especially when players who use wolfspeak say that these words are the correct words for such and such. I was once told "fae" was the correct term for a female wolf. Wrong, it's not. I can't join any literate or semi-literate in-game rps these days because everyone uses wolfspeak and I end up being told or asked:
"You're not literate enough if you do not use wolfspeak, please leave this pack."
"What's wrong with the words I use? It's the correct terms."
I end up leaving groups when wolfspeak is used, shows that I can't stand it. A friend offered to help by "kidnapping" me. I ended kidnapped and talking with my kidnapper friend at the N/Z, far from the group. What a shame no one came to rescue me cx I just wish more wolfspeak users could see how they describe their characters, I would love to direct them to this thread.
That image on the first page, lol. If only they could see their character like that <3
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I've seen cats using wolfspeak >.< What is the world coming to?
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I've seen it more common these past few days... I did rat someone and tell them their actual meanings, I mean- it was just a random RP and they joined in and was the only one useing wolf-speak, then denied that he was incorrect and said something along the lines of 'Good luck trying to find people who don't use wolf-speak, that's like 0% of the FH-population" when five of us were sitting there not using wolf-speak and he was the only one that was... both bad at english and math...
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COLORS
tints, shades, hues
BLACK
ash, charcoal, charred, clouded, coal, dark, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, jet, livid, melanoid, midnight, murky, night, nigrescent, nigrous, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch-dark, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, swart, swarthy, tourmaline,
WHITE
alabaster, ashen, blanched, bleached, bloodless, bone, Caucasian, chalky, clear, fair, frosted, ghastly, hoary, immaculate, ivory, light, marble, milky, moon, moonstone, neutral, pallid, pasty, pearly, polar, pure, snow, snowy, spotless, stainless, transparent, unblemished, unsullied, wan, waxen,
GRAY
bleary, blurred, caliginous, cloudy, dark, dingy, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, faded, faint, flat, flint, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, grey, indistinct, lackluster, lightless, mat, monotone, monotonous, murky, muted, obscured, opaque, overcast, pale, poorly lit, silver, silvery, shadowy, sullied, tarnished, tenebrous, unclear, unilluminated, vague, weak,
BROWN
auburn, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, tawny, terra-cotta, toast, umber
GREEN
blooming, bosky, budding, burgeoning, callow, developing, emerald, flourishing, foliate, forest, fresh, grassy, growing, half-formed, immature, infant, juvenile, leaf, leafy, lush, maturing, moss, pliable, puerile, pullulating, raw, recent, sprouting, supple, tender, undecayed, undried, unfledged, ungrown, unripe, unseasoned, verdant, verdurous, vert, visculent, young, youthful
RED
bittersweet, blood, bloodshot, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, coral, crimson, dahlia, damask, flaming, florid, flushed, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, glowing, healthy, inflamed, infrared, magenta, maroon, pink, puce, redness, rose, roseate, rosy, rouge, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, terra cotta, titian, vermeil, vermilion, wine
GOLDEN/YELLOW
amber, aureate, auric, auriferous, aurous, aurulent, blond, blonde, caramel, dusty, flaxen, gold, golden, honeyed, mellow yellow, ochroid, straw, tan, tawny, wheat, wheaten
BLUE
aquamarine, azure, beryl, cerulean, cobalt, glacier, ice, indigo, lapis, navy, royal, sapphire, sea, sky, teal, turquoise, ultramarine
PURPLE
amethyst, bluish red, heliotrope, lavender, lilac, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, perse, plum, pomegranate, violaceous, violet
WOLVES, GENERAL
BODY
build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, figure, form, frame, make-up, shaft, shape, tenement, torso, trunk
FUR
covering, crust, ectoderm, epidermis, fell, fleece, coat, hide, husk, integument, leather, membrane, pelage, pellicle, pelt, peltry, rind, scale, scarfskin, shell, silk, skin, velvet, wool
EARS
Lobes, pinnae, solae, auds, auditories, listeners, acoustics, zeniths, auddettes
HEAD
crania, dial, apex, crown, cerebrum, skull, caput
EYES
headlights, lamps, oculars, oculuses, optics, orbs, lanterns, pools, visors, Chasms
globes, spheres,
MUZZLE
Mug, plush, maw, nares, kisser, velveteen, snouth, trap, jowls, jaws, probiscis
LIPS
Rims, labrums, labria, rimming, leathers, chaps, kissers
TEETH
Incisors, enamels, fangs, pearls, ivories, canines, razors
NECK
Serpentine, boa, scruff, spine, nape, curvature
BACK
aft, hindpart, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, haunches, rump, saddle, bench
TAIL
Plume, tassel, banner, appendage, ribbon, pendulum, flag, whipcord
tendril, streamer, wisp, brush, whip
LEGS
Pillars, pistons, beams, limbs, shanks, stilts, appendai
PAWS
mitts, pads, hands, phalanges
CLAWS
Talons, grippers, spurs, extensions, grapplers, daggers
THIN
Slender, svelte, lithe, sleek, slender, lean, willowy, delicate, lissom, serpentine, wiry, trim,
MALE
Mascu, bronc, brujo, stag, drake, brute, beast, stud, hessian, virile, titan, gladiator, hellion, demon, charger, protector, he-wolf, buck, lupe, vulp, wulf, stallion
FEMALE
Femme, fae, fatale, vix, vixen, femora, lady, dove, maiden, dame, naiad, bruja, mistress, damsel, doe, huntress, demoness, damsel, minx, she-wolf, filly, lupess, vulpess, wolvena, mare, fyxe
KID
Pup, cub, youth, offspring, progeny, whelp, ageless, youngling, wolfling, younglet, wolflet, kit, child
AGE
Youthful, young, juvenile, primed, seasons, aged, decrepit, ancient, legend, elderly, veteran, winters, summers, old, years, getting on (in your years)
ACTIONS
WALK
Pad, stroll, tread, amble, saunter, slink, slide, shuffle, strut, navigate, stalk, prowl, snake, stride, glide, weave (in and out of), prance, slip (past), entwine (around), march, pace, hike, toddle, totter, stagger, waddle, trundle, plonk (yes, this can be used. I read it in "Lord of the Flies"), wafted/breezed (past), trudge, tramp, traipse, slog, plod, trek, lumber, trailed (after something), stomp, meander, mosey, wander, drift (past), swagger, parade, gambol, romp, caper, scamper, scurry, swept (by), brush (past), scoot, travel, flit, stump, clump, traverse, trundle
JOG
Trot, bounce, hustle, walk briskly,
RUN
Lope, sprint, hunt, dash, dances, stumble, dart, rush, bound, race, bolt
WATCH
Regard, look, study, observe, surbey, gaze, glare, stare, glance, glimpse, examine, peer, peep
NOD
Confirm, bob, dip, drop, concur, affirm, tilt/incline (of the head)
FROWN
knotted, creased, furrowed (for example, "Her brow creased in sorrow")
DESCRIPTIVE TERMS
STRONG
Brawny, massy, buff, burly, well-built, stalwart, robust, sturdy, tough.
WEAK
Tender, frail, scrawny, puny, fragile, delicate, helpless
EVIL
Malevolent, sinful, malicious, immoral, foul, tainted, wicked, vile, nefarious, heinous, bad, dark
GOOD
Pure, kind-hearted, of the light, moral, upright, virtous, noble, worthy, blameless
NEUTRAL
Unbiased, nonaligned, middle of the roads, indifferent, on the fence
FAST
Quick, speedy, rapid, swift, express, high-speed, fleeting, brisk, prompt, like a flash
SLOW
Ponderous, slothful, lumbering, leisurely (pace)
SMALL
Minute, little, diminutive, short of stature, tiny, minture, petit, undersized, miniscule
BIG
brawny, muscular, mammoth, colossal, massive, sinewy, burly
stocky, bulky, huge, great, enormous, immense, giagantic, large, well-built, big in stature
Thanks to http://groups.msn.com/fantasywolfpacks/wolfsdictionary.msnw (http://groups.msn.com/fantasywolfpacks/wolfsdictionary.msnw) for the dictionary
Here is a biig dictionary. I took it from http://bloodrosewolves.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wsd&action=display&thread=60 (http://bloodrosewolves.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wsd&action=display&thread=60)
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Very nice find, though everything there wouldn't be considered Wolfspeak. Such as the colors, they seem more like they're used to describe something than rather replacing the actual word, which would be okay.
Coat and pelt are used correctly (though with coat it probably depends on how they type it). Fangs can also mean teeth, and both scruff and nape do mean neck, it's just more so the back of it, so it'll also depend on how they use them. For "back" I'm not quite sure if they mean the actual back or the "back end", though judging from the words I'm going to assume the latter or it means both. Hindquarters and haunches are more or less used correctly, along with rear and rump. I don't know what some of the others mean. All of the words for "Thin" are right, save for serpentine, wiry, and trim. Serpentine and wiry could be used to describe it depending on how they're typed, though I'm not really sure about trim...
Pup, cub, youth, offspring, progeny, whelp, kit, child are all also mostly correct (though whelp is used more so as an insult I believe, or at least not used nicely) and it depends on who they're talking about (a baby lion would be called a cub rather than a pup and vise versa for a baby wolf). Ageless sounds a good one to use for a newborn though I think that's used more as an adjective, and youngling, wolfling, younglet, wolflet, well I'm pretty sure they're all made up but they sound pretty good to me, and they make sense. In my opinion, anyway. Everything in age sounds good to me.
As for the rest (Actions and Descriptive Terms), they're all A-okay and correct save for some misspells and possible misplaced words. Considering Wolfspeak tends to replace a word with another that's not the exact definition or far off, in this case it'll actually be used right since they're being more descriptive, like when they replace "big" with "huge". It makes sense, and people know what they're talking about xD
I apologize if it just seems like I only come here to correct people, I despise wolfspeak though I also don't want legit words being confused as wolfspeak as well >.> I've used some words that wolfspeakers have used as well, and because they're notorious for being wrong, when someone sees me use something they use often (such as nape), they'll tell me something like "OMG wolfspeaker! That word is used wrong!" or "We're sorry but we don't RP with wolfspeakers" or "I'm sorry, sweetie, but that's incorrect. Please be literate and use proper words :3" Then I have to tell them "No it's not, it means so-and-so" which usually has them still disbelieve me and it'll eventually end when one of them looks it up real quick. Yeah >3>
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MALE
Mascu, bronc, brujo, stag, drake, brute, beast, stud, hessian, virile, titan, gladiator, hellion, demon, charger, protector, he-wolf, buck, lupe, vulp, wulf, stallion
FEMALE
Femme, fae, fatale, vix, vixen, femora, lady, dove, maiden, dame, naiad, bruja, mistress, damsel, doe, huntress, demoness, damsel, minx, she-wolf, filly, lupess, vulpess, wolvena, mare, fyxe
Brujo - one who works with black magic; a music band
Drake - a male duck [I don't think people are RPing as male ducks but...OK...?]
Hessian - native of Hesse or referring to Hesse; a German soldier
Virile - #1 having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male (specifically for reproduction); #3A characteristic of or associated with men [masculine]
Hellion - a troublesome or mischievous person
Charger - (noun 1) a large flat dish or platter; (noun 2) one that charges [appliance]; a horse for battle or parade
Protector - I don't even need the definition, this word is gender neutral, why the heck are they using it for male.
Lupe- Polynesian fruit pigeon
Vulp - fox; also gender neutral
Wulf - Wikipedia says it's just a profilic name ending; many of the names with it are for boys
Femme - #1 woman; #2 a lesbian who is notably or stereotypically feminine in appearance in manner
Fae - this is a preposition or an archaie variant of foe
fatale
Fatale - from damnum fatale: "loss arising from inevitable accident"
Vix - the first thing that pops up in google search for "vix definition" is a ticker symbol for Chicago Board
Femora - This is a bone. Your character is not just a bone
Naiad - this is a water nymph that lives in rivers or is an aquadic dragonfly/stonefly larva
Minx - this is a derogatory term for a highly flirtatious woman; who would want to use this generically????
Filly - #1 young female horse, usually less than 4 years of age; #2 a lively girl or young woman
Wolvena - I could not find this in any dictionary or online source
Fyxe - #1 a female fox; #2 a woman regarded as quarrelsome, shrewish, or malicious
I would go through more but this is hurting my brain more than a post with no punctuation.
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I hate when people do that, pretty much every rp i join now they talk like that it drives me insane and it takes me a long time to figure out what they're saying.
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Yes. This. I cannot even put into words how much Wolf Speak irritates me! And I really, really despise how they seem to think that 'reading about these words on ROLE PLAY WEBSITES' makes them part of the English language, or at least viable words that can be used in their given contexts. No. Just no! Actually use a dictionary and then we'll talk.
Thank you so much for putting this up!
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Just ran across a couple of hilarious phrases this morning:
"He raised his cranium..."
...Sounds like he cut off the top of his head and took it off to look at it. O_o
"He lowered his maw..."
To do that you'd have to swallow your own throat, wouldn't you?
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Just ran across a couple of hilarious phrases this morning:
"He raised his cranium..."
...Sounds like he cut off the top of his head and took it off to look at it. O_o
"He lowered his maw..."
To do that you'd have to swallow your own throat, wouldn't you?
I use Maw- I don't see it as wolf-speak, I know it means 'throat' or what ever- but it's commonly used to mean 'jaw' or 'mouth' expecially in older English speakers- though I have heard it being used more with Scottish speakers.
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Some terms of wolf-speak I find to be "ok", but when you go as far as using a word at sounds nice to define something that had nothing to do with the actual definition...thats going a littler over the edge
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I usually can stand wolfspeak....to a point. If the person uses around one or two wolf-speak words (wolf-words?) in an rp line, Im fine. But if they are just stuffing the whole sentence with the words, my brain breaks and I just blatantly ask them "And that means...?" Usually they explain, but other times they just say, and I quote from an experience "Get a better vocabulary, noob".
I usually stay away from wolf rp's because of this, but every once and a while a feline starts talking like this, and I just wonder why they try. I mean, most of us just ask what they are saying anyways, so I dont see the point ._. I once encountered a large rogue/cat thing trying to attack me and some group members, and they were just overfilling their rp with wolf-speak. It literally took her two whole chat-box paragraphs to describe her sitting on the ground and flicking her ears. Not to mention when she was done we had to ask her what she was doing, for we honestly could not decipher what she was rping.
Now I know what the people who use wolf-speak are trying to do is be descriptive and make their rp different (or that is what I think. Correct me if Im wrong) but there is a difference between being literate and taking it too far. Recently I've been calling it "Over-Literate", for the "literate" portion has been blown out of proportion. I cannot stand rping with Over-Literate people, because you have to wait until they finish, like the example above, sitting down before you can get on to the rp. Wolf-speakers fill out a large amount of this Over-Literate section, and it just gets annoying ._. I may have to rename it now, seeing that all the words I am waiting for them to type so I can walk up to them are wrong.
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I don't think anyone understands how much I hate wolfspeak.
Half of the time I can't even understand what they are trying to say. A lot of people feel as if using wolfspeak, it makes them a very detailed and literate roleplayer, when in reality, it just makes them look like an utter idiot.
No offence to anyone who actually uses wolfspeak. I mean, everyone has their own opinion and can say what they please, but I just find it annoying when they use these types of words in every single sentence. Drives me crazy.
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I usually stay away from wolf rp's because of this, but every once and a while a feline starts talking like this, and I just wonder why they try. I mean, most of us just ask what they are saying anyways, so I dont see the point ._. I once encountered a large rogue/cat thing trying to attack me and some group members, and they were just overfilling their rp with wolf-speak. It literally took her two whole chat-box paragraphs to describe her sitting on the ground and flicking her ears. Not to mention when she was done we had to ask her what she was doing, for we honestly could not decipher what she was rping.
A rogue cat was it?.... As in a Warrior rogue cat? .__.
That reminds me... you know what I don't get? I don't understand why some Warrior Cat roleplayers use wolf-speak in their RPs. I thought it was wolf-speak... not cat-speak. I have seen some cats refer to each other as "faes" and "brutes", or "wave their banner in the air", "gets up on her pillars", so on and so forth. I haven't read many of the books, but I know for sure that the author DIDN'T use wolf-speak at all. She did use different words to describe different things, such as "she-cat" for a female cat, or "tom" for a male.
I do have a few warrior RP friends who use a little bit of wolf-speak in their RP sentences. But then I come across some warrior cats that use wolf-speak to the max. So I just sit there and say, ".... Whaaaaat? Was that even English." o_o
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That reminds me... you know what I don't get? I don't understand why some Warrior Cat roleplayers use wolf-speak in their RPs. I thought it was wolf-speak... not cat-speak. I have seen some cats refer to each other as "faes" and "brutes", or "wave their banner in the air", "gets up on her pillars", so on and so forth. I haven't read many of the books, but I know for sure that the author DIDN'T use wolf-speak at all. She did use different words to describe different things, such as "she-cat" for a female cat, or "tom" for a male.
