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Lord_Woock
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posted August 29, 2003 12:07 PM |
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What is the origin of the word "wizard"?
It comes from the ancient words "wys ars"  .
At least that's what Terry Pratchett says on the subject  . Anyone got other interesting theories?
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Planeswalker
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posted August 29, 2003 12:21 PM |
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But first, what does "wys ars" mean?
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terje_the_ma...
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posted August 29, 2003 12:31 PM |
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It means 'whose bottom.' (Hope i fooled the system!)
Which discworld book was that, by the way?
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doomfreak
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posted August 29, 2003 12:55 PM |
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what system?
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Lord_Woock
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posted August 29, 2003 03:06 PM |
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Unfortunately, I forgot which book that was  .
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IYY
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posted August 29, 2003 04:20 PM |
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I believe it was Soul Music.
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Marelt_Ekiran
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posted August 29, 2003 07:19 PM |
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The word "wizard" was derived from the word "wis", which is "wise" in old English. The word was initially used to indicate a wise man or woman and only later, it became connected to magic.
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posted August 29, 2003 07:27 PM |
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hahaha, this is total SPAM
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Celfious
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posted August 29, 2003 09:28 PM |
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I dont know woock, but wys ars sounds like slurring wise ***
Thats a great question though.
What and who were wizards??
Where is the origion of the word and why was it made?
To fufil stories, or call ppl something.
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Lord_Woock
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posted August 29, 2003 09:50 PM |
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Quote:
I dont know woock, but wys ars sounds like slurring wise ***
I think that's what it's supposed to sound like
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IYY
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posted August 30, 2003 12:12 AM |
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Quote:
Wizards were rumoured to be wise -- in fact, that's where the word came from.
(footnote: From the Old wys-ars, lit.: one who, at the bottom, is very smart.)
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terje_the_ma...
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posted September 02, 2003 12:05 PM |
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Quote:
what system?
The censor-program at HC...
Yeah, wise arse sounds more like it...
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Sir_NaTuz_III
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posted September 02, 2003 04:11 PM |
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This man is a funny genious, just like Einstain
(And i readed only four books)
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terje_the_ma...
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posted September 03, 2003 11:16 AM |
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Yeah, he's brilliant.
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"Sometimes I think everyone's just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending to be brave is how you get brave, I don't know."
- Grenn, A Storm of Swords.
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Lord_Woock
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posted September 04, 2003 02:47 PM |
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I am around three fours through Hogfather right now  .
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RMS
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posted September 05, 2003 12:44 AM |
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