Phaelros - Revision history

Jcowan: /* Basic facts */ Linkifying "family"

2005-06-15T02:21:06Z

Basic facts: Linkifying "family"

Jcowan: Changing lore-keepers to loremasters so it can be linked to the phantom

2005-05-31T03:47:02Z

Changing lore-keepers to loremasters so it can be linked to the phantom

Sbp: Peripetation?

2005-02-17T18:32:21Z

Peripetation?

Jcowan: /* Identification */ Minor improvement

2005-02-16T22:59:33Z

Identification: Minor improvement

Jcowan: /* Etymology */ Linking to MSG

2005-02-09T21:25:01Z

Etymology: Linking to MSG

Morbus Iff: Uppercasing, per MW and the Index.

2005-02-01T00:11:12Z

Uppercasing, per MW and the Index.

Morbus Iff: Copywriting. Copywriting? Ha! Foolio.

2005-02-01T00:10:28Z

Copywriting. Copywriting? Ha! Foolio.

Jcowan: Added Art section.

2005-01-24T19:48:47Z

Added Art section.

Jcowan: Final draft

2005-01-24T19:33:04Z

Final draft

Jcowan: First draft

2005-01-24T18:56:00Z

First draft

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The term '''phaelros''' is generally supposed to be derived from the Modern Standard Ghyllian word ''phael'', meaning 'real', and the Dulalian word ''ros'', meaning 'bull'. Since a phaelros is not a bull, real or otherwise, this chiefly demonstrates that the understanding of etymology in Ghyll is in its infancy.

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 ==Basic facts==
-The '''phaelros''' is a large wild creature of the Cutting-through-the-jungle-on-a-golden-track family.  Its appearance is not well understood, because for some mysterious reason it is never seen approaching, but only departing.  Its hindquarters, at least, are said to resemble those of an [[Aelfants|aelfant]].  A study of its dung-balls or proto-coproliths, however, clearly establishes that it dines chiefly on the leaves of the [[five-o-clock tea plant]], with an occasional admixture of [[Fefferberry|fefferberies]], particularly fermented ones.
+The '''phaelros''' is a large wild creature of the Cutting-through-the-jungle-on-a-golden-track [[Kmuppens' Taxonomy|family]].  Its appearance is not well understood, because for some mysterious reason it is never seen approaching, but only departing.  Its hindquarters, at least, are said to resemble those of an [[Aelfants|aelfant]].  A study of its dung-balls or proto-coproliths, however, clearly establishes that it dines chiefly on the leaves of the [[five-o-clock tea plant]], with an occasional admixture of [[Fefferberry|fefferberies]], particularly fermented ones.
 ==Identification==

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 ==Identification==
-The legends of the forest claim that a phaelros can be discerned by the "five unmistakable marks", to wit, its flavor, its slug-a-bed nature, its regrettable lack of any sense of humor, its -----, and its ambition.  The nature of the fourth mark has unfortunately been long forgotten even by the jungle's most ancient lore-keepers.  Internal reconstruction suggests that the original term had something to do with the River Ocean, but this interpretation may be confidently rejected as absurd on semantic grounds.
+The legends of the forest claim that a phaelros can be discerned by the "five unmistakable marks", to wit, its flavor, its slug-a-bed nature, its regrettable lack of any sense of humor, its -----, and its ambition.  The nature of the fourth mark has unfortunately been long forgotten even by the jungle's most ancient [[loremasters]].  Internal reconstruction suggests that the original term had something to do with the River Ocean, but this interpretation may be confidently rejected as absurd on semantic grounds.
 ==Trails==

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 '''Citations''':  [[Aelfants]], [[Five-o-clock tea plant]], [[Transformational theory]].
---[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 14:33, 24 Jan 2005 (EST)
+--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 14:33, 24 Jan 2005 (EST)
 [[Category: Wildlife]]

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 ==Identification==
-The legends of the forest claim that a phaelros can be discerned by the "five unmistakable marks", to wit, its flavor, its slug-a-bed nature, its regrettable lack of a sense of humor, its -----, and its ambition.  The nature of the fourth mark has unfortunately been long forgotten even by the jungle's most ancient lore-keepers.  Internal reconstruction suggests that the original term had something to do with the River Ocean, but this interpretation may be confidently rejected as absurd on semantic grounds.
+The legends of the forest claim that a phaelros can be discerned by the "five unmistakable marks", to wit, its flavor, its slug-a-bed nature, its regrettable lack of any sense of humor, its -----, and its ambition.  The nature of the fourth mark has unfortunately been long forgotten even by the jungle's most ancient lore-keepers.  Internal reconstruction suggests that the original term had something to do with the River Ocean, but this interpretation may be confidently rejected as absurd on semantic grounds.
 ==Trails==

