Um, unless Europhia is the name of something or someone, Isn't it supposed to be Euphoria? Europhia isn't a word I don't think.
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| Author: | Syndal [ Wed May 31, 2006 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Europhia of Truth pills |
Um, unless Europhia is the name of something or someone, Isn't it supposed to be Euphoria? Europhia isn't a word I don't think.
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| Author: | Muktar [ Wed May 31, 2006 2:59 pm ] |
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| Author: | Tatali0n [ Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Europhia of Truth pills |
Syndal wrote: Um, unless Europhia is the name of something or someone, Isn't it supposed to be Euphoria? Europhia isn't a word I don't think.
Assuming these are the pills I think they are (purchased in a certain shrine beneath a certain town in a certain Empire), then you're absolutely right. It's a spelling mistake on the part of the area's creator. It was supposed to be Euphoria. 
On the other hand, a) the mistake has been there so long now without comment thus far and b) is such a characteristic mistake on the part of the author as to almost be a signature, I think it should stay as is. In addition to this, it turns out (completely by chance) that Europhia is actually a type of model glider, which makes it kind of apt given the effect of the pill in question and gliding (as in soaring in real sailplanes, not flying models) is a passion of the area's author. Though I neither flew gliders at the time nor knew that it was a type of model glider when I made the typo. Pure serendipity 
Oh, and the author was a Europian (abeit an islander at heart and thus generally completely at odds with the mindset and motives of most continentals). Europhia, European? Seems kind of apt. |
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| Author: | Konge [ Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:44 am ] |
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It's almost as funny as the thuban priest preaching about the phallucies of truth ... 
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| Author: | Sadr (2009) [ Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Dictionary says |
Konge wrote: It's almost as funny as the thuban priest preaching about the phallucies of truth ... :roll:
That would be an intentional "mispelling." |
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| Author: | Konge [ Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:18 am ] |
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I don't get it... It must be because english is my secondary language - no offence intended. EDIT: Also, I'd like to have someone explain it to me (again, it isn't an insult or pun by any means, I'm just hella curious). |
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| Author: | Sadr (2009) [ Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Pun pun |
It's a play on words between: "fallacy" - meaning incorrectness, falseness, and "phallus" - meaning male genitalia. The sexual reference was more applicable to the Lust mythos of the older Dreddnahr and Jinnahra faiths. |
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| Author: | Syndal [ Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:26 pm ] |
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These pills are old? I've never seen them before.
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| Author: | Konge [ Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:38 am ] |
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Quote: The sexual reference was more applicable to the Lust mythos of the older Dreddnahr and Jinnahra faiths.
Ah, so it was the obvious word pun. I guess I just didn't understand the lust referance because I've hardly been around with the older two faiths. |
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