The stuff seems to have originated with wolves, hence the name, but it doesn't mean felines should be picked on for using it due to their species. And no, of course the author didn't use wolf-speak! If rpers went off of what authors wrote, there'd only BE correct English!
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Wolfspeak. The language used by RPers so nobody can understand them. They think they're all smart bu using long and uncomprehendable words, but they honestly just look stupid. They sound like they're a blabbering peasant from the Medivel times.
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I have a crazy example: (http://i50BannedImageSite/o2pvk.png) Da fuq I just read?
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I have a crazy example: (http://i50BannedImageSite/o2pvk.png) Da fuq I just read?
I legitimately did not understand parts of that at all. x.x
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I have a crazy example: (http://i50BannedImageSite/o2pvk.png) Da fuq I just read?
That.
Made no sense.
What so ever.
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I have a crazy example: (http://i50BannedImageSite/o2pvk.png) Da fuq I just read?
All I understood was 'flicked his tail' 'sighed and layed down' xD
but that was from what I knew from Wolf-speak and what the words could represent... It's imagnitive- I give them credit- but seriously- it takes time to understand that...
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I-... Saw that very post (and player!) when mulling about on my hyena! I blocked him soon after his questionable response to my friend's slice of constructive criticism. :(
Though Silvertide...! Goodness gracious; I honestly had no idea people went to such drastic measures to avoid using "eyes", "ears" and such-- I've never heard any of those words used before, even in literature and non-FH roleplays! Grief.
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I actually could understand that screenie up above after translating so much. The list I posted is only half of it, I had to delete a lot due to it being too long. XP And yep Nemena, it gets worse away from wolf quest. And they are even more arrogant about it too!
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(http://oi48BannedImageSite/15o9cvo.jpg)
I just..
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And to think I thought these guys were literate. I've been taught by literate RP-ers to use these terms, and after all, they've just been telling me useless crap. They tell me that this makes me literate. I just feel so bad now ;-;
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And to think I thought these guys were literate. I've been taught by literate RP-ers to use these terms, and after all, they've just been telling me useless crap. They tell me that this makes me literate. I just feel so bad now ;-;
Oh don't worry, I think at one point some of us thought they were literate too ;w; Besides, once you learn what you are doing wrong, its easy to fix, so soon I can promise you you will actually be literate. Try to rp as a feline too (if you don't already) because most of them tend to not use wolfspeak. Try to mirror their way of rping, but adding you own spin to it, and you will easily become literate again :)
That is another thing I dislike about people who use wolf-speak. They think they are super literate, and anyone who doesnt use it isnt. When I think of literate, I think of capable of writing a story level, not being able to memorize usless words that no one in the real world understands. Some of these guys need a wake-up call, or at least be given a hint that they arent 'literate'
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Oh good Lord. E_E I've been using these terms for ages and been fooled into thinking I'm the most literate person ever and anyone who uses "head" instead of "cranium" is an illiterate noob.
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@avarigriffin
My brain...was straining to translate that. This is what I got:
"The pale colored feline lurched off her hind quarters slashing her claws into the she-wolf? throat, snapping her lower jaw into her head and snagging a blade (I assume claw) into her sidal gland-"
Yeah...it's not making much sense to me with either. I'm stopping this. This is a headache just by getting that part through.
(Also, the quote thing is being a derp)
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Honestly, why do people roleplay with such strong vocabulary?
None of these roleplay samples made sense to me.
Can't people just use normal words? Like the fancy terms for head, eyes, etc always confuses me, and its hard to understand what the person is saying.
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What mainly bothers me is that plenty of wolfspeakers act like a pompous butthat when you shove the truth in their faces.
^that
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What mainly bothers me is that plenty of wolfspeakers act like a pompous butthat when you shove the truth in their faces.
"Pompous butthat" made me giggle.
They'll learn on their one once they get to a point where they find some of the terms and their meanings, either looking it up out of curiosity or the hard way [during studies].
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Oh, dear...I joined a pack a while ago. Pretty big, semi-well known. I enjoyed RPing with them. They didn't use wolfspeak, they had good length posts, and unlike every other group they actually stuck around for more than a day.
Recently I started uni, and even in the lead up to that I didn't have a lot of time for FH. When I could get on, none of the members were online. But today, I managed to get on at the same time as the leader and a few others.
They are ALL using wolfspeak now. WHY?
The group is really one of the best I've ever joined, but if the use of wolfspeak gets much worse I won't even be able to understand what my packmates are saying. Such a shame, really...
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my wolf-speak:
female=female e.e
Male=Male e.e
Head=caranium/skull e.e
Pup=pup or small one
teen=Derp xD
Deer/Antilope=DINNER!
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my wolf-speak:
female=female e.e
Male=Male e.e
Head=caranium/skull e.e
Pup=pup or small one
teen=Derp xD
Deer/Antilope=DINNER!
Lol. Good idea. I like your term for teen, and deer/antilope XD
What mainly bothers me is that plenty of wolfspeakers act like a pompous butthat when you shove the truth in their faces.
Pompous butthat? Never heard that one before XD
I agree. You try to educate them on what those words really mean, and yet they call you an illiterate fool who doesn't know anything. It's shameful, I tell ya. You know what they say...
(http://stickerheads.com/images/ducttape345555.jpg)
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my wolf-speak:
female=female e.e
Male=Male e.e
Head=caranium/skull e.e
Pup=pup or small one
teen=Derp xD
Deer/Antilope=DINNER!
Lol. Good idea. I like your term for teen, and deer/antilope XD
What mainly bothers me is that plenty of wolfspeakers act like a pompous butthat when you shove the truth in their faces.
Pompous butthat? Never heard that one before XD
I agree. You try to educate them on what those words really mean, and yet they call you an illiterate fool who doesn't know anything. It's shameful, I tell ya. You know what they say...
(http://stickerheads.com/images/ducttape345555.jpg)
ikr, my friend says im just full of good ideas my cousin even asked me to help her with her senior prank when it comes around >:D
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Saw this, made me think of Wolfspeak:
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7132794880/h6DE8624C/)
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*Taster* Instead of tongue. *Clickers* Instead of claws
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This, just all of my yes. I was in a wolf roleplay a few days ago. The map was nice, people seemed friendly; it was promising. ....And then I saw them roleplaying. I about died. They'ed do two posts or so and each post was littered with wolf speak. I mean it' tolerable peppered in here and there, but this.. it was just so awful.
And when I mentioned it they were all like "That's actually the right use for 'aud' like audible." And I was all "No. You don't call your ears audibles do you??"
And it gets worse. I eventually googled a few words they were using in a post directed at me where they 'flicked' a pebble at me. And I forget what the word was but legit the general definition was 'gravy'. So I'm just sitting there like.. "The heck? You just flicked a pebble at me with your gravy? How do I even comprehend this??"
I lied promptly and said I had to go. And this morning I left that roleplay.. I don't need people wielding magical gravy around my characters.
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This, just all of my yes. I was in a wolf roleplay a few days ago. The map was nice, people seemed friendly; it was promising. ....And then I saw them roleplaying. I about died. They'ed do two posts or so and each post was littered with wolf speak. I mean it' tolerable peppered in here and there, but this.. it was just so awful.
And when I mentioned it they were all like "That's actually the right use for 'aud' like audible." And I was all "No. You don't call your ears audibles do you??"
And it gets worse. I eventually googled a few words they were using in a post directed at me where they 'flicked' a pebble at me. And I forget what the word was but legit the general definition was 'gravy'. So I'm just sitting there like.. "The heck? You just flicked a pebble at me with your gravy? How do I even comprehend this??"
I lied promptly and said I had to go. And this morning I left that roleplay.. I don't need people wielding magical gravy around my characters.
i know i dont get why people use these odd words, and then when you dont use them they kick you from RP.
when that happens im like pffttt whateve, you all not very lit anyway.
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Saw this, made me think of Wolfspeak:
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7132794880/h6DE8624C/)
LOL, 'flippy wiggler' and 'little ground tappers' made me giggle.
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Saw this, made me think of Wolfspeak:
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7132794880/h6DE8624C/)
Immediately made me think of this.
(http://i48BannedImageSite/2ez7cw5.png)
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The thing about the word "optics" for me is that it's an adjective when referring to eyes, not a noun.
When it's a noun it's more fitting when thinking about glasses or goggles or some sort of thing like a microscope...and dogs don't see with microscopes...so...xD
The thing about multiple definitions is the first one is what it's usually referring to when used while others are so freaking rare to show up in their individual forms of context that it's pointless to use them at all. There are many other words that could accurately describe things, many of them simple.
People are simply looking up the wrong words and use them because they seem to look appealing.
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Exactly >-0 Look correctly. I wasn't meaning Optics, and I know they are an adjective ^-^. *Cough* Orbs *cough* ANYWAYS, like i said, I do know how to use this appropriately in rp, and I use it as an Adj. And your are just looking at YOUR definitions. Of course, like I said, there are many definitions. And try not to look at the bad side of them. They also mean other things. ~Moony <3
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Haha. Funny.. Benevolent. Yes, meaning kind and in a state of well-being. (Dictionary I read.)
I thought that screenie was funny. Anywho......
I don't mind wolfspeak, actually. I use it. xD Only because so I could get into rps because apparently, you need to use wolf speak to get into a wolf pack..
Now, sometimes I use the words, 'labrums' and 'appendages', as they both don't mean something else. (THis is what I assume. I have no time to scan Yahoo or Google for a defination.)
One of my friends use medical terms to sound literate, and I'm actually impressed. (Impressed as how she remembers all of that.. Some group bio has tons of medical terms where I tilt my head and go, "What?.."
Sigh. -Temple rub- I don't believe medical terms can count as literacy because I don't think it's much of a use to google this term you cringe at.
And literacy is really my main problem. Now, we all have friends who, you know, don't capitalize or use text talk, right? As of that being said, it's the same for a rp you attend. Where people look at you and ask, "What is.. appendages? What are.. pillars? BRUJO?" (Ugh.. Brujo? In Spanish, we call them 'Brujas' and they do mean witch. xD Anyway,)
I would stop wolf speak so those questions aren't asked. Now, this 'wolf-speak' has spreaded. It's spreaded to lions and cats. But, I'm not going to even /try/. You can't take away something that a lot of people think is.. 'cool'. It's annoying to see this where I go.
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XD Haha, yea. Pillars? And yes, it is quiet ridiculous literate Rps use unrealistic/unreal words for their rps, when they aren't real at all! Anyways, Medicial Terms? Unless in a Vet Rp, I wouldn't use them. And again, Pillars? Someone was like, pillars= Legs. Me: Pillars: A source used to make an item of support.
Hm... I'd like to learn to speak/read your language one day 'Pillar People' XD
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wonder..... do the wolf-speakers use their misguided language in real life? For English, do they write their papers with such erroneous expressions that their teachers cannot possibly comprehend them? Has there been a FH-playing professor that wrote on a piece of homework "F, due to illegible wolf-speak"?
I just have to wonder.
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I look these words up, as I said, and how I used them my english teacher (8th grade) found it was okay in my writing. Though I rarely use it in real life situations really.
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Lol, I don't see the coolness in Wolfspeak. It's just a way to make people look cool and think they're so smart in real. It's actually quite ridiculous and confusing.
I find why people would use WOLF BONES AND PARTS OF BODY, but... wow. It's just confusing. A lot of people are probably like: ...dafuq?
I see why they would see that. I have no friends that use wolfspeak, and I'm glad! I mean, imagine your best friend that likes to rp with you doing that. And you don't want to be rude and go with the flow?
If you use wolfspeak and this offended you, Sorry! I just am confused at wolfspeak and very confused. Would you use those words in real life, like to a teacher, friend, family member, and even the FH mods? I bet none of them use wolfspeak and would be confused, too.
I use real words that I want to use, and if you use them because everyone else does it? Oh.. please don't! -sobs in corner- it's so crazy......
Besides, normal words are words that English people should understand. XD But you should really look up the words meaning before you actually use it in roleplay. Oh my, what if someone knew the true meaning of Fae?
O_O Like saying:
The fae wolf awoken from her deep slumber, stretching. Her blue optics searched the clearing, slight blurred under the circumstance that she is very lazy.
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LOL :D
So....
end of rant
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I saw a person who was Wolfspeaking... I didn't understand any words but the way he was moving a bit... Its hard...
Wolfspeak is very hard to understand ^^ I mean, what just happened? Its annoying... Annoying wolfspeak happened.
I have a few wolf characters, but do they use Wolfspeak? No.
I know nothing about wolfspeak... Honestly.
This guy was using Wolfspeak in every line... *shudder*
Roleplaying needs people to understand what they are roleplaying about, for crying out loud!
Not just a roleplay line that not everyone understands, and have it accepted. ;w;
I sorreh, I speak English :D not Wolfspeak
Gah... Wolfspeak makes my brain turn to poision ice cream.
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These words just want to make me go up to a wolf speaker and say: "You are wretched."
And then these people who think they can just step all over you and call you an "illiterate n00b" for not using wolf speak? Well yeah, I am literate. I post lengthy RPs and I know proper grammar and spelling. But that doesn't mean I'm any lower than you because I don't use these words that don't even make sense. I would just LOVE it if someone showed this to a wolf speaker to see how butthurt they get.
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I laughed so hard when I saw the picture I fell out of my chair XD What The Heck!!! Look at his legs and feet XD I think he's a pirate XD
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I don't mind of the wolves have another word for humans or cars, such as "twolegs" or "monsters" as they use in warrior cats, because that makes sense, but when it comes to THAT kind of wolfspeak you posted, I hate it. It's pointless, it makes you sound like you're just trying to sound fancy, it's annoying, and half the people wouldn't even understand it. -_- I'm not judging people who use wolfspeak, I'm judging wolfspeak itself, so no one can get mad at me for this!
Wolfspeak is stupid, incorrect, and I bet if wolves did somehow have their own language, it would be nothing like this at all. This is the reason I hate the book series Wolves of the Beyond; all they use is made up words, stupid stuff. It's not this kind of wolfspeak, but it's just as annoying!
Roleplay should be fun and easy for everyone. That's why I'm going to be very careful when I decide to join a wolf RP in game... Wolfspeak makes me almost embarrassed to admit I like wolf RP. -.-
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I once was in a pack that used wolfspeak. I thought they sounded ridiculous, yet they claimed if you didnt know what these words ment, in the context they were used in, you were illiterate and shouldnt have joined. It is stupid and ridiculous.
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I have to say the only wolf speak word that I allow my pack to use is pads/pad/padded/padding because it has been used in Warrior Cats books so therefore if an author uses it, it's a word.
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Yep, I have seen 'padded' in a book about normal humans too. It can be used, for sure!
But anyways, I wouldn't really mind if people wanted to RP with wolf speak if they were at least nice about it... But if you try and RP without wolf speak they get all up in your face and it is just a complete disaster! If you want people to respect how you RP, respect how they RP too. Don't expect to receive respect when you are putting people down for not using your (this is a biased comment) messed up RP terms!
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I think the point of RolePlaying is for people to understand you. I don't think wolfspeak should be used at all, since it's just made up. I've never got the point of wolfspeak and wolves with powers personally, like elemental wolves and stuff. But I ain't judging.
I don't see why wolfspeak should be used at all. Wolfspeak is illiterate, and shouldn't be used for roleplay. It's pointless to type it out when not everyone can read it. It's a disadvantage when you use wolfspeak, because for one the words are different and longer, and it's pointless. For two, not everyone can read it, and a point of roleplaying is for people to read it easily.
If people are rude about it and defend the worthless style of RP, then that would quite the illiterate pack or clan, and another disadvantage is people hating on it when they try to gain members sometimes, and the good member quits because of it.
That's just my opinion though.
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I feel like wolf speak is also used to make newbies think that they're so good at RPing. It didn't fool me. Someone used the word fae and I looked it up in a dictionary and fae wasn't a word -_-
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Saving this thread because that table at the beginning and that picture... absolute gold. XD
And oh my word, the crazy, completely-non-intelligible posts that people make! I've even caught my friends doing it, and I'm like, "-_- No." And smacked 'em for it (figuratively, of course). That being said, at least the "wolfspeak" that said friend was using was a heck of a lot easier to understand. But it didn't change the ridiculousness of it.
"A nose was upon her dermal pushing warm breath, that steamed from the winter pelt she grew."
Okay, I get what you're trying to say. But this is what I see when I read that:
"A nose was on her skin and her fur was breathing."
I could rant about the uselessness of wolfspeak all day, but then I'd never be done posting. XD
EDIT: Bottom line is this: if nobody can understand your post, you're not roleplaying, you're vomiting words.
EDIT 2: To everyone who thinks wolfspeak is literate, here is the definition of the word "literate"
"A PERSON WHO IS ABLE TO READ AND WRITE." That's it! Get over yourselves!
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So... um... I may have just done a thing... it was supposed to be funny but it just ended up kind of terrifying.