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 ==Etymology==
-The term ''phaelros'' is generally supposed to be derived from the Modern Standard Ghyllian word ''phael'', meaning 'real', and the Dulalian dialect word ''ros'', meaning 'bull'.  Since a phaelros is not a bull, real or otherwise, this chiefly demonstrates that the understanding of etymology in Ghyll is in its infancy.
+The term ''phaelros'' is generally supposed to be derived from the [[Modern Standard Ghyllian]] word ''phael'', meaning 'real', and the Dulalian dialect word ''ros'', meaning 'bull'.  Since a phaelros is not a bull, real or otherwise, this chiefly demonstrates that the understanding of etymology in Ghyll is in its infancy.
 ==Art==

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	==Basic facts==		==Basic facts==
	The '''phaelros''' is a large wild creature of the Cutting-through-the-jungle-on-a-golden-track family. Its appearance is not well understood, because for some mysterious reason it is never seen approaching, but only departing. Its hindquarters, at least, are said to resemble those of an [[Aelfants\|aelfant]]. A study of its dung-balls or proto-coproliths, however, clearly establishes that it dines chiefly on the leaves of the [[five-o-clock tea plant]], with an occasional admixture of [[Fefferberry\|fefferberies]], particularly fermented ones.		The '''phaelros''' is a large wild creature of the Cutting-through-the-jungle-on-a-golden-track family. Its appearance is not well understood, because for some mysterious reason it is never seen approaching, but only departing. Its hindquarters, at least, are said to resemble those of an [[Aelfants\|aelfant]]. A study of its dung-balls or proto-coproliths, however, clearly establishes that it dines chiefly on the leaves of the [[five-o-clock tea plant]], with an occasional admixture of [[Fefferberry\|fefferberies]], particularly fermented ones.

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−	The term '''phaelros''' is generally supposed to be derived from the Modern Standard Ghyllian word ''phael'', meaning 'real', and the Dulalian word ''ros'', meaning 'bull'. Since a phaelros is not a bull, real or otherwise, this chiefly demonstrates that the understanding of etymology in Ghyll is in its infancy.	+	==Basic facts==
		+	The '''phaelros''' is a large wild creature of the Cutting-through-the-jungle-on-a-golden-track family. Its appearance is not well understood, because for some mysterious reason it is never seen approaching, but only departing. Its hindquarters, at least, are said to resemble those of an [[Aelfants\|aelfant]]. A study of its dung-balls or proto-coproliths, however, clearly establishes that it dines chiefly on the leaves of the [[five-o-clock tea plant]], with an occasional admixture of [[Fefferberry\|fefferberies]], particularly fermented ones.
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		+	==Identification==
		+	The legends of the forest claim that a phaelros can be discerned by the "five unmistakable marks", to wit, its flavor, its slug-a-bed nature, its regrettable lack of a sense of humor, its -----, and its ambition. The nature of the fourth mark has unfortunately been long forgotten even by the jungle's most ancient lore-keepers. Internal reconstruction suggests that the original term had something to do with the River Ocean, but this interpretation may be confidently rejected as absurd on semantic grounds.
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		+	==Trails==
		+	Phaelros ''trails'', at any rate, can be and have been studied. They are neither so wide nor so long as pachyderm trails, and occasionally display a sinuosity, or even a closed-curve nature, quite alien to the so-important [[DermPachyges\|pachyderm roads]] on which so much of our Ghyllian commerce so greatly depends. No explanations have been given for this occasional behavior of iterating infinitely. It would seem entirely contrary to the [[transformational theory]] of life, as the phaelros-fodder on a closed-loop course must eventually be consumed to the uttermost farthing, leaving the poor animal utterly unable to survive to propagate its species. However, perhaps only post-menopausal (or the equivalent) phaelrosen perpetrate perpetual peripetation.
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		+	==Etymology==
		+	The term ''phaelros'' is generally supposed to be derived from the Modern Standard Ghyllian word ''phael'', meaning 'real', and the Dulalian dialect word ''ros'', meaning 'bull'. Since a phaelros is not a bull, real or otherwise, this chiefly demonstrates that the understanding of etymology in Ghyll is in its infancy.
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		+	==Death==
		+	Dead phaelrosen rot quickly.
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		+	'''Citations''': [[Aelfants]], [[five-o-clock tea plant]], [[transformational theory]].
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		+	--[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 14:33, 24 Jan 2005 (EST)
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		+	[[Category: Wildlife]]