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Old 09-29-2008, 01:29 PM   #1
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Halfhalflings...why does that remind me of The Man With Two Brains? Yes, Quarterlings is better!

What if they're twins? Are they then Eighthlings? Doublequarterlings?
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Old 09-29-2008, 01:46 PM   #2
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What if they're twins? Are they then Eighthlings? Doublequarterlings?
That makes a Halfling again. And if you had four babies at once, it would be just one complete Ling.
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Old 09-29-2008, 01:58 PM   #3
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That makes a Halfling again. And if you had four babies at once, it would be just one complete Ling.
Sounds a bit fishy to me. Mind, I think we're floundering for cod terms now
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Old 09-30-2008, 10:41 AM   #4
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Half-pints, pints, quarts? Molly-coddling cods?
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Old 09-30-2008, 11:23 AM   #5
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Halfhalflings...why does that remind me of The Man With Two Brains? Yes, Quarterlings is better!

What if they're twins? Are they then Eighthlings? Doublequarterlings?
But half a halfling would be a farthing.... surely?
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Old 09-30-2008, 01:37 PM   #6
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Shouldn't we call them Nazgul-cubs? They sometimes sound like little Screechers
Dimturiel has a point here. Though usually people aren't afraid of screeching children - only annoyed with them.

I think Orcling would be a good name, but then on the other hand I'm not sure if mothers all enchanted with their babies would like to call them Orclings.
However, there are several things that support the name. Children make noise. They bully animals and trample on flowers. They eat things they find on the street but not vegetables. They are quarrelsome. They are messy. And the only way you can get them to obey you is threatening.
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