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z454/FH-Kivuli/rage%20screenies/wolfspeakerous2_zpsf11d73fe.jpg) (http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/FH-Kivuli/media/rage%20screenies/wolfspeakerous2_zpsf11d73fe.jpg.html)
The fae wolfspeakerous extended her boa to better survey the camp as her elegent pillars shifted her treads to carry her carcass across the ground, banner held high in a gesture of authority. She rotated her dial to face her second in command and dipped her cranium in a nod as she passed, daggers glinting in the pale morning sun as her long antennae swivveled to catch the sound of young wolfspeakeri playing nearby.
^ 100% accurate description of what's happening.
A brujo would of course be recognized by his wizard hat instead of faery wings.
I'll see myself out...
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So... um... I may have just done a thing... it was supposed to be funny but it just ended up kind of terrifying.
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z454/FH-Kivuli/rage%20screenies/wolfspeakerous2_zpsf11d73fe.jpg) (http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/FH-Kivuli/media/rage%20screenies/wolfspeakerous2_zpsf11d73fe.jpg.html)
The fae wolfspeakerous extended her boa to better survey the camp as her elegent pillars shifted her treads to carry her carcass across the ground, banner held high in a gesture of authority. She rotated her dial to face her second in command and dipped her cranium in a nod as she passed, daggers glinting in the pale morning sun as her long antennae swivveled to catch the sound of young wolfspeakeri playing nearby.
^ 100% accurate description of what's happening.
A brujo would of course be recognized by his wizard hat instead of faery wings.
I'll see myself out...
Great drawing! XD it really shows you how ridiculous wolf speak is...
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(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z454/FH-Kivuli/rage%20screenies/wolfspeakerous2_zpsf11d73fe.jpg) (http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/FH-Kivuli/media/rage%20screenies/wolfspeakerous2_zpsf11d73fe.jpg.html)
The fae wolfspeakerous extended her boa to better survey the camp as her elegent pillars shifted her treads to carry her carcass across the ground, banner held high in a gesture of authority. She rotated her dial to face her second in command and dipped her cranium in a nod as she passed, daggers glinting in the pale morning sun as her long antennae swivveled to catch the sound of young wolfspeakeri playing nearby.
..O.O
That is a little terrifying, yes. XD
But it also shows exactly how ridiculous wolfspeak really is.
Great drawing skills you have there, by the way. c:
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Tearless, that was absolutely amazing. XD
And terrifying, yes. /)_(\ But so worth it! I think this one came out better than the one at the beginning of the thread. Also, love the note about wings versus hats. XD
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Oh thanks for hessian...I AM GERMAN!!! AND I AM HESSE!!! Stupid wolf speak!
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Wolfspeak is incredibly annoying and difficult to understand at first, but I've learned to deal with it. I refuse to use it, but I can at least keep up with it now to rp. When I first ran into someone using wolfspeak, I was completely lost and confused as to why, and it took a lot of effort to keep up, and I had a huge vocabulary to begin with. I can only imagine what non-english speakers must feel when running into it. The amusing part though is that the first time I ran into wolfspeak, I was in a warrior cats rp and the deputy was using it. A CAT was using Wolfspeak. No rp is safe from it now. I still refuse to use it though. I will not use bad english.
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DIE WOLFSPEAK DIE!!!
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[color/] I just had to post here because I found this really interesting.
I myself use wolf-speak, not because I try to sound smart it's just that it sorta became attached to me after I joined my first pack ever on Feral Heart and they used it sometimes. You could say I became a bit of a copycat and started to take notice of these terms and sometimes I would have to look up wolf-speak terms to figure out how they were used. I have no problem with wolf-speak, and I definitly shouldn't have a problem with short posts because I used to do those as well.
Powerplaying is something I don't really care much for because it's no fun that way, and I don't really care much for wolf-speak abusers. That drives me even more insane because I have to grab a freakin dictionary to figure out what the heck you are saying! Just simple wolf-speak is enough for me, and I find fun to use use it in my own posts.
Usually for my own rp groups I ask that you be quote "literate", just because it's what I prefer and to post at least two lines so that I have a little something to build onto to for the sake of the rp.
One thing I don't like though, is when one type of roleplayer bashes on another type. Now I can't say I have never done this, but I regret doing so. And avoiding people just because of their roleplay style is not cool at all.
I think that is about all I have to say on the matter, sorry if I possibly offended anyone. I did find the true meanings of wolf-speak words to be really entertaining, I started laughing so hard. :D
Have a good day everyone no matter what roleplay style you use, and to finish this up a quote from one of my classmates that got us kicked out of class.
" Everybody's got their own style." :3
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Zamina, while I do agree that everyone has their own styles, when those styles include taking the word "literate" and changing its meaning to "must use wolf-speak," many of us draw the line. And as even you have pointed out, when others can't understand what you're saying, it's time to drop the charade.
Back on topic, here's a couple wolf-speak quotes I found. :P
"Yes, true as it may be, the emptiness of the time between the departure and return will be prevalent until later occurs."
"Love, I've been curious to fathom a personal query that's been plaguing my mind for what it seems to be decades. Mind answering it with honesty if I were to convey said question?"
Who on earth talks like that? XD I mean, seriously. This may be tame compared to other posts on this thread, but wow. "Fathom a personal query."
Fathom
Noun
1. A unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements.
Verb (used with object)
2. To measure the depth of by means of a sounding line; sound.
3. To penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand: to fathom someone's motives.
With the definition revealed, "fathom a personal query" makes no sense, even if using the third definition from the list. How can you not understand your own question? XD
EDIT
A quick add-on in response to one of the examples in the first post.
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Lmfao wolf-speak.
Anybody that uses wolf-speak must be pretty lonely and just want to be smart. Well, they might as well go to summer school and learn the actual basics of synonyms before they spout off some words so to say with their pseudo-intelligence. Waste my time in role-playing. Might as well go back to Wetpaint soon.
These kids that use wolf-speak are really arrogant when it comes to asking why they even use it.
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Ugh, its a bit sad that I can't role play as a wolf due to this foul language, in fact I've recently been in a small group of 3 other people besides me who don't use wolf speak thank god. Until, and sadly, this one other person comes in, and a bunch of made up words and gibberish came in to play till I called him out on it. The one word that I did was oxygenators don't ask me why, but I think they were explaining how they were inhaling cigarette smoke. Thats when I couldn't take it, I explained to him what it meant
Oxygenators
An aquatic plant that enriches the surrounding water with oxygen, esp. in a pond or aquarium.
Every since he hasn't role played with us and i've been much happier along with everyone in the group.
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Wolfspeak...oh gosh ._.'
I personally am not a big fan of wolfspeak, simply because I find it IMPOSSIBLE to respond back. And then I do it's like, "Could you be more literate?" I'm being as literate as I can, just not as literate as you think I am.
Now, I'm not saying that no one should use wolfspeak, but I think wolfspeakers need to learn peoples Rping levels, so it doesn't become awkward, and you can make it easier for all of us. That is why if I'm asked to give an Rp sample, I ask the person to start me out with a scenario first, so I know what I'm working with. Also, why do people think it's necessary to add so much detail in their posts? Here's an example: "Temporalis lowered, extensor digitorium rolled upon radius." (That whole thing translates into, I see you. XD)
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This is probably the most enjoyable post I've read.
As I scanned your list, relating to the missused words, I laughed at "Orbs"
because even in the good ol' days of Impressive Title, I RPed with a certain member who spoke fluent Wolfspeak. To me, Wolfspeak is gaudy, and truly, although those who speak tend to probably feel.. Intellectually literate.. The irony is, they actually sound quite rediculous.
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I try to dis-encourage this type of role-playing, especially to my friends. Realistically speaking, if I ever went to another platform and role-played with "wolfspeak," my group would look at me like "Are you serious?" I usually role-play outside Feral Heart with T2 or T1 groups (usually rarely if I have the time), and they use descriptions and terms very effectively that could have you reading for hours. Here, it would be the opposite. I took the time to look up these words in "wolfspeak," myself and for every word I search, the actual meaning of the word got more out of place.
To my point, the "wolfspeak" is maddening and saddens me because there are really good and creative role-players that use these terms and don't truly know what they mean. In addition to beginner players that pick up on this "wolfspeak" and they start to use it. I've no hard feelings to anyone who uses it, but to try to convince them that this type of speaking is nonsense, more than likely I will be slandered with "Oh, you're just an illiterate, I know what I'm saying, leave me alone." And my response, "I believe I do, my friend. No offense and no disrespect, but if you would take the time to research on half the words you are using, you'd know what I mean."
Thus, I have a sour end for the person who started this abomination of "new" literature.
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I came here for not a fight as it is against my Wiccan rede.But perhaps if you are so against Wolfspeak then why don't you allow those who enjoy it just enjoy it? The world has enough problems and it would be so much better if everything was peaceful. Either ignore them or try to see them eye to eye as to why they do this. Even try to correct them if you must.
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Although I mostly use the term. Masculine,Visionaries as visionaries is the greek word of eyes such as optics and auditories.
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optics
1. the branch of physics that deals with light and vision, chiefly the generation, propagation, and detection of
electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths greater than x-rays and shorter than microwaves.
Actually, 'optic' can mean eye. (correct me if I'm wrong :I)
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And this is why I tend to avoid wolf roleplays, because running into a "literate" wolfspeaker is inevitable. Seriously, it's just so precocious and self-absorbed, like some noobish kid hipster thinks he's the smartest douche in the room just because he knows a few weird words that he doesn't even know the meanings of.
However, I will admit that I like the words brute and fae for male and female wolves. Don't hit me.
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Me: Hmm, what's Japanese for "hopeless"? -Google Translator for a cool name for female wolf-
Google Translate: Hopeless =====> Dame
Me: That makes sense :D
GOOGLE HAS APPROVED OF THIS MESSAGE.
THANK YOU, KIND SIR/MA'AM.
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I found this post very informative, educational, and funny. I get annoyed at people who wolfspeak. Its like come on everyone is wolfspeaking and its a very huge mess when alot of roleplayers roleplay. One on one might be ok if they both agree to wolfspeak but other then that, it makes for more illiterate role play then it does literate and makes a huge mess when alot of people do that. I give this forum a five out of five star rating
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Somewhat unrelated post, but I found the Commonus Wolfspeakerous diagram quite funny.
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Ugh, wolf-speak is so irritating. It's as if users would look up the scientific terms for almost every part of a wolves anatomy and throw it all into a sentence. I don't know about you guys, but I certainly don't look up the scientific name of each bone in a wolves body, in order to at least find an understanding of what a user has just posted.
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I have never encountered wolfspeak before. (+1 points for being a newb! Woosh.) but please, continue updating! I need a laugh now and then. c:
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I use a couple of terms that's it. The rest are just.... wrong... .-.
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Why should roleplay be segregated into such topics? Is it not a bit rude to judge a person by their own knowledge.Does that make you a judgmental human being because you simply have no control over your feelings toward topics?
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Personally I do not and never will use wolfspeak, but I also think roleplayers who prefer to use it should be free to RP with it as they so desire. I think it's kind of cute and creative to come up with new meanings for words. Language can be played with and adapted, after all. If they want to use it, let them, and if you don't like it, simply don't roleplay with people who do.
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Personally I do not and never will use wolfspeak, but I also think roleplayers who prefer to use it should be free to RP with it as they so desire. I think it's kind of cute and creative to come up with new meanings for words. Language can be played with and adapted, after all. If they want to use it, let them, and if you don't like it, simply don't roleplay with people who do.
I hate to say it and I don't mean to be offensive in mentioning so but with that kind of logic that is like suggesting we shouldn't correct young children when they're learning to talk just because it sounds "cute."
There is a huge difference between a single word being used in a population by the majority and eventually becoming part of the dictionary and an entire disorganized gaggle of misused words and butchered phrases being used by a teensy portion of the population becoming part of the dictionary. Its not going to happen.
I can honestly say I really do think role playing on Impressive Title and Feral Heart (before wolf speak became so prevalent) helped develop my writing skills immensely because my friends and I were learning to write the RIGHT way instead of the butchered your-college-professor-will-fail-you-for-this wolf speaking way.
I've seen kids on here who are thoroughly convinced and think that those "fake words" and words used by the wrong definition, that is to say, wolf-speaker words are real, proper, and correct. I have bad news for those kids, if they were write that in a paper, they would likely get counted off so many times that their paper probably wouldn't be white anymore.
I honestly would rather see a post like
"i know he's over there." she said. "but can't u make this less complikated." than I would a wolfspeaker post. That at least tells me the other person is making an effort instead of dancing away with fake word fill ins or coming up with the excuse they've been around wolfspeakers so much that they "can't help it."
It would be too easy to just "leave them alone" and "let them be" but when a large chunk of them are doing it, makes it hard for people to find an honestly "literate" roleplay without it, and a portion of that chunk is wrong when they think they're right...well, they have as much a right to ignore me as I do to tell them they're wrong. Plain and simple. You can tell me that the sky is orange with lime green spots until you're blue in the face, but when it comes down to the facts, it is blue. Just as when these wolfspeakers (although not all of them do this, so its not everyone) act like they're "better than everyone else" and "can write better" just because they wolf-speak, I am not going to out of my way to bother them, but if they come to me with an attitude like that, I'm going to tell them they are mistaken and that is that.
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Although I mostly use the term. Masculine,Visionaries as visionaries is the greek word of eyes such as optics and auditories.
Please refrain from double posting
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I think wolfspeak as we know it should not exist. If someone wants to make up "cute little words" for their wolves, why not turn "wolfspeak" into its own wolf language instead of completely butchering the language we used to speak? Warriors, for all its greatness and all its flaws, made its own "cute little words without changing the meanings of real words in the greater context. When a normal, everyday person hears "fresh kill" they think "freshly killed." When a character in the Warriors world hears it, they think "food." These two elements are kept entirely separate, and every reader knows they are not part of everyday language.
If we were to turn "wolfspeak" into something similar (without flat-out ripping off Warriors, of course, though I can see how practicing that way might help get the ball rolling), then it would not be a big issue as a whole. I roleplay in a wolf pack that uses their own terms for things, yet we don't butcher the English language (or the American one, if you prefer). Thus, I agree with Silhouette on this. "cute little words" are not something we should reinforce to be correct. They're something we should separate from our own language entirely as something fictional to be used in roleplay or storytelling.
As for roleplays being "segregated into such topics," most roleplay is naturally segregated without the negative blacklash that comes with that terminology. If someone is hosting a lion roleplay and you want to be a wolf, naturally your roleplaying situations are going to be segregated. I'm not saying you can't have a "free for all" style RP, but you get the point.
As a result, most of us experienced (and several newbies) roleplayers don't wish to associate with butchering the language we use to communicate, thus we avoid and detest wolfspeak. There would not be so much backlash against it if most (not all) of the people who are pro-wolfspeak didn't shove it down our throats and claim they were being literate (or more literate), when the very definition of the word "literate" is "someone who can read and write." Even five year-olds are literate. They may not read and write very well, but they still fit the definition of the word.
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I never seen this in game and to be honest I am happy I did not meet someone who actually did speak wolfspeak... If you ask me. The stuff that you just wrote down, looks nothing but just plain neatly gibberish. However I do not think all of us should not be bashing on those who use wolf speaking... Even though hearing about the way they speak seems very VERY confusing. Bad enough the"floof" got to a lot of us. You will not be seeing me using Wolf gibberish anytime soon.
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Here was my first reaction to this: o.O?????? then as i read: Lol Further in: -.- .....
I have friend who WolfSpeak, and I don't mind it, I don't use it (I could never remember a lot of it :3)
But that does not mean I hate them, it just makes me think hard and grab my dictionary! It helps me learn a little bit to! (Oh, and so you know, when they say 'Brute' the other Rpers will know what thy are talking about, they use the word as in Strong, muscular Male.) So My overall opinion on this is: No comment ( and this is not that kind towards the people that use it, THEY are people too you know!)
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I understand, some of these are wrong. But some can be used. >_>
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I don't like wolfspeak, but I don't mind correct scientific terms if used in the correct sense... And if they're understandable xD ~ If posts are filled with long, incorrect scientific wording that translates to something along the lines of: The small female lowers her head to nibble at the bone in her forelimb before falling back onto her pelvis and huffing. ~ I'm pretty sure a wolf can't chew its own skeletal structure... Nor does it rest on its pelvis. There's more to a being than their internal framing.
-Groan- I just keep to the simple head, shoulders, knees, and toes. It's what everyone understands, so why try to make it fancy?
~Nym
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There are also those people who's words NEED to be at least 1200000 characters long each, or the post is considered illiterate. -flips table- I MEAN REALLY?
Or the ones who use the latin name for everything. I KNOW what my bones are called. I do not need to wave my fibia, I just want to move a limb. Is that so hard? *Overuses google translate*
I do agree that some words are ok, and do make sense, but honestly, the users who speak in normal, literate and common english are the ones I'd rather RP with.
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^ I can only guess you chopped up that post, and you MIGHT have offended a part of the FH community...
