No more worlds to conquer

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I DEMAND THE VOTE BE RERUN 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No - the great British public HAVE SPOKEN, so FSN must work to fulfil their desires !

[Leman]

Will not comment on that statement as people get very huffy! Anyway for what it's worth we all voted you go and commit hare kare (or however it's written in Latin script). I trust, as we have all voted democratically that, despite it being a stupid outcome, you will carry out the will of the electorate, even though a fair percentage of them thought it meant that all Japanese immigrants would immediately be sent back to Tokyo.

Incidentally, ECW and Flodden - lots of pikes and a bit samey.

[Techno]

I voted Flodden and would have also voted Byzantines if my browser had let me. Both offer great oppotunities for using not just excellent Pendraken, but also MM miniatures.

How should one pronounce Byzantines ?

I was flicking thro' the channels a day or so ago, and saw that nice Bettany Hughes doing a short piece to camera, for what I assume will be another fascinating series.

I'm sure she said "Bizz-an-teens."
I've always thought that it was pronounced "Bye-Zann-teens."

Any clues, Gang ?

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

https://youtu.be/vsQrKZcYtqg

[FierceKitty]

How should one pronounce Byzantines ? :-

I was flicking thro' the channels a day or so ago, and saw that nice Bettany Hughes doing a short piece to camera, for what I assume will be another fascinating series.

I'm sure she said "Bizz-an-teens."
I've always thought that it was pronounced "Bye-Zann-teens."

Any clues, Gang ?

Cheers - Phil

Romans.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

FSN, if I may point you at two of the Twentieth Centuries greatest thinkers...
https://youtu.be/n9aYrURLHh0

[Ithoriel]

Bizz-an-teen if you are British

Bizz-an-tine if you are American

Apparently.

Being a stickler for consistancy I tend to talk about the BYE-zan-tine Empire, Bizz-AN-tine bureacracy and Bye-zan-TEEN archictecture. As long as people know what you are talking about, who cares!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Followed by the salient points from the latter half of this notable debate
https://youtu.be/9UMedd03JCA

[d_Guy]

Bizz-an-tine if you are American

Quite so, unless we are referring to the title of the Yates poem which we believe to be a different place entirely.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Romans.

NO they wuz Greek !!!

[Leman]

Bizz-an-teen if you are British

Bizz-an-tine if you are American

Apparently.

Being a stickler for consistancy I tend to talk about the BYE-zan-tine Empire, Bizz-AN-tine bureacracy and Bye-zan-TEEN archictecture. As long as people know what you are talking about, who cares!

I've always pronounced it Bizz-an-tine. Never heard an American pronounce it and always assumed they didn't know anything about the Byzantine Empire as it was not around during the last 250 years, and as the inhabitants of California know, the Americans have a real downer on countries that build empires.  

[fsn]

Being a stickler for consistancy I tend to talk about the BYE-zan-tine Empire, Bizz-AN-tine bureacracy and Bye-zan-TEEN archictecture. As long as people know what you are talking about, who cares!

Wot 'e said.

No - the great British public HAVE SPOKEN, so FSN must work to fulfil their desires !

It was an advisory vote only ... beside which, I haven't given a date for the implementation of the policy.   

Incidentally, ECW and Flodden - lots of pikes and a bit samey.

Yup. And both slot between the War of the Roses and the WSS. I'm looking at Flodden because I know do little about it.



Anyway, anyone got photos of Oxen or highlanders? Anyone?

[d_Guy]

Has anyone got a picture of ELM40 (Scots Highlanders)?

Leon posted a pic of them here awhile back:
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1443.msg13187.html#msg13187

[Leman]

I have a feeling the oxen are going to look a bit like oxen.