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Hoplites or Oplites

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:29 pm
by Icchan
Is there a reason hoplites in Darklands are written as Oplites?
Ancient greeks wrote it as oplites, but there's a diacritic on the first O meaning it's pronounced with a heavy breathing sound, like the sound of the letter h, which is why it's often translated to hoplite and oplite. But what's the reasoning in Darklands?

Re: Hoplites or Oplites

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:58 pm
by Rob Lane
Icchan wrote:Is there a reason hoplites in Darklands are written as Oplites?
Ancient greeks wrote it as oplites, but there's a diacritic on the first O meaning it's pronounced with a heavy breathing sound, like the sound of the letter h, which is why it's often translated to hoplite and oplite. But what's the reasoning in Darklands?


It's basically because it should be pronounced "OP-li-teez" not "hop-lights" which is how most wargamers say it. I omit the H so that it is not pronounced with an H, and the Ὁ is not there because I will only go so far with diacritics for a few reasons, mainly because fonts don't often have characters for them all.

Cheers
Rob

Re: Hoplites or Oplites

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 2:45 am
by Icchan
As a non-English speaker it never occured to me that it could be pronounced "-lights". Thanks for the info though.

Re: Hoplites or Oplites

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:58 am
by Rob Lane
Icchan wrote:As a non-English speaker it never occured to me that it could be pronounced "-lights". Thanks for the info though.


No worries, I do welcome questions about language and pronunciations!

Cheers
Rob