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There are also those people who's words NEED to be at least 1200000 characters long each, or the post is considered illiterate. -flips table- I MEAN REALLY?
Or the ones who use the latin name for everything. I KNOW what my bones are called. I do not need to wave my fibia, I just want to move a limb. Is that so hard? *Overuses google translate*
A couple of my friends roleplay like this, but it's not because they're trying to be funny about it, they've grown accustomed to it and find it hard to return to the normal H, S, K, T. I know for a long while I'd grown accustomed to Sci-speak but I eventually found the light and was dragged away from the long, latin words and now, I'm sane again xD. But the good thing about once being a sci-speaker, I now know what the long winded words people use to try and confuse you mean. Their attempts at confusing me have failed over and over. -Snicker-
If I really want to confuse someone who is bugging me, I'll resort to Wolf-speak or Sci-speak, purely because I want to end it quickly. I know it doesn't seem like it makes much sense, but very few want to RP with someone where their posts aren't understandable and so, they'll either walk off or rage and I'll walk off. xD - In my eyes, It's better than screaming in their faces that they're annoying or the posts don't correspond with my own that was sent...
For example:
<Tinyterror> Tiny's whiskers twitched once, then twice as she held back a snicker, backing off a couple of paces. Mewling a little bit, she looks over her shoulder to her clan before her pale gaze is once again offered to the intruder. "May I ask your presence?" Claw-tips pressed into the soil, she refrains from attacking.
<Fred> *He swipes the cat away at her attempt to hurt him and marches toward the group of cats.*
o.o I'msorryhowdoesthismakesense? -Rages-
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There are also those people who's words NEED to be at least 1200000 characters long each, or the post is considered illiterate. -flips table- I MEAN REALLY?
Or the ones who use the latin name for everything. I KNOW what my bones are called. I do not need to wave my fibia, I just want to move a limb. Is that so hard? *Overuses google translate*
I do agree that some words are ok, and do make sense, but honestly, the users who speak in normal, literate and common english are the ones I'd rather RP with.
D--> I have a few friends who use scientific terminology when roleplaying. Often times I have no idea what in the world they are saying. I ask them why they use those terms instead of simple words and they tell me "Because it makes more sense than the words people use in wolfspeak."
D--> And then there are the people who think it's important to write a 1000 word post for it to count as being literate. I don't think having to write a paragraph of a character's simple action is needed in roleplay. I think as long as the person uses proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, that's literate enough for me. Using wolfspeak won't really make you more literate, either.
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D--> I have a few friends who use scientific terminology when roleplaying. Often times I have no idea what in the world they are saying. I ask them why they use those terms instead of simple words and they tell me "Because it makes more sense than the words people use in wolfspeak."
D--> And then there are the people who think it's important to write a 1000 word post for it to count as being literate. I don't think having to write a paragraph of a character's simple action is needed in roleplay. I think as long as the person uses proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, that's literate enough for me. Using wolfspeak won't really make you more literate, either.
You have just made my day :'D ~ So many people think that para-roleplay is lit-roleplay... they're completely different things. Literate refers to how grammatically correct a post is in terms of punctuation and spelling. A long post does not make it literate... A paragraph roleplayer could have the least skills in literacy, but are accepted because of how long the post is...
Personally, I prefer someone who is both literate and paragraphs, it gives people more to work with when it comes to roleplay instead of having short posts such as:
*He walks over and says hello*
*She smiles*
*He flicks her nose*
*She gets up and walks off*
*He bites her*
*She growls*
It's just harder to work with if the reply to a paragraph is a single sentence with little to no dialogue or actions. It just drives people to small-posting which can get frustrating for some.
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Can some one lock this thread please?
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Can some one lock this thread please?
This thread doesn't need to be locked. Its a discussion about a type of roleplay and some people don't like it, nothing wrong with that. There's no issue here.
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Ahh, how I dislike this 'wolfspeak'. The words make no sense, and it is even more confusing for people with other nationalities, whose native language isn't english. Me, for example. Though I tend to say I know english pretty well. Lol.
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Can some one lock this thread please?
D--> No
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D--> But seriously, like Silhouette pointed out, there is no need for the thread to be locked. It's a friendly discussion full of different opinions, even if we don't agree with all of them. Only a moderator or the person who created the topic can decide whether to lock the thread or keep it open. If the discussion gets out of hand, and a staff member feels the need to lock it, they will.
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I used to wolfspeak, got my lesson in Lagfire and facepalmed after searching the words I used on Google.
I was just doin' like my friends, following their examples as English is my second language. So yeah.
I never wolfspoke since the Lagfire thing. I am now literate and use understandable words, and I mean that by not using scientific terms. Because Iknowthatit'sannoying.
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I find it somewhat humerous that no one seems to like sci-speak, yet if roleplaying with someone in-game that are using Sci-speak, you often hear things like 'Oh my god (Insert name here), I didn't understand a word of that but your roleplaying is amazing'. Is that why these people roleplay like this? Because they want praise off of other users? 'I didn't understand a word of that' Does this mean nothing to them?
Now, when I used sci-speak, I did it because I was in a group where everyone used it. It was the normal lingo and I got sucked into it. As soon as the group disbanded, I went about continuing the normal H,S,K,T that most other users... use. Sure now I know all the sci-speak stuff and I'm not confused by it, but I don't think I'd ever resort to it unless incredibly annoyed by someone who I want to agitate... That doesn't happen often mind you xD So 99% of the time, I'll H,S,K,T.
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Agreeing with Silhouette again. This thread, in no way, needs to be locked. There's no fighting going on here, and despite what some might think, we're not bashing other players. We're expressing our distaste for a style of roleplay which we all dislike, as well as the distaste of the attitude many wolfspeakers have towards those of us who post in roleplays the way we've been posting in this thread. As if normal words were bad.
And Nym, I agree with you, as well. You can be perfectly literate and type in short posts. Heck, that was how I started (waaaaay back on AOL3.0 XD). My posts were little things like "pads in" or "looks around" and whatnot. Now I'm a paragraph roleplayer. :3 I love giving narration to my posts as opposed to just posting the basics. Not that I don't revert if I'm joining a group temporarily, but I certainly agree that people should get behind the idea that "literate" does not mean "post a paragraph."
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I think its safe to say that we all have a different version or way of role playing, there is literate than there's illiterate, there is paragraph rp to short rp and even grammar which well, while some people may suck at spelling (Heck I am not the best in the world xD) Others are good.
However, the use of wolfspeak I find ridiculous because using long punctuated words wrong, isn't right, its wrong like a vocabulary test and you need to retake it, hence why I also love one thing about this conversation that is similar to roleplaying. We all have different opinions just like roleplaying and that can't ever be changed, and we can thank ourselves for that so lets, because how boring would it be if we couldn't rant about things we dislike or things we liked such as different rp styles to character styles.
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Can some one lock this thread please?
D--> No
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D--> But seriously, like Silhouette pointed out, there is no need for the thread to be locked. It's a friendly discussion full of different opinions, even if we don't agree with all of them. Only a moderator or the person who created the topic can decide whether to lock the thread or keep it open. If the discussion gets out of hand, and a staff member feels the need to lock it, they will.
I know only staff can do that.
I only said that because people are going to bite and others will be bitten, and this will turn into an all our creativity war.
I am just saying, DubStep(No offense) will probably since how long this thread has been going for, Get everyone arguing, Like now >.>
EDIT:Yeah, call me an antagonist, I don't care anymore.
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Can some one lock this thread please?
D--> No
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D--> But seriously, like Silhouette pointed out, there is no need for the thread to be locked. It's a friendly discussion full of different opinions, even if we don't agree with all of them. Only a moderator or the person who created the topic can decide whether to lock the thread or keep it open. If the discussion gets out of hand, and a staff member feels the need to lock it, they will.
I know only staff can do that.
I only said that because people are going to bite and others will be bitten, and this will turn into an all our creativity war.
I am just saying, DubStep(No offense) is starting to whip everyone up in a frenzy.
Um, no I don't think she is. The only one here who is trying to start something is obviously you because this thread has been going since January of this year and it is SEPTEMBER and there have been NO problems. Going by your logic, we should lock ALL threads because they "might start a creativity war." ANYTHING can spur conflict. This is a thread for people who share a similar opinion, albeit a negative one. If someone else wants to make their own thread about "Wolf speak and why you SHOULD use it" has every right if they feel somehow "offended" by this but as I said, this has been up for 9 months and still no issue. You may do what you like but my advice to you would be to drop the subject right now as your intervention was obviously unnecessary in the first place.
ANYWAY....back on topic.
I've noticed a recent decline in wolfspeakers. Maybe its just me and my good luck? Anyone else?
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I never understood a word. Now all I understand is optics or banner. Still wrong to be honest. They all think they are amazing because they use words that no one understands. They don't understand themselves I doubt! But they like to pick on what they call 'lower ranked roleplayers.' Which I find ridiculous, lots of them have bad attitude. Probably from the wolfspeak.
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^ you posted that... the bad thing is i'm in that pack...
and i can't understand a word any of them say....
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I don't understand why people are saying 'wolf-speak' came from WolfQuest. It. Did. Not. I've heard it used far before WolfQuest was even released on games like Furcadia and other wolf roleplay forums. It was called elitist speak alot more back then though. Sure people from WolfQuest may have used the terms to filter dodge but 'wolfspeak' nowhere near originated from there. I don't feel anyone can really claim who or what sites/games truely started it. All I know is that it came way before WolfQuest.
People really need to stop saying this. It isn't true.
"On December 21, 2007 it was released as a free downloadable game for Macintosh and Windows computers."
WolfQuest came out in 2007, I personally picked up on wolf-speak terms back on Furcadia.
"Release date(s) December 16, 1996"
Furcadia's release date. I was very active on it when I was around 13-15 (2004-2006)
I'm not saying it started from Furcadia, that's personally where I learned about it form. Like I said I don't feel anyone truely knows or has proof of where the terms and roleplay style started. So please stop claiming you do and making up false information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WolfQuest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WolfQuest)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furcadia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furcadia)
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Wait...so...so...Fae and Brute aren't real words used to describe female and male wolves? e-e
I've been lied to all these years.
S**t.
So then what are some real words used to say female and male wolf?
I want to become an author one day, I can't be using made up words!
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'Shire' is now a word that = green, apparently
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Wait...so...so...Fae and Brute aren't real words used to describe female and male wolves? e-e
I've been lied to all these years.
S**t.
So then what are some real words used to say female and male wolf?
I want to become an author one day, I can't be using made up words!
Well there really aren't too many words you could really say aside from the obvious ones.
Guy, fellow, gentlemen, etc.. Most would sound odd if writing about animals though.
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i was laughing as i read this.
This does not make these people literate. It pretty much makes them illiterate. Very counter-productive if you ask me.
And don't even ask how many times i've seen horses going:
"The mare swished her banner, flicking her ears as her deep orbs scanned the area. Her cranium lowered to reach a fern bush below, the femme's hooves simultaneous scuffing at the earth."
:l
how are people even suppose to understand that.
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Here is what I am understanding from all these shenanigans, and how it is contradicting what FH is supposed to be about.
Exibit A: The message the FH was supposed to express was, soemthing we call, 'Creativity', and the thing they were saying, (Not actually said, but you get my point) Was supposed to be this: We love you all to express creativity, and we love the way you are creative, ect.
Exibit B: Here is what people are actually saying: We love for you to express your creativity so we can judge you and bring you down and Scorn it to bits and say rude comments.
Exibit C: This is the other people are saying: We LOVE for you to express creativity we APPROVE OF, Nothing else :3
WolfSpeak is just a different way of communication, used by other people, if you don't like it, Good for you! If you call some one an antagonist or some other rude name for defending it, well then, we now know what you think of different creativity peoples.
Thank you for Your Time,
~Warrior
(And so you know, this is a kinder way of putting it, my friends have said different things but it all led back to here)
Note: I am no longer going to LISTEN TO THIS! I do NOT use WolfSpeak, I am only sayign that you don't need to judge some one for what they type out, or the fact they use wolfspeak. I. Am. Not. Backing. Down. Nor. Will. I. Bow. Good Day.
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mother...of..god........
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Here is what I am understanding from all these shenanigans, and how it is contradicting what FH is supposed to be about.
Exibit A: The message the FH was supposed to express was, soemthing we call, 'Creativity', and the thing they were saying, (Not actually said, but you get my point) Was supposed to be this: We love you all to express creativity, and we love the way you are creative, ect.
Exibit B: Here is what people are actually saying: We love for you to express your creativity so we can judge you and bring you down and Scorn it to bits and say rude comments.
Exibit C: This is the other people are saying: We LOVE for you to express creativity we APPROVE OF, Nothing else :3
WolfSpeak is just a different way of communication, used by other people, if you don't like it, Good for you! If you call some one an antagonist or some other rude name for defending it, well then, we now know what you think of different creativity peoples.
Thank you for Your Time,
~Warrior
(And so you know, this is a kinder way of putting it, my friends have said different things but it all led back to here)
Most people don't even class it even remotely /close/ to creativity. Its not creativity. Its incorrect, and that's that.
According to your logic, I could be enrolled in a creative writing english class and do a project/story/report filled with these "fake" words and end up with a high score. No. It does not work like that. Your professor would stare at you like you have horns on your head and/or mark your paper as a failure, due to all of the mistakes. Yes, the english language is a little malleable but its not /that/ malleable.
Ever notice that it takes a good chunk of the population to use a "non-existant" (although some "non-existant" words were finally added like "aint" for example. Think about how long that took.) word before they'll put it in the dictionary? Just because I alone might go around saying "woozlefoozle" is the word for "idiot," unless it catches on with the entire population and EVERYONE starts using it in that context....its not a real word....and it's still incorrect. Not creative. Incorrect.
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All animosity aside, I found a new one for head: Skullage. All it is is an album some heavy metal band put out.
I've also seen 'lumaries' for 'eyelids', which... Is not even a word. For anything.
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I've also seen 'lumaries' for 'eyelids', which... Is not even a word. For anything.
Why would someone need another word for "eyelids" in the first place...
No; why even MENTION eyelids? XD
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-dieing- THIS. JUST IS. THIS IS.....JUST.....I CAN'T -bursts out laughing- Sorry, I just -LOL- i am not laughing at you -lol- wolfspeakers..._lol- THIS IS. -lol- Okay i am -lol- THIS JUST MAKES. NO SENSE -lol- BUT IT'S SO...FUNNY..Had to do that. But seriously. Wolfspeak makes no sense. But i can always laugh at it. -sigh- I can always laugh at stupid things.
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Wait...so...so...Fae and Brute aren't real words used to describe female and male wolves? e-e
I've been lied to all these years.
S**t.
So then what are some real words used to say female and male wolf?
I want to become an author one day, I can't be using made up words!
I know this comment is a little old, but I believe the term for a male wolf is "dog", though you could use "wolf" I believe. The term for a female wolf begins with a "b", and is considered extremely rude. Thus, I shall err on the side of caution, and not type it out here. An equally valid term for a female wolf is "she-wolf". I did a quick Google search some time ago when I had the same question, and this is what repeatedly came up.
As for my opinion on wolf-speak, the only problems I have with it is that it can be quite confusing. Though, to be fair one can use their noggin to find the connection between some wolf-speak terms (it's not too hard to figure out that "banner" is the term for "tail" for example), and one can use context clues as well. Still fairly confusing, though. For the longest time I was wondering why all of the she-wolves I ran into were fairy wolves, and all the dogs were non-fairies.
All and all, I believe I have more of a problem with those wolf-speakers who look down on those who do not use wolf speak.
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Hah, wow thanks for this. I remember using this-- what? 1 or 2 years ago?
NEVER AGAIN.
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I've been seeing the word "specie" being used around game being used as a singular form of "species".
The word "species" is both singular and plural. "Specie" is another way to say coins.
Big difference there.
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thanks good thing i dont use this lol !
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Labia as lips. *Shudder*
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Labia that sounds so weird ...
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Even weirder when you learn what the word actually /means/
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Actually I remember looking up fae in the dictionary one time out of curiosity.... I'm pretty sure it said something about a Fae being an explosive .-.
The next day:
Wolf speaker: The large fae wolf turned her large cranium and rolled her obits as a symbol of irritation.
Me (in my head): LMAO XD
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I really appreciate this guide! I've....never understood the use of Wolf-Speak.
It doesn't make you look smart, but more of a dumby. Besides, some people like myself have problems understanding what they are meaning to say. I get so confused sometimes!
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I really appreciate this guide! I've....never understood the use of Wolf-Speak.
It doesn't make you look smart, but more of a dumby. Besides, some people like myself have problems understanding what they are meaning to say. I get so confused sometimes!
I think most people get confused, I do too anyway! I think they're just trying to sound more experienced and literate. When I see them RPing I picture a well off 13 year that has heard a new fancy word and they're like "What a cool word, I wonder what it means? It can mean whatever I want it to mean!"
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One thing I hope to do is rp and take every wolfspeak word literally. My character shall be very confused, surrounded by parades and explosives and fairy dust.
