tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post3360097328169251084..comments2024-03-17T09:07:56.678+01:00Comments on The Gaming Philosopher: Kerkerkruip design journal #5: regenerationVictor Gijsbershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-51150472414349948482011-10-09T19:34:42.942+02:002011-10-09T19:34:42.942+02:00Forget the cherry. Switching to syllable level, w...Forget the cherry. Switching to syllable level, what if the bay window of that old church were leaking? Someone would have to repair the Lekkerkerkerkerkerkerkerkerlek, wouldn't one? A nice syllabic palindrome abbbbbbbba, and a not incredibly improbable word.Biephttp://biep.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-29157640656586278702011-06-22T21:27:47.592+02:002011-06-22T21:27:47.592+02:00Exactly. :)Exactly. :)Victor Gijsbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-42057224752830319142011-06-22T16:57:41.585+02:002011-06-22T16:57:41.585+02:00And only now I realise the word has two parsings.
...And only now I realise the word has two parsings.<br /><br />Yours: Lekkerkerker-kerk-erker-kerker<br /><br />Mine: Lekkerkerker-kerker-kerk-erkerBiephttp://bibliotheek.biep.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-5678686506511462522011-06-22T16:53:19.970+02:002011-06-22T16:53:19.970+02:00Oh, that appeared twice. Well, given the subject ...Oh, that appeared twice. Well, given the subject it would probably have been appropriate to have it appear six or seven times.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be great to have a message commenting on the previous message in such a way that several repetitions of it would each time mean something different (in a non-trivial way)?Biephttp://bibliotheek.biep.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-48084794164795909692011-06-22T16:47:32.975+02:002011-06-22T16:47:32.975+02:00Hmm - Lekkerkerkerkerkerkerkerker means rather