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BadgerLordFiredrake · February 10, 2012, 12:52:14 AM

Bring any highlander, mole, or any speech that you don't understand here. (or Sparra) I and others will help. Och, 'tis nae easy job!

GeminyaTome · February 11, 2012, 01:49:58 PM

Brilliant idea! It took me a little bit to figure out mole-speech, but now I'm pro at it! My friend and I are reading Long Patrol to her sister and I've claimed the moles!

BadgerLordFiredrake · February 12, 2012, 02:30:59 PM

Thanks. I am excellent at molespeech, but it's hard to figure out Highlander speech. What does "braw" mean?

Osu · February 12, 2012, 07:51:24 PM

"Braw" means like, "fine," "fabulous," that sort of thing, or so I am told.

Tiria Wildlough · February 13, 2012, 08:16:19 AM

I'll help with highlander and mole speech, if that's all right.

Tannsrall · February 15, 2012, 09:37:42 PM

Io get every thing but northland

Mad Maudie · February 16, 2012, 03:58:33 AM

OI gett's it all preetty well burr hurr well a'hl th't highland northland accent troubles ma'h well not too jolly well much i must say flippin good trifle this here wot?

Lord Brocktree · February 16, 2012, 04:23:03 AM

The dialects are what really draw me into Redwall. The first time I read the books I did have some trouble at first, but now I can fluently read and even think in the accents. My favorite is the Sparra accent. I think any of them are really to hard to decode, you just have to use context when you read.

Mad Maudie · February 16, 2012, 06:25:04 PM

OK so now we know what braw means this might sound stupid but what does highway mean?

Osu · February 16, 2012, 07:46:48 PM

Highway? Did you mean Highland?

GeminyaTome · February 16, 2012, 10:39:20 PM

I think you mean "Haway" like in "Haway the Braw!" And I have NO idea what it means....

Mad Maudie · February 16, 2012, 11:46:37 PM

yes i meant haway

Lord Brocktree · February 16, 2012, 11:48:01 PM

Quote from: GeminyaTome on February 16, 2012, 10:39:20 PM
I think you mean "Haway" like in "Haway the Braw!" And I have NO idea what it means....

Haway, correct me if I am wrong, basically means "come on".

Bragoon · February 16, 2012, 11:48:17 PM

That's an interesting question. First of all, I'd like to point out that most war cries don't mean much, they're simply symbolic. The words might make sense, but it's not particularly important to walk around yelling out the name of your home all the time. Secondly, as previously pointed out, "braw" appears to mean "good" or "fine".
All that would lead me to think that it's giving a charge, "Away the good" or something like that.

Mad Maudie · February 16, 2012, 11:55:13 PM

or come on the good?

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