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EAT THAT WOLFSPEAKERS
Go back to the dark, sad corners of the internet where thou belongest. Ethst. Esteth. Whatever.
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May I simply say. I am glad to have seen this. I was actually told many times that I was Illiterate for my lack of being able to even understand "wolfspeak" or how most think of it now as "Literate" RP-ing. I was on not to long ago and was told that I was Illiterate and should go back to school. I have been to college and have taken English courses. I was more then stunned at what they told me. I simply asked why they where using scientific/medical terms in an rp. I knew that even some of those words could not possibly be accurate. Thank goodness this exists. I feel like referring all those wolfspeakers here and showing them how idiotic the way they rp is. You have officially calmed my mind and I finally feel alright for not knowing some of those silly terms.
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May I simply say. I am glad to have seen this. I was actually told many times that I was Illiterate for my lack of being able to even understand "wolfspeak" or how most think of it now as "Literate" RP-ing. I was on not to long ago and was told that I was Illiterate and should go back to school. I have been to college and have taken English courses. I was more then stunned at what they told me. I simply asked why they where using scientific/medical terms in an rp. I knew that even some of those words could not possibly be accurate. Thank goodness this exists. I feel like referring all those wolfspeakers here and showing them how idiotic the way they rp is. You have officially calmed my mind and I finally feel alright for not knowing some of those silly terms.
'Illiterate' definition - a person who is unable to read or write.
Despite the wolf-speaker's terms on calling you an 'illiterate', the irony is of that they use adjectives from
a Thesaurus as nouns. The most common example for calling males would be the use of 'Virile'.
Of course a virile is definitely for a male, but it's an adjective. A more appropriate sense would be "the virile male" other than "the virile."
Why the 'literates' fail to address proper grammar with at least a compound sentence is up to you.
I hope this helps.
Edit: Source for more information: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm)
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What is so ironic about these 'wolf speakers' is that they call someone illiterate when someone isn't using 'wolf speak'.
What I find so amusing that they're using words like 'hessian' for male, which is actually a fabric and fae for female which is actually an air fuel explosive xD
When I run into wolf speakers I tell them to look up the definition of fae and hessian.
They just can't respond back because they've been pwned so hard >8D
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I don't really mind this wolfspeak. It's simply English but turned into some fancy language people use to look more literate, and I'm fine with that. I have joined many roleplays where members mostly used wolfspeak, so I went along. It's not bad if you're roleplaying with people that use wolfspeak too, and I don't find it really.. 'nice' of people when using wolfspeak in normal roleplaying groups.
What is so ironic about these 'wolf speakers' is that they call someone illiterate when someone isn't using 'wolf speak'.
What I find so amusing that they're using words like 'hessian' for male, which is actually a fabric and fae for female which is actually an air fuel explosive xD
When I run into wolf speakers I tell them to look up the definition of fae and hessian.
They just can't respond back because they've been pwned so hard >8D
Hessian? xD I've never seen someone saying that! You learn something every day, aye? x3
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Earlier, I heard some wolves in a roleplay wolfspeaking. I told them off, saying that I couldn't understand them and that what they are doing is very illiterate in the roleplay tense. They then started to act like they were better than me, strutting their high horse and telling me that I couldn't type correctly. (I don't capitalize because the game lags and it's difficult to) It's basically the same "bawww u r illiterate becuz u don't woofspek" problem.
It's really bucking stupid that wolfspeakers can't get off their high horse, thinking they are smarter than everyone else because they use a stupid thesaurus for roleplaying. What really annoys me is that almost all of the wolf packs I see use wolfspeak. I mean, seriously?
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They probably only did that because you "Told them off". Just leave them alone or block them if they get on your nerves.
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This is exactly my problem with wolfspeak. Even with the guide, looking at the posts, unless you were a
"aforementioned thesaurus-humper", you can't understand a word they were trying to get across.
And, yeah. I've seen "mug" used as a synonym for the world muzzle. Unless you have a coffee mug strapped to your mouth, I don't see where this would work. Honestly.
You might as well be typing in 'eyes' into Thesaurus.com and picking out the longest, most complicated word you see. People who use wolfspeak honestly sound like robots. I can't even begin to think how they talk on a daily basis.
"You couldn't possibly believe this, but last night, I thought I saw a pair of crimson luminaries peeping at my through the transparent pane of glass in my bedroom. It was the strangest thing, if I do say so myself."
Just... xD This was a hilarious post, Dubstep.
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As much as I have a personal distaste for wolfspeak, I have mixed feelings about this. While I hate to see people who absolutely must refer to their body parts as such things, or for example every male is a "brute" which is not a gender specific word by any means, I find it completely agreeable to refer to things in manners when the time calls for it, I find it to be acceptable when someone refers to their tail as a 'banner' if the character is displaying it in such manner; However I do not believe it is a proper word to always refer to "tail" Although some words may not be my favorite word to use, I beileve some of the words listed are still being used correctly to a degree. (However I do not agree with the amount of usage these words receive from many wolfspeakers, Although words such as "Optics" a word very much related to sight and vision in many cases, however this word has multiple uses. Where I find it odd when someone uses it every time, it is still relevant.)
However there can be issues with calling your eyes "Orbs" "Spheres" or "Globes" Although the eyes are round, just as Orbs, spheres and globes, They are not the only body parts that could referred to as such. Same with using words like "Receivers" Although it is true that ears can Receive, as can many other things, All of your five senses could be referred to as such just as easily as your ears. "Receiver" can refer to anything that receives, not just "devices" However I suppose you could consider ears a "Hearing device"
As much as I hate to see wolfspeak being used, I feel as though the Original Post is very one-sided. some of these words listed should have no problem being used in roleplay as such, however if you call your legs "pillars" every time I think there may be an issue and you may need to widen your vocabulary, and in turn accept the word "Leg" as there is nothing wrong with this word. I would also like to say I dislike "Wolfspeak" as a whole, as I feel the words used are often not consistent with each other. As much wolfspeakers use words incorrectly (Like Brute, and that sort of thing) and many seem to ignore the actual meaning, defiling perfectly good words to a degree that if you were to call a female "A brute" as, Say, your characters calls her as such as your character feels like she is a brute, or brutish, however many wolfspeakers may whine and tell you "BUT I AM FEMALE" and you are likely to commence the epic face-palm.
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I agree. Say if you're in a pack that uses wolf-speak, and you don't use it. You'll just be lost in roleplay and get really confused!
Well, I do like using words that aren't really abused, (EX: kind, nice, bad,) but I'm not so technical with it! People think they are adult-authors.
How did this system even start?
People probably abuse this wolf-speak, and sometimes they make no sense at all. They just throw random words out there.
I never really seen this happening in-game, but on the forums I've seen it. I just feel like flipping my iPod out the window.
Sorry for the rant. I just can't take it!
Have a good day now ^_^
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The words don't bother me as much as there dang behavior. Like I said before, has anyone seen that Wolfspeakers think they are so smart; better than everyone else, just because they use fake/stupid "smart" words that make no sense?
Seriously wolf roleplayers, this is a free game-project everyone can use, not a fancy, overly-"divine", game that you payed 200$ for. -_-
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Erm...
Well, I personally do not use wolfspeak. But, however, offending people in which do use it- I'm against that. Honestly, you assume every single person that uses wolfspeak is trying to look better than others? Unless you've asked and got to know every single wolfspeaker and could indeed prove that they are, avoid insulting people. Please. It's completely rude, to be honest- and, I have friends who use wolfspeak and I will NOT tolerate them being offended, let alone tons of people you don't even know.
The sheer fact that most of you are doing so irritates me.
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You obviously didn't read all the posts here good sir. We never said that ALL wolfspeakers behave in such a manner. We merely stated that most do. Which is true.
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Yes, but some did. It still angers me, however, those whom are. "Most", however, is not true. By "Most" I'm quite sure you mean all the encounters that you have had. If you see someone wolfspeaking, and don't like it, then just ignore them. Telling them it's "incorrect" will probably make them mad. Also, this is one game. There are many other wolfspeakers that most likely do not use or play on feral heart. I have seen some rude posts here, just to let you know.
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Erm...
Well, I personally do not use wolfspeak. But, however, offending people in which do use it- I'm against that. Honestly, you assume every single person that uses wolfspeak is trying to look better than others? Unless you've asked and got to know every single wolfspeaker and could indeed prove that they are, avoid insulting people. Please. It's completely rude, to be honest- and, I have friends who use wolfspeak and I will NOT tolerate them being offended, let alone tons of people you don't even know.
The sheer fact that most of you are doing so irritates me.
Ahem...
DISLIKE THE ACT ? ACTUALLY HATE THE PERSON WHO USES IT
Learn the difference. ;)
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I'm glad you did this to show your opinion but others can have theirs. Try not to seem too overbearing. (your not but i dont want anyone to get offensive)
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Let's level the playing field here, as people just responding this seem to have gotten the wrong idea.
Point 1 - At no point in this thread did any of us say we hated wolfspeakers on the whole. We hate the wolfspeaking itself, because of it's grammatical incorrectness and the fact they go above and beyond to change the definitions of pre-existing words.
Point 2 - There are several wolfspeakers out there who do have poor attitudes, and these people are the ones we dislike. There are also several chat speakers out there who do the same thing that we dislike. It's the ones who give their group the poor image we look down on, and with good reason. When we say "most" we are referring to "most of the ones WE have encountered." This does not mean "most wolfspeakers in existance." I've met several wolfspeakers who are fine people and great to get along with. Those of you just coming into this thread, please do not put words in our mouths; "most" does not mean "all", and while some people on this thread -may- have meant "all", "some" does not mean "everyone in this thread."
Point 3 - Yes, others can have their opinions. If you enjoy wolfspeak and think it is awesome, then go create a thread about why you enjoy it and discuss it there. There's no good reason to come and read a thread that specifically is against the things you personally enjoy, and then berate us for having our own opinions about it. Why would you even join a thread you know based on the title alone is going to make you feel angry? Just ignore this thread and move on to ones you know you'll like.
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Well I just CANNOT understand wolf speak. The othrr day I joined a warrior cats clan and like three people were talking wolf speak. I asked them what they ment and they said:
"Good God, either you have had no (beeb) education you just need to get a (beeb) life!
And they went on and said some really offensive things to me.
Note: I blocked these peeps.
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Well I just CANNOT understand wolf speak. The othrr day I joined a warrior cats clan and like three people were talking wolf speak. I asked them what they ment and they said:
"Good God, either you have had no (beeb) education you just need to get a (beeb) life!
And they went on and said some really offensive things to me.
Note: I blocked these peeps.
This is what I really dislike. Wolfspeakers act like drama queens, thinking they are so great and smart with a 1,000 page thesaurus shoved up their other end. ._.
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Well I just CANNOT understand wolf speak. The othrr day I joined a warrior cats clan and like three people were talking wolf speak. I asked them what they ment and they said:
"Good God, either you have had no (beeb) education you just need to get a (beeb) life!
And they went on and said some really offensive things to me.
Note: I blocked these peeps.
Did you get any screenshots of these people and the things they said? If you did, you can report the incident to a staff member.
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Wow, you have COMPLETELY read my mind. Wolf-speak is a disgrace to Roleplay, and possibly to wolves themselves! I cannot tell you how many times someone has used the word "cranium" as in:
Joe: The male wolf lifted his cranium towards the sky.
They are starting to get on my nerves.... One time, my alpha said:
The achromatic missile stretched her appendages elegantly, then slowly separating her maxilla and maw
So, you're a bomb who is stretching and yawning? Seems legit Not. If anything, people of have invented Wolf-speak probably brought it over here from WolfQuest, or maybe another Rping game. The people who use wolf speak have no idea that there is another way to sound intelligent and use proper grammar. Let me give you an example:
The she-wolf ambled down the cobble stone pathway, with lovely vegetation at her paws. The path eventually lead to a damp cave, with a roaring waterfall. Breaking into a sprint, Brook then emerged from a log tunnel and ahead of her ebony forepaws lay a puddle of clear water. Glancing up, she then saw the gigantic cave, along with some stone slabs that created a walk-way to the waterfall.
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It's been spreading to the warrior cat roleplays. I'm not a huge warrior rp person but when it seems like those are the only avaiable rps in fluorite and I don't want to use that horrible wolf speak I feel quite hopeless. Glad so many others hate it as much as I do. :3
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Contradicting many of your opinions, as long as wolfspeak is welcome in the roleplay, I am completely fine with using it. I mean, I know what they're talking about.
Here's the dictionary I use for wolfspeak, which matches it a lot.
< http://www.blossomforestrpg.com/terms.htm (http://www.blossomforestrpg.com/terms.htm) >
and
< http://bloodrosewolves.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wsd&action=display&thread=60 (http://bloodrosewolves.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wsd&action=display&thread=60) >
So, they're basically just terms to make the roleplay a bit more advanced or intense. I definitely agree that someone overusing them is very annoying, but I tend to use some myself. It's just a bit more enjoyable for me. So, call it annoying if you will, this is your opinion and I am completely fine with it.
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I bileve you sir, deserve an award. The only wolfspeaker i've ever met who didn't shoot down someone's opinion as hate.
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Dare I say, I myself use a few words from wolfspeak, such as Fae, and brujo, but that's simply to add a little variety to my roleplay sentences so I dont repeat "she" and "he" too many times, or "the female" or "the male". I prefer to use words that actually mean when I'm intending, such as "haunches" or "rump". "Frame" for body. Etc etc... It makes much more sense, and you look so much less like a complete ****. I avoid RPs that I hear using this form of RPing...
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^^ I make sure I don't for reasons. I am not at all one-sided here, I mean I am very open to hear all opinions. I don't use wolfspeak that much. Only if others in the roleplay seem to use it fluently. ^^ But thanks for noticing.
As for Sarah, I agree. If it makes sense, why not? I do definitely see where everyone else is coming from by stating it's annoying as a majority of wolf-speak does not make sense.
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A while ago I overheard an RPer calling a group of deer "pigmented masses of bones." Now I'm confused. I mean, I know deer have bones, but... they have muscle and skin and organs, too. D: They're more than just colored bones... Is this a normal wolfspeak thing or am I mistaken?
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So legit. Much wow. xD
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Hi there. There's another site I'm on that has roleplaying as well. And I've seen a lot of people use "Wolf speak." And I'm wondering if I could post this guide on there? ^^; I'd credit you, of course.
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o3o.... -runs in corner and hides- Dx
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It's not just wolves, oh my god.
I just walked into a large group of lions using adjectives and nouns like 'brute' and 'audits' and 'orbs'.
Also, you know what else shouldn't be used? Talking like the character is in a first-person point of view. I mean, really! First of all, roleplay takes place in third-person point of view and second, it really just confuses me. I can't really explain it further, but it's just a pet-peeve.
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NAME DISCLOSED: I flick my auditories back hearing harsh comments...
Really, now. Are you a robot?
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It's not just wolves, oh my god.
I just walked into a large group of lions using adjectives and nouns like 'brute' and 'audits' and 'orbs'.
Also, you know what else shouldn't be used? Talking like the character is in a first-person point of view. I mean, really! First of all, roleplay takes place in third-person point of view and second, it really just confuses me. I can't really explain it further, but it's just a pet-peeve.
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NAME DISCLOSED: I flick my auditories back hearing harsh comments...
Really, now. Are you a robot?
I believe some feel more comfortable writing in first person. Think of it like the variety of writing in books, fanfiction, or other various pieces of literature. Some prefer to write in first person while others prefer third person. Roleplay doesn't solely have to take place in a third-person setting, even if most seem to be more inclined to post in that format. While I can understand if a certain roleplay was limited to one perspective they wouldn't want to see the other, I wouldn't go to the length saying it shouldn't be used altogether in any form no matter if a roleplay approves of it or not. I mean.. I can understand that a Roleplay A would like to stay third person, and I'm fine with that. But saying that Roleplay B who doesn't mind first person shouldn't be allowed to use it at all is a bit harsh.
Just my opinion on that. ^^;
Back on the topic of wolfspeak however, I myself don't personally mind it as long as the roleplay doesn't forbid it ouo I honestly have taken to the use of 'orbs' for eyes, though thats the only word I've really picked up from wolfspeak myself. Even then, I've gotten quite some hate on the fact that I use it every now and then, even if the roleplay I'm in has no rule against the use of wolfspeak. >< Ah well. I can understand the disliking for it, though.
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I read the other day, and now kinda think of it, I have used to Rp WS, but I was wondering.
Could you tell me If I Rp literately or atleast semi?
The tan white-gray cat, walked to the fresh-kill pile, before crouching, to reach for a mice.
Standing up, she walked to a nearby dead tree, as she turned around, and lyied down.
As she began to nible at the small mice's body.
So, tell me, am I using WS?
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I read the other day, and now kinda think of it, I have used to Rp WS, but I was wondering.
Could you tell me If I Rp literately or atleast semi?
The tan white-gray cat, walked to the fresh-kill pile, before crouching, to reach for a mice.
Standing up, she walked to a nearby dead tree, as she turned around, and lyied down.
As she began to nible at the small mice's body.
So, tell me, am I using WS?
You are literate, and do not use WS. XD
But, as with the rest of everything, I must say, WS sucks.
With the stuff above, I use RPing as a way to
A) Have fun, and
B) Improve my writing skills.
I have been meaning to try first-person, being as how I can't write well in that style.
And I understand where people are getting this, due to the name, but....
WOLFSPEAK IS NOT JUST FOR WOLVES!
WolfSpeak originated in WolfQuest as far as we know, and people added more to it.
WS is for anyone, it is a CORRECT way of RPing, though the official definitions are incorrect for the words they use.
I RP with dragons, lions, bears, and even an otter once that used WolfSpeak.
>:l Had to clear that up for yall.
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You people hate listening to me don't you? xD Wolfspeak was around well before Wolf Quest. WELL before it.
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Everyone's opinion on the subject.. quite interesting. A lot of opposite opinions. While you're all commenting, be sure not to use harsh words or attitude, and watch your wording. I know several people who've left the game recently because of such drama. Perhaps, to prove your point, try providing raw evidence & supporting information, instead of using words like 'idiots,' 'stupid,' and saying things like 'OMG No one gets anything,' or 'no one EVER listens to me.' Also, I ask, if you could try to be a little bit nicer when stating your opinions. c: Just trying to give some suggestions, I hate seeing others leave because of drama when this is an animal-based game.
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I read the other day, and now kinda think of it, I have used to Rp WS, but I was wondering.
Could you tell me If I Rp literately or atleast semi?
The tan white-gray cat, walked to the fresh-kill pile, before crouching, to reach for a mice.
Standing up, she walked to a nearby dead tree, as she turned around, and lyied down.
As she began to nible at the small mice's body.
So, tell me, am I using WS?
WolfSpeak originated in WolfQuest as far as we know, and people added more to it.
WS is for anyone, it is a CORRECT way of RPing, though the official definitions are incorrect for the words they use.
I RP with dragons, lions, bears, and even an otter once that used WolfSpeak.
Umm..
Wolfspeak isn't the "correct" way to roleplay. The correct way to roleplay is to have a scene of action that everyone can understand, ether if it's words or actions. For example, the stereotypical young TLK roleplayers at Bonfire who say stuff like "pushs zira of clif no mis" are not roleplaying right. Most wolfspeakers are not correctly roleplaying because they are trying too hard to be smart (and being very rude while they are at it), and is using words that the common man most likely will not understand. It's likely not even George Washington or Shakespeare will understand "wolfspeak". A correct way to roleplay is like Hackers.'s rp sample.
And also, Aniuk, I never seen any widespread drama about wolfspeak as much as the removal of General, so this "drama" isn't caused by this. And plus, this is a place of discussing, and we are calling the act "stupid", not the person. At least we are not cussing a storm. Idiot[ic] or stupid could be harsh if directed to a person, but at least we are not dropping the f bomb and/or hating the person. c;
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Everyone's opinion on the subject.. quite interesting. A lot of opposite opinions. While you're all commenting, be sure not to use harsh words or attitude, and watch your wording. I know several people who've left the game recently because of such drama. Perhaps, to prove your point, try providing raw evidence & supporting information, instead of using words like 'idiots,' 'stupid,' and saying things like 'OMG No one gets anything,' or 'no one EVER listens to me.' Also, I ask, if you could try to be a little bit nicer when stating your opinions. c: Just trying to give some suggestions, I hate seeing others leave because of drama when this is an animal-based game.
Thank you. e.e
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I used to Wolfspeak... Perhaps far too much x.x - I just gave up with it in the end because I was tired of no one understanding what it was I said. In the end, very few people want to RP with people who use 'advanced' vocabulary. I say Advanced sarcastically as half of the words involved in wolfspeak are completely... How do I put this... Unrelated?
What I'm trying to say, really, is that I don't have a problem with people wolf-speaking. I just get a little annoyed when people use words that have no relation to the part of the body that is being described. Banner for example. It doesn't mean 'tail', far from it.
(http://sweetclipart.com/multisite/sweetclipart/files/banners_color_set.png)
Now they're banners... I see no relation to them being a tail... This is why I get frustrated. Another most commonly used is pillars for legs. I get it, pillars hold a structure up, legs hold a structure up, but visibly, there is no connection.
Someone really needs to take a good look into these words used and figure out the meanings of each used. I did, a long time ago, and a lot of the words are just a bizarre concoction thrown down onto some paper that someone decided would be a good way to roleplay and make them look better than everyone else when really, half of what they say doesn't even make sense...
I think I'm going off the rails a little here... Still, it's best to have my view out in the open and be able to relax a little after seeing tons of wolfspeakers in FP these past few weeks. You see too many of them and you literally go nuts, mentally correcting them because if you point it out, they rant about it then it becomes more than just a debate, it turns into an argument and then, in turn, something horrible...
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Umm..
Wolfspeak isn't the "correct" way to roleplay. The correct way to roleplay is to have a scene of action that everyone can understand, ether if it's words or actions. For example, the stereotypical young TLK roleplayers at Bonfire who say stuff like "pushs zira of clif no mis" are not roleplaying right. Most wolfspeakers are not correctly roleplaying because they are trying too hard to be smart (and being very rude while they are at it), and is using words that the common man most likely will not understand. It's likely not even George Washington or Shakespeare will understand "wolfspeak". A correct way to roleplay is like Hackers.'s rp sample.
Pardon me as I say, I did
NOT
say WS was THE correct way to RP.
When on earth did I say that?
However, it is A correct way, due to the fact that, by the looks of this thread, we know what they mean.
If we agree or not with their words is another problem.
RPing as a whole is, in my mind, just typing a bunch of stuff to say what your character is doing or acting.
This thread PROVES that we CAN understand wolfspeakers, and therefor, it IS a proper way to RP.
Though, at the same time, completely wrong due to word choice.
As stated above me, words are unrelated to their use, but do we understand their point?
YES.
So therefor, they ARE RPers.
You cannot say it isn't a way to RP, because it obviously IS.
And those TLK RPers are RPing too, we can understand what they're doing, they can understand it.
As long as that's true, it is an RP.
And '...are not RPing right.' Erm, yes they are.
That is how they RP.
Being Literate is not THE way to RP, as you seem to of ment.
Just take a drop by any forum RP area, and you see.
People RP like that there, it isn't just FH.
People also RP literately.
Sorry for my forever-long rant here, but it's true. >:|
Also:
I am in NO way supporting the idea of WS.
I am just trying to back up my previous point.
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((There is no room for arguing on this thread. Everyone's makes mistakes, everyone's human, so do not burst. Kthnx.))
Just, I don't like wolfspeak at all. In my opinion, it's illiterate. That's all.
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You people hate listening to me don't you? xD Wolfspeak was around well before Wolf Quest. WELL before it.
Thank you! Glad I'm not the only one who caught this. XD Hasn't it been around since Furcadia? Or is it even older than that?
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I used to wolf speak also, when I was little and I had a WolfQuest. Never on FeralHeart. Or Impressive Title. I believe the words they use originated mainly from WolfQuest, due to that silly chat filter they have/had that blocked literally everything. However, I think some of it was around before WolfQuest. But it's most likely that most of the users using wolf speak on here are from WolfQuest, and the language stuck, I suppose. Nonetheless, I think it's silly and they should at least look for synonyms closer to the word the want, rather than using something completely abstract and dissimilar to the word they truly mean. I really hate how these packs use the words improperly, and then claim that it's correct. But it's odd, because back in 2011 there was really no wolf speak on here. I guess it's because this game had yet to take off. Ah well, I guess this is why I only hang around private maps/less populated maps nowadays, haha. Bonfire Island kills me every time I set foot in there. I really don't see why they can't just use illustrative words to express what they are trying to say.
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I dont believe seeing anyone WS. But I was skimming through and. read it. WS, in my opinion, is not bad, but not the best either. Wolves (people) can carry on to what they think is okay. Done, opinion stated...
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((There is no room for arguing on this thread. Everyone's makes mistakes, everyone's human, so do not burst. Kthnx.))
Just, I don't like wolfspeak at all. In my opinion, it's illiterate. That's all.
As that is Their Opinion.
Umm..
Wolfspeak isn't the "correct" way to roleplay. The correct way to roleplay is to have a scene of action that everyone can understand, ether if it's words or actions. For example, the stereotypical young TLK roleplayers at Bonfire who say stuff like "pushs zira of clif no mis" are not roleplaying right. Most wolfspeakers are not correctly roleplaying because they are trying too hard to be smart (and being very rude while they are at it), and is using words that the common man most likely will not understand. It's likely not even George Washington or Shakespeare will understand "wolfspeak". A correct way to roleplay is like Hackers.'s rp sample.
Pardon me as I say, I did
NOT
say WS was THE correct way to RP.
When on earth did I say that?
However, it is A correct way, due to the fact that, by the looks of this thread, we know what they mean.
If we agree or not with their words is another problem.
RPing as a whole is, in my mind, just typing a bunch of stuff to say what your character is doing or acting.
This thread PROVES that we CAN understand wolfspeakers, and therefor, it IS a proper way to RP.
Though, at the same time, completely wrong due to word choice.
As stated above me, words are unrelated to their use, but do we understand their point?
YES.
So therefor, they ARE RPers.
You cannot say it isn't a way to RP, because it obviously IS.
And those TLK RPers are RPing too, we can understand what they're doing, they can understand it.
As long as that's true, it is an RP.
And '...are not RPing right.' Erm, yes they are.
That is how they RP.
Being Literate is not THE way to RP, as you seem to of ment.
Just take a drop by any forum RP area, and you see.
People RP like that there, it isn't just FH.
People also RP literately.
Sorry for my forever-long rant here, but it's true. >:|
Also:
I am in NO way supporting the idea of WS.
I am just trying to back up my previous point.
And I have to say I agree with you.
+Floof for you, M'Dear.
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((There is no room for arguing on this thread. Everyone's makes mistakes, everyone's human, so do not burst. Kthnx.))
Just, I don't like wolfspeak at all. In my opinion, it's illiterate. That's all.
As that is Their Opinion.
Umm..
Wolfspeak isn't the "correct" way to roleplay. The correct way to roleplay is to have a scene of action that everyone can understand, ether if it's words or actions. For example, the stereotypical young TLK roleplayers at Bonfire who say stuff like "pushs zira of clif no mis" are not roleplaying right. Most wolfspeakers are not correctly roleplaying because they are trying too hard to be smart (and being very rude while they are at it), and is using words that the common man most likely will not understand. It's likely not even George Washington or Shakespeare will understand "wolfspeak". A correct way to roleplay is like Hackers.'s rp sample.
Pardon me as I say, I did
NOT
say WS was THE correct way to RP.
When on earth did I say that?
However, it is A correct way, due to the fact that, by the looks of this thread, we know what they mean.
If we agree or not with their words is another problem.
RPing as a whole is, in my mind, just typing a bunch of stuff to say what your character is doing or acting.
This thread PROVES that we CAN understand wolfspeakers, and therefor, it IS a proper way to RP.
Though, at the same time, completely wrong due to word choice.
As stated above me, words are unrelated to their use, but do we understand their point?
YES.
So therefor, they ARE RPers.
You cannot say it isn't a way to RP, because it obviously IS.
And those TLK RPers are RPing too, we can understand what they're doing, they can understand it.
As long as that's true, it is an RP.
And '...are not RPing right.' Erm, yes they are.
That is how they RP.
Being Literate is not THE way to RP, as you seem to of ment.
Just take a drop by any forum RP area, and you see.
People RP like that there, it isn't just FH.
People also RP literately.
Sorry for my forever-long rant here, but it's true. >:|
Also:
I am in NO way supporting the idea of WS.
I am just trying to back up my previous point.
And I have to say I agree with you.
+Floof for you, M'Dear.
I agree with you. I believe there is no "correct" way to roleplay, it's just bothersome sometimes. Sometimes it's ridiculous and illiterate, but hey, if they like to RP like that, it's their choice. My only suggestions to the people who RP like this is that they use these words in figurative language instead of as synonyms for simpler words. It would make so much more sense! You have to give them credit though, at least they are trying to expand their vocabulary, unlike the other inhabitants of Bonfire (lmfao)
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((There is no room for arguing on this thread. Everyone's makes mistakes, everyone's human, so do not burst. Kthnx.))
Just, I don't like wolfspeak at all. In my opinion, it's illiterate. That's all.
As that is Their Opinion.
haha I don't understand if you are talking about my opinion or her's. Just to let you know I am not being biased and attacking everyone like I'm a different political party.
Everyone is starting to go against me. lol What did I do?
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Observation: This thread is still going strong, congrats~!
Second observation: Calm down, intelligent conversation can be had here if no one gets angry over nothing c:
Third observation: Very good conversational (and argument /shot) topic you have here, m'dear.
Opinion:
I don't think anyone should be ragging on wolfspeakers, or non-wolfspeakers. It's rude. Let people do what they enjoy, and don't judge them harshly for it. If you can't understand someone, ask NICELY, and if they take offence, they are idiots. ;D Some words might not make sense to le dictionary, but words are invented, right? Their meanings change with time, yes? Just let them have fun, and if it doesn't make perfect dictionary sense (but the meaning can still be divined) then go wit' the flow.
They aren't lesser than you because they talk differently.
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I agree. We shouldn't turn on eachother for a simple way to rp. I think we can state our opinions calmly without anyone else taking anything personally and biting the other's head off in the process. Great argument, but going a bit too far. Breathe, relax, and move on.
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-casually crosses arms and sighs.-
I don't really see why this thread is still going on. It made a couple of fights here and there, and we basically got to the point.
I never really imprinted my actual opinion on this thread, so I'll just say it now.
No matter where wolfspeak originated from, it's a way of speach taken in by some users, and I don't see a problem with it, really, it's just a thing.
I could have wrote a whole rant about this, but I won't , headache creeping in.
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lol I hope you are not blaming this all on me. :^)
Seriously, I didn't want this to be another "GENRAL IZ DOWNE" thread and it will be locked for a stupid reason.
Keep calm and listen to some Panic! (http://youtu.be/Org7AllS3lA). :))))))))))))
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I swear, wolfspeak is just another way for people act and sound smarter and act higher than the rest of people. I mean... I get the fact they wanna be unique, but when you sound like an 8-year old with a list of made-up words to sound like a 17-year old who read a dictionary over and over and over again... just... wow. I mean, the fact that most wolfspeakers call themselves 'literate' really ticks me off, since the fact they are NOT, and I mean NOT, literate WHAT-SO-EVER if you use made-up words in a paragraph. It's like saying 'the byuia fuweio hufwe fewiiwjm anipa an,jek ah ahujk'. e-e I mean... I'd say a wolfspeaker is more illiterate than a chat/text-speaker, not to mention that they are both pretty much put into a category the same place of each other. Fact is, I'd say as far away from a wolfspeaker as I can, unless they are my friend. But still, I despise all wolfspeaking. And some day, I'm gonna tell they they are grammatically incorrect, and illiterate. Sure, they capitalize the letters, but made-up words? Please, I'd rather roleplay with a text-speaker... And the fact that you have to post 3 paragraphs just to do something so simple, like SITTING DOWN?! That's absolute nonsense.
If I was a WolfSpeaker, I'd be very ashamed. And for these reasons.
1) Wolfspeaking is just another way to act literate and smart and be like a show-off.
2) It is nonsense and grammatically incorrect, and does NOT mean it is literate.
3) It's literate, and is worse than chat-speak. Chat-speak can be understood.
4) It's idiotic, and I feel should never exist.
In my mind, I usually say
'Have fun roleplaying as an illiterate, ungrammarly, pompous wolfspeaker with a fake dictionary. ::)'
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I swear, wolfspeak is just another way for people act and sound smarter and act higher than the rest of people. I mean... I get the fact they wanna be unique, but when you sound like an 8-year old with a list of made-up words to sound like a 17-year old who read a dictionary over and over and over again... just... wow. I mean, the fact that most wolfspeakers call themselves 'literate' really ticks me off, since the fact they are NOT, and I mean NOT, literate WHAT-SO-EVER if you use made-up words in a paragraph. It's like saying 'the byuia fuweio hufwe fewiiwjm anipa an,jek ah ahujk'. e-e I mean... I'd say a wolfspeaker is more illiterate than a chat/text-speaker, not to mention that they are both pretty much put into a category the same place of each other. Fact is, I'd say as far away from a wolfspeaker as I can, unless they are my friend. But still, I despise all wolfspeaking. And some day, I'm gonna tell they they are grammatically incorrect, and illiterate. Sure, they capitalize the letters, but made-up words? Please, I'd rather roleplay with a text-speaker... And the fact that you have to post 3 paragraphs just to do something so simple, like SITTING DOWN?! That's absolute nonsense.
If I was a WolfSpeaker, I'd be very ashamed. And for these reasons.
1) Wolfspeaking is just another way to act literate and smart and be like a show-off.
2) It is nonsense and grammatically incorrect, and does NOT mean it is literate.
3) It's literate, and is worse than chat-speak. Chat-speak can be understood.
4) It's idiotic, and I feel should never exist.
In my mind, I usually say
'Have fun roleplaying as an illiterate, ungrammarly, pompous wolfspeaker with a fake dictionary. ::)'
You do have a point, but you have to realize that most wolf-speakers are like ten at the least, thirteen or fourteen at the most. I'm not going to disclose my age, for the fear that people are going to act biased against me, but whatever. It is illiterate and wrong, but we all start somewhere. I remember roleplaying on WolfQuest, Furcadia, IT, etc... Oh god, it was horrible. Everytime I think about it I cringe xD. It does bother me a lot, but I tend to just go into a private map or work on a private map.
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((There is no room for arguing on this thread. Everyone's makes mistakes, everyone's human, so do not burst. Kthnx.))
Just, I don't like wolfspeak at all. In my opinion, it's illiterate. That's all.
As that is Their Opinion.
haha I don't understand if you are talking about my opinion or her's. Just to let you know I am not being biased and attacking everyone like I'm a different political party.
Everyone is starting to go against me. lol What did I do?
I am talking about the person you had said to, 'There is no room for arguing on this forums.'
Tell me then, why everyone here is arguing on this subject?
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((There is no room for arguing on this thread. Everyone's makes mistakes, everyone's human, so do not burst. Kthnx.))
Just, I don't like wolfspeak at all. In my opinion, it's illiterate. That's all.
As that is Their Opinion.
haha I don't understand if you are talking about my opinion or her's. Just to let you know I am not being biased and attacking everyone like I'm a different political party.
Everyone is starting to go against me. lol What did I do?
I am talking about the person you had said to, 'There is no room for arguing on this forums.'
Tell me then, why everyone here is arguing on this subject?
I'm trying not to argue on this thread, heck, I'm preventing people from making this a kangaroo court, so don't blame this all on me. :T NOW LETS GET BACK TO TOPIC PLEASE.
This thread is going to be pointlessly locked in 3....2....1....
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I agree. There has been no actual arguing on this thread. At most, we've had debates. It's a calm discussion on a topic many of us are against. It's not like we put up a petition saying to ban wolfspeak and are acting like haters. XD Especially not if you take the time to actually read the thread. There's a lot of people here who are on the fence about wolfspeak, or who agree that the usage of certain words found in wolfspeak are fine (such as orbs for eyes). I, personally, hate most wolfspeak, but even I still try to branch out some of my words so I'm not saying "ear" the same way five times in a couple sentences, or some such. It's when they try to get way too fancy that I get annoyed and roll my eyes (or laugh because I know what the words actually mean and get a hilarious mental image). I also get annoyed with those amongst the wolfspeakers who do get pompous and arrogant and accuse others of "not being literate" just because they aren't using the same style of typing (especially when the definition of "literate" is "someone who can read and write", not "someone who knows a ton of words").
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I agree. There has been no actual arguing on this thread. At most, we've had debates. It's a calm discussion on a topic many of us are against. It's not like we put up a petition saying to ban wolfspeak and are acting like haters.
Oh really? I said nothing about a Petition, in fact, I was only pointing out some things that I found invalid in MY opinion. And yet, instead of respecting the opinions of people who are ok with it, you, do indeed, hate. Quite a bit.
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I agree. There has been no actual arguing on this thread. At most, we've had debates. It's a calm discussion on a topic many of us are against. It's not like we put up a petition saying to ban wolfspeak and are acting like haters.
Oh really? I said nothing about a Petition, in fact, I was only pointing out some things that I found invalid in MY opinion. And yet, instead of respecting the opinions of people who are ok with it, you, do indeed, hate. Quite a bit.
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D--> Let's all take a minute to calm down here, before hard feelings start to form and everything turns personal. We shouldn't turn on each other for a style of roleplay that is questionable. Some people like it and use it, while others just don't. No big deal.
I'll drive this conversation back on subject now.
D--> What do I think of all this? I'm not a user of wolfspeak, since the words that are used can be confusing. I would rather use simple words than random words to roleplay. If someone is used to using wolfspeak and can understand it pretty well, then that's just fine too. The only thing I don't like about wolfspeak is when wolfspeakers try to force it onto others. What I mean is, I don't like it when those who use it say it's the literate way to roleplay and everything else is just amature and "noobish". I haven't met too many people like that, but I have met a couple before.
D--> In another thread, people have made the statement that there really is no right or wrong way to roleplay. Wolfspeak is neither the right nor the wrong way to roleplay. It's just a roleplay skill. Either you use it or you don't. Either way is fine.
D--> So there is no need to tr0ll each other about this. It's just a big waste of time.
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I agree. There has been no actual arguing on this thread. At most, we've had debates. It's a calm discussion on a topic many of us are against. It's not like we put up a petition saying to ban wolfspeak and are acting like haters.
Oh really? I said nothing about a Petition, in fact, I was only pointing out some things that I found invalid in MY opinion. And yet, instead of respecting the opinions of people who are ok with it, you, do indeed, hate. Quite a bit.
I hate wolfspeak itself, yes. I hate no wolfspeak players unless they act arrogant at me because I choose not to wolfspeak, myself, or because I express my opinion about it. At what point have I openly insulted every single wolfspeaker out there? I insult the wolfspeak itself, and I insult not those who defend it, but those who are antagonistict about it towards me. It may SEEM like I have attacked wolfspeakers as a whole, but that would just be someone putting words in my mouth. I've been friends with wolfspeakers before, and even roledplayed with one on a frequent basis. So, yes. I hate wolfspeak itself "quite a bit." The players? Only if they're rude to me.
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I agree. There has been no actual arguing on this thread. At most, we've had debates. It's a calm discussion on a topic many of us are against. It's not like we put up a petition saying to ban wolfspeak and are acting like haters.
Oh really? I said nothing about a Petition, in fact, I was only pointing out some things that I found invalid in MY opinion. And yet, instead of respecting the opinions of people who are ok with it, you, do indeed, hate. Quite a bit.
Psst, Mondevu doesn't have a single bit of hate in her comment, actually. Calm down and sing Yellow Submarine (http://youtu.be/nkhTA6MQ3BQ).
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE!!
YELLOW SUBMARINE!
YELLOW SUBMARINE!
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE!
YELLOW SUBMARINE!
YELLOW SUBMARINE!
lol Seriously, you are starting an argument. Do not start one, because this thread would be immediately be locked, which I don't want it to be, so shush.
P.S.: Mondevu didn't say anything about actually putting a petition up, and it wasn't directed to you. ;B
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Let's take a moment and calm down, ya'?
I'm seriously not sure how this thread is still going on, it's become a clutter of random comments, debates, and I'm sure there was some arguing in there.
Wolfspeak's a ROLEPLAY STYLE who SOME people use because they're COMFORTABLE WITH IT, and going on and on about this single thing for 27 pages is kind of useless. We already know what we like and don't like, this thread's point was made.
Is there really a right or wrong way to roleplay? (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=42573.0) I don't think so, as much of the users said in this thread. Wolfspeak's just a STYLE, just like a drawing style. There;s digital and traditional, so let's say wolfspeak's one of those. I don't understand why people are fussing over this, still.
I'll think about getting a MOD to lock this.
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Psst, can we members solve this ourselves, for once? c:
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No, there is no wrong way to roleplay, roleplay is just basically taking a role of a fictional character. The only wrong way to roleplay if you take the role as a non-fictional person, animal, etc., and that's just weird. But, wolfspeak is like a try-hard version of literate roleplay. Using gibberish doesn't make you smarter and better at roleplaying, it makes you looking like you have a thesaurus shoved up your end. That's all.
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Kelsey - Thank you. And yes, there's no reason to just up and call a mod over what trivial things have popped up.
Rii - So what if this thread is 27 pages long? I've seen threads on forums that had virtually no topic last well past one hundred. The length of the thread doesn't mean much, other than people are still responding. And since we're just talking, who cares? XD There's not a page limit here.
Back on topic; yes, Wolfspeak is a style of roleplaying. It's not one I like or agree with, but again: I hate the style, not the people who do it (and again, I only hate people who are openly rude, arrogant, insulting, etc.). I do wonder where it came from, though. Its actual origin could be interesting and amusing to find out. If anyone knows that, I'd love to hear it. :3 I think they still use it on Furcadia in some dreams, if I remember right.
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If you guys wanna hear the story of were it came from, i'd be glad to tell you what I know.
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I'm very interested in hearing this, whitewolf. :3
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Honestly, I think it's easier just to use normal words instead of that complicated stuff. Don't get me wrong, I have a vast vocabulary, and I'll admit that I love showing it off, but it's just easier to type eyes, instead of 'optics'. People who speak/type this way just make themselves look foolish. That's just my opinion, and I do not mean offence on any players who do use this in their role plays.:) I'm just stating my opinion.
~Zero
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I guess I can explain it. As far as i'm aware, wolfspeak was came up waaaay back. I can't remember the name of that game for the life of me. But it's older than Furcadia. It spread to Furcadia, where it got a few followers. Then when WolfQuest came out, people saw it as a way around chat blocks, so they used it. As people moved from WolfQuest here, they brought wolfspeak with 'em. I use to know the name of the person who invented it, but I forgot that a while back.
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Haha I only knew that banner meant flag and what not but then I started hearing role-players say "Her banner was raised high in defence" etc. So one day all I heard was the word banner and I whispered my acquaintance asking what does banner mean (Yes. i was that confused) and she replied saying tail <.< so at least now I no not to use the word banner as reference to my tail :D
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Her banner was raised high in defence
I just got this funny mental image of two wolves being angry at each other and holding out flags representing their packs in defensive martial arts stances. XD
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Her banner was raised high in defence
I just got this funny mental image of two wolves being angry at each other and holding out flags representing their packs in defensive martial arts stances. XD
I got the image of a wolf waving a white surrender flag.
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LOL! That animation is perfect! XD
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i think this is appropriate for the situation on our paws
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Ok.
I understand what you are meaning by this.
Yes, wolfspeak makes no logical sense. At All.
But people enjoy using it for role plays, and I respect that.
And thank you for putting all the effort into making this. :)
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XD I saved the pic!
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I'm honestly surprised this thread's been going on so long, haha.
Wolfspeak still makes me incredibly uncomfortable because it's just flat out...wrong. When I see people use it on other sites I go into a fanfiction-beta mode and fix all the errors in my head than actually pay attention to it. It's distracting, rather sloppy, and from the words used, incredibly innaccurate to what people are aiming to portray.
The fact that a lot of people use first person in it also makes it confusing. So many I's and far too many longwinded (and heavy adjective use) in describing themselves and other characters instead of just referring to people by name. It is quite easy for someone to get lost, by golly.
What bothers me more though is the whole 'illiterate' and 'literate' terms themselves, because in the realm of roleplaying even they are being misused; illiterate means a person can't read or write at all, while literate means that you can, and I find that incredibly insulting to people who can and cannot read. It's understood what's being referred to (those with sloppy/choppy roleplay and those with neater styles), but still something that makes me uncomfortable.
That however is a whole other can of worms and since it's been around so long it probably won't go anywhere even if it had it's own thread, haha.
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I agree above that the terms literate and illiterate aren't really apt to what they're describing. I prefer Literary and non-literary/casual. It has a similar sound, and the words are a lot more accurate to what they're trying to describe.
Also, in the OP post, the first example, about the ebony pendulum...until someone explained it a few posts later, I seriously thought that was an excerpt from something...inappropriate...and was looking at it all O_O . Words have meaning for a reason.
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Oh god, I think you killed us all with laughter when you posted this, Dubstep. Yes... Wait no.... Nevermind yes.. Ok forget that no.... WAIT WAIT! Last time.. Yes. Nope..... no.... Wait.... No. Still no. duiehweufvheuigeyugnf
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Ahhh, the common wolfspeak... Feral Heart's lack of realism (includes legendary beings, such as dragons). Wolfspeak's hard to understand, is annoying, and really shows lack of realism. My friend had a husky pack, and all of the RP samples she got were wolfspeak,... She said show realism (since it was a realistic husky RP group), and the others said they were... Here's an example of a RP sample she got, word from word: "The fae moved her pillars steadily, her daggers scrapped the rocks that were hidden, covered by the snow. She flicked her tassles, and raised her mug in the air (easy to imagine a husky holding up a mug of coffee there p.s this wasnt in the sample). Lillia snarled, baring her large hooks. Her radars flicked as she heard a snap of a twig. She turned her boa around to face the brute. Her lanterns flashed with hatred for this one... for this brute killed her one and only father. His crainium twisted around some on his large boa, his pools shimmering (oh so huskies own pools now, do they?). He turned his skull around and moved his carcass and barred his hooks in one last snarl, before he died. Lillia tilted her crainium slightly,as she moved her pillars slightly. She poked him with her daggers, before moving her crainium closer to his. The fae saw the foam around his mouth, and realized that he had been a victim of the deadly brain eating parasite, mistaken for a disease (FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT RABIES IS A PARASITE!), known as rabies. She ran away, leaving his carcass behind. Her banner flowed behind her, as she ran to her mate." WOW.... just.. wow..... SUCH REALISM!! :O JK no there wasn't any realism whatsoever there.
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Ahhh, the common wolfspeak... Feral Heart's lack of realism (includes legendary beings, such as dragons). Wolfspeak's hard to understand, is annoying, and really shows lack of realism. My friend had a husky pack, and all of the RP samples she got were wolfspeak,... She said show realism (since it was a realistic husky RP group), and the others said they were... Here's an example of a RP sample she got, word from word: "The fae moved her pillars steadily, her daggers scrapped the rocks that were hidden, covered by the snow. She flicked her tassles, and raised her mug in the air (easy to imagine a husky holding up a mug of coffee there p.s this wasnt in the sample). Lillia snarled, baring her large hooks. Her radars flicked as she heard a snap of a twig. She turned her boa around to face the brute. Her lanterns flashed with hatred for this one... for this brute killed her one and only father. His crainium twisted around some on his large boa, his pools shimmering (oh so huskies own pools now, do they?). He turned his skull around and moved his carcass and barred his hooks in one last snarl, before he died. Lillia tilted her crainium slightly,as she moved her pillars slightly. She poked him with her daggers, before moving her crainium closer to his. The fae saw the foam around his mouth, and realized that he had been a victim of the deadly brain eating parasite, mistaken for a disease (FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT RABIES IS A PARASITE!), known as rabies. She ran away, leaving his carcass behind. Her banner flowed behind her, as she ran to her mate." WOW.... just.. wow..... SUCH REALISM!! :O JK no there wasn't any realism whatsoever there.
My Face While Reading: O_O WTF
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was my post deleted?
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was my post deleted?
No, I couldn't understand a word in your example of wolfspeak, my brain is not powered to read it :P
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was my post deleted?
No, I couldn't understand a word in your example of wolfspeak, my brain is not powered to read it :P
But i cant find my post anywhere..
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I don't know then :/
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I've also seen males use the word (not sure if this is against FH forum rules) pen** for males O_O..
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Wow, if I ever have the time, Galen, I'm going to animate that wolfpseak post. XD Or at least do an animatic. 'Cause seriously... wow!
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This was quite funny indeed, though, I should point out that 'wolf-speak' is more of a language now. Though who can speak the language should, whether or not some people disagree. I actually quite enjoy wolf-speech, because I see it for what most of my role-playing community sees it for. We are not claiming that "Femora" no longer means leg bone, we are simply using something that sounds feminine within the differentiating linguistic terms.
If one finds it hard to understand Wolf-speak, I know that most will explain the post to you. Unless they are rather rude, which I suppose wouldn't surprise most of us.
But! Enough of my incoherent ramblings. I know it is not a preferred way of role-play, and I know that some places do not except the terms that I enjoy using and I will always be flexible in what dictionary I use in the role-play.
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Funny, I seen some talks about this Wolfspeak and I wonder what it was indeed, till now even my last few months on FH, though it kinda helped me a little about the words of Wolfspeak and normal talk, such as 'cranium' for 'head' and 'pillars' for 'legs'. However I have NOTHING against Wolfspeakers, though what they speak of for words of the body such as eyes, replacing with a similar word but not described in the body part, such as spheres for eyes. Still, even if it looks confusing as I said, I believe I understand why people dislike Wolfspeakers a lot, a shame that there's drama over a certain way of Roleplay in FeralHeart. But even if I'm am a literate Roleplayer, I never seen a different hissy fit over a type of Roleplay since Powerplay in my past of starting to Roleplay.
But here's the reason why there's still Wolfspeakers here and there, there not against the rules, so you'll just have to cooperate and live with them, it's not like living with a elderly, cranky widow, it's like a walk in a park it seems, there's different people here and there since people are different, but there's 7 billion humans on Earth.
It's your choice ether to outlaw Wolfspeakers from like say, a Roleplay group, or accept them and know of what how they speak, and I have nothing against it on this game.
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Hello there, rather large and long thread. o-o
I'm just here to bring up a small point... some wolfspeak terms could be simple exaggeration.
Eg.
Instead if saying: "The man was like a lion in personality."
You'd say: "He was a lion of man."
This could be applied to a few terms, such as fae. c:
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"He was a lion of man."
Umm, that's not Wolfspeak lol. That's just another way to put it in.
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"He was a lion of man."
Umm, that's not Wolfspeak lol. That's just another way to put it in.
Yes, I'm aware it's not wolfspeak X'D
I meant people might use word like 'fae' (which is classified wolfspeak) for this purpose.
ie. "She was a dainty fae of a creature." Seeing as fae means 'fairy' or some such, I was suggesting that it people /might/ use it this way, instead of synonymous with 'female'... MIGHT. c:
Hope that clears that up.~
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I've never seen it used that way myself, but if it was I would not complain.
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The picture of what a wolfspeaker would actually look like cracked me up big time xD Great post. I completely agree, when I am in a group with wolfspeakers I feel like I've just flown out of Australia... They drive me to THE edge because they are so ignorant and pushy. Ugh, I really want them gone. Once, out of boredom I looked up some of the vocab they use in a dictionary and COMPLETELY different meanings came up under their words. I'm not gonna go and say "I HTE WULF SPEKARS I WUSH DEY WUD DIYYY" -derp- but I really don't want them to be in my face all the time.
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and realized that he had been a victim of the deadly brain eating parasite, mistaken for a disease (FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT RABIES IS A PARASITE!), known as rabies.
Rabies is a disease, actually. (http://gyazo.com/33ca8ac4c8798153a2515cec5b2f3f2b)
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I came across "Pendulum" last night.
Someone I was rping with in South Pole used Pendulum as a substitute for tail... Hadn't seen that one before.
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Yes! I can now direct every wolf-speaker to this page! Thank you! :D I now have a logical reason to tell them why it's foolish to use this!
I used to try to use wolfspeak when I was still learning to RP...thankfully I didn't keep it for long since I got confused on what a "banner" was.
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My God words cannot describe how much I hate this Wolfspeak. It's just completely wrong. I don't care if people think "It's using a variety of words to make a post sound interesting," it's just not correct. Sure, there's definately a variety of words in there, but they certainly do not make the post sound interesting, it makes you sound like a fool who has swallowed a thesaurus trying to sound intelligent. *Throws dictionary* You're paragraph is incorrect nonsense! Get a dictionary out and look up the meaning of the words you just wrote.
When I've been in roleplays with people typing Wolfspeak, I can literally feel my eye twitching and my heart rate going up. And I can't ask them to stop doing it because more than likely I'll have an entire pack ganging up on me, bad mouthing me for 'critising' their RP style, when I'm just telling them that what they typed is grammatically incorrect. Is it a roleplay style to do that? Weird.
I let people off with "cranium" because I actually think that's acceptable as it does refer to a part of the skull, but everything else in that list is a massive No. And I've honestly never seen anyone refer to a male as a 'brujo'... Wtf? Two completely different meanings there!
Lord... I have had to make a non-wolf-speak RP, because half the floofs on FH don't know what the fluff they are talking about!!
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I know some people who will use wolfspeak terms, for something like 'ear' that doesn't have many other words to replace 'ear' with. They feel it's too repetative to repeat 'ear' over and over and over, and so they use Audit, or something like that. And I'm fine with that, because they're being creative, but aren't over doing the whole wolfspeak thing.
We all agree that 'wolfspeak' isn't using an out-of-place term to make your post sound better, Wolfspeak is using a long, fancy word you don't understand so you sound more photosynthesis
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I know some people who will use wolfspeak terms, for something like 'ear' that doesn't have many other words to replace 'ear' with. They feel it's too repetative to repeat 'ear' over and over and over, and so they use Audit, or something like that. And I'm fine with that, because they're being creative, but aren't over doing the whole wolfspeak thing.
We all agree that 'wolfspeak' isn't using an out-of-place term to make your post sound better, Wolfspeak is using a long, fancy word you don't understand so you sound more photosynthesis
^ This :o
I like the point you make about overusing a normal word though - it looks funny when you can't use anything else. But on the other hand, no need to replace 'ear' with something like 'radar dish' as I have seen done... but the line between creativity and wolfspeak is a little fuzzy.
Also, I think this needs to be repeated:
"Wolfspeak is using a long, fancy word you don't understand so you sound more photosynthesis."
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If people would learn to just use the words eyes, legs, ears, ext. then describe them well instead of using a fancy word and making everything they say sound like their character is a monster from outer space, that would be great.
LOVE the picture by the way, bet any wolfspeakers would feel pretty silly after seeing THAT now wouldn't they ;)
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Ahhh, the common wolfspeak... Feral Heart's lack of realism (includes legendary beings, such as dragons). Wolfspeak's hard to understand, is annoying, and really shows lack of realism. My friend had a husky pack, and all of the RP samples she got were wolfspeak,... She said show realism (since it was a realistic husky RP group), and the others said they were... Here's an example of a RP sample she got, word from word: "The fae moved her pillars steadily, her daggers scrapped the rocks that were hidden, covered by the snow. She flicked her tassles, and raised her mug in the air (easy to imagine a husky holding up a mug of coffee there p.s this wasnt in the sample). Lillia snarled, baring her large hooks. Her radars flicked as she heard a snap of a twig. She turned her boa around to face the brute. Her lanterns flashed with hatred for this one... for this brute killed her one and only father. His crainium twisted around some on his large boa, his pools shimmering (oh so huskies own pools now, do they?). He turned his skull around and moved his carcass and barred his hooks in one last snarl, before he died. Lillia tilted her crainium slightly,as she moved her pillars slightly. She poked him with her daggers, before moving her crainium closer to his. The fae saw the foam around his mouth, and realized that he had been a victim of the deadly brain eating parasite, mistaken for a disease (FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THAT RABIES IS A PARASITE!), known as rabies. She ran away, leaving his carcass behind. Her banner flowed behind her, as she ran to her mate." WOW.... just.. wow..... SUCH REALISM!! :O JK no there wasn't any realism whatsoever there.
Brain: -sizzles-
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Egh,I rarely use Wolfspeak.The only time I ever use it,when I run out of words.I always attempt from repeating a word.The thing is,Wolfspeak ain't even literate.Most of the words don't mean what wolfspeak says at all,Their are basic words and more complex words that mean what wolfspeak doesn't that also look neat.So why use wolfspeak? The world may never know.As for me,I'd rather use basic words while keeping good detail so that everyone can understand.
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just saw a wolfspeaker today by the name of Godzilla o_o
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glitch o_o
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I would try to re-fix that Flare xD.
You can always modify your text by going into the "modify" tool at the top right hand corner of your post.
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Ahem.
Ochre-tintured ophthalmic lampistra shedeth perception upon the chartreuse verdure lapping appetently
upon the undeviating integument contained within the massive phalangeal extremily, brun caudal vertibrae
flagillating. The prodigious anthropic cur -c- ...
Enough said.
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My opinion about wolfspeak is that it comes from WQ because the chat there don't allow us to use words like male or female the users started to use other words for it, then this all moved over to FH.
Maybe the literate RP's use wolfspeak to put more words into their posts. I speak German and have problems to write all these fancy words I have enough to do with the English grammar XD, still I can rp with the lit. wolves (My writing style is like that of this old private detectives of this old storeys). A other point is that young users don't know that they wolfspeak, they see this words by older ones and use them too, wolfspeak is not so bad to understand if you rp often with them, its up to everyone who uses it and who not. All usurers have a own style to write and we all need to respect it, as long wolfspeakers and highly literates don't mob you because you don't use it its ok
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Ahem.
Ochre-tintured ophthalmic lampistra shedeth perception upon the chartreuse verdure lapping appetently
upon the undeviating integument contained within the massive phalangeal extremily, brun caudal vertibrae
flagillating. The prodigious anthropic cur -c- ...
Enough said.
Scuse me?
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Whenever I see someone use Wolfspeak (which is a lot, by the way; don't pity me), my brain internally implodes.
However, I have noticed that, when I point out that they're using improper terms, they gang up on me with their friends, call me "illiterate" (they have seen me roleplay, and they know I'm highly literate) and rant about how Wolfspeak is literacy. Excuse me for being so improper, your Royal Highness. I just have a bad rep with Wolfspeak, and I tend to avoid it as much as humanly possible.
Wolfspeak gets on my nerves as much as my family. And my family bothers me every ten or fifteen minutes or so, asking "Can you help me with this laptop?"
So, yeah. I just try to get this message out:
1) Wolfspeak's terms are INCORRECT. Don't use them!
2) If you use Wolfspeak, and Wolfspeak only, you could be considered illiterate.
3) Some of the terms used in Wolfspeak mean... other, more innapropriate things. (I Googled one once, and it was an unpleasant result.)
4) No, I don't care if it's "in the dictionary." IT'S NOT PROPER!
5) You don't have to use Wolfspeak to be cool. Really. You can be who you want to be, and be cool, without having to be illiterate via Wolfspeak.
That's about it for this post. -Rides away on a unicorn-
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Ahem.
Ochre-tintured ophthalmic lampistra shedeth perception upon the chartreuse verdure lapping appetently
upon the undeviating integument contained within the massive phalangeal extremily, brun caudal vertibrae
flagillating. The prodigious anthropic cur -c- ...
Enough said.
Scuse me?
@FlareTheAndalite, I believe Moony was intending to make an example of someone using incorrect terminology to make their point. Simple, short, and is true. ~ How was this categorized as creative writing again?
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Wolfspeak bothers me so much. But what really makes me flip tables is when they call others illiterate. UmMMM, excuse you, they can write and read English? That makes them literate. You speaking in words that are definitely not nonsensical? If anyone is being illiterate, it's them. (Sorry, i've been stalking this post for the while and just now decided to post.)
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Wolfspeak is okay with me, since I understand it. I would prefer that if they use wolf speak, they can use terms that are correct, but still explain it afterwards. The good news is, at least for me, wolf speak is rarely used now.
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I'm a pretty old player, been around for a few years. I sort of got out of Feral Heart just as wolfspeak was being 'introduced', though at the time I wasn't having a fit about it or anything.
I used terms that would be considered wolfspeak ages ago, and if you ask me they did make sense in the time they were used. For instance, using the word obsidian as a descriptive does work. One of my favourite songs uses the line "staring upwards at the gleaming stars in the obsidian sky" -Pendulum, Slam.
And I don't know, that seems like pretty good literature to me. I don't like Wolfspeak, not one bit. In fact it's probably the main reason, besides illiterates, that's keeping me from playing the game now. But I find that a lot of descriptive words, like obsidian which IS a term for black/dark, are getting seriously frowned apon because anything that's a little off is branded as wolfspeak.
but, nobody can deny that it has gotten way out of hand, and wolfspeak is utterly incorrect with the more common words like Pillars, Fae, Cranium... so on so forth.
I remember nearly blowing a gasket at the last person who used the word cranium. If you were to individually move your cranium, which is impossible, then I'd gladly accept a wolf moving it's cranium.
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this is an old topic. i guess you shouldn't post anymore????
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I can't say I like it. Though, everyone has their own way of RPing, and I'm not one to judge, unless it's one of my own RPs... what I do is ask them if they actually know what the words mean so that they know if they are using them correctly. X3 Me being an amateur writer, it really bothers me when such words are used so frivolously. Then there's the *bleep*er that says "I'm using it correctly" and freaks the heck out about it. And it's not a subtle freak out, either. .-. They go on this rant, and someone ends up actually typing the definitions from the Webster Dictionary, and they go poof.
To me, I get bored with the RP if it's used too often, even go so far as to turn the chat that it's on in-game off so that I don't have to read it.
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Orifices... so many wrong ways to use the word... and the roleplay examples made me laugh. xD and 'attic' for head.... I DIED.
I mean, you could actually see one of those and to me it looks like a practical joke.
It's like, there's such thing as writing TOO much... I mean, don't do this for a good rp post:
-sits down and yawns-
A perfectly fine one which in my opinion can be okay if its short because why drag this on could be:
She sat down and yawned, wrapping her tail around her paws and frowning at him...
then there's this
The femana placethed thy undercarnage upon the terrain hairs which painted themselves emerald under her rumpus. She placeted her rumpal carpet upon the inches of hair surface as the tips prickled her banera. She rested her hindeth weightus on her basement, shiftusing the downward weightus uponuth thy exterior predicamentaory bodice coeverage. The femini felaka lifted thy attic upon her orifices and unhinged her lateral exterior to display pillars of pointed tissue and extended thy fuchsia serpent with a slimy exterior from her tubals. Upon relocking the pillared mawus the femmein rotated her orbuses towards thy mateworthy brujo and lowered her orifice skin to produce a displeased expressiona.
Like... this sounds almost like some sick porno. Stop. You can say 'She sat down and yawned' and you'd be a perfectly good writer. You'd also make, a lot, A LOT more sense.
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And I can't ask them to stop doing it because more than likely I'll have an entire pack ganging up on me, bad mouthing me for 'critising' their RP style, when I'm just telling them that what they typed is grammatically incorrect. Is it a roleplay style to do that? Weird.
That's why I made this thread in the first place. I got ganged up on. Sweet, sweet revenge.
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Funny how the first word in their pack name means "well meaning and kind".
OMG...is that the Benevolent Wolf Pack?! I never knew they could be...this...whatever. XD
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I am still not a big fan of Wolf speak. xD
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I actually had the pleasure of explaining Wolf Speak to someone on Quotev not too long ago. I linked them this post as an explanation. He's my "editor" and he even said: "This 'wolf speak' needs to stop being a thing. Like... now." He's new to the animal RPing world, so... meh.
Anywho, I'm a huge fan of writing. I mean... I write every day when I get the chance, and still *somehow* manage to get decent grades in class. I love reading long posts in an RP, because it keeps it going. As you would have guessed, I'm a Novella/literate RPer. Scripting is okay, but the RP never really seems to last long. But... like I said in my response on 12/12/14, Wolf Speak tends to suck life out of everything UNLESS the words are used correctly.
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Even after reading the whole thing I still don't get wolfspeak. I meaning of what words are replaced? Sorry if i'm just saying some think pointless...
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Even after reading the whole thing I still don't get wolfspeak. I meaning of what words are replaced? Sorry if i'm just saying some think pointless...
Some players think it makes them sound smart or sophisticated even though the words they use either don't know what the word actually means or it describes a (insignificant might I add) part/characteristic(s) of the actual body part.
Also, O MY GOD. THIS THREAD. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE; THE PLANETS ARE ALIGNED; #SOMUCHYES. (Sorry for caps)
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I love this thread, it's official.
You don't know how many times I popped my top of hatred because I saw someone use wolfspeak. *-*
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Okay, since nobody said anything, I'll say it:
This is an old thread.
I suggest you don't post in it.
Also, check the dates before posting in a thread to prevent necroing
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Okay, since nobody said anything, I'll say it:
This is an old thread.
I suggest you don't post in it.
Also, check the dates before posting in a thread to prevent necroing
Technically if people "necro" an old discussion thread but the topic is still relevant and they "necro" it with proper feedback and there is no more recent thread of the topic it's allowable to necro.
However...
I'm locking this thread because this discussion has become extremely one sided and hostile. I've flipped through a few responces and even noticed certain pack names being blurted out here. By no means does this thread represent the wholesomeness to all that Feral Heart stands for.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but no one should be disrespectful about it. We encourage discussion in our community but this thread is becoming more of a "bash on wolf speakers and wolf speaking" thread. I'm baffled by how it's even remained open this long.
Yes I can agree that I've encountered users who use wolf speak and are incredibly rude but I've also encountered "literate" non wolf speakers who are just as disgustingly rude and pompous about their roleplaying styles and skills. Just because someone uses wolf speak doesn't make them stupid or illiterate. I've met numerous wolf speakers and some are some of the sweetest people around with a real sense of imagination and a heart for roleplay. I don't know when our community became such a place full of haughty people who disown people simply based on their roleplaying styles or skills. It's disgusting and unacceptable. Feral Heart is a place for fun not judgement. If you are one of the folks who doesn't like wolf speak or finds it silly then that's fine but don't go about making a mockery of those who do use it. Same goes for wolf speakers, don't judge those who don't roleplay like you. Neither side should be correcting each other either. This is not school people, this is a GAME. If a person is happy roleplaying the way they roleplay then let them do so without your negative feedback. Language in itself is an ever changing and evolving thing so yeah what if wolf speakers bend words to mean other things? It's something that we all continue to do in our societies to fit our way of communicating better. Maybe when you translate the literal meanings of wolf speak it sounds silly but who cares? Is it worth hurting someone over it? It's because of some of the things stated in this thread why so many people give up on roleplaying and quit FH.
The point here is do not judge each other whether you wolf speak or not. Be open minded with each other and be kind. We're all a part of Feral Heart to have fun.
Locking this thread. End of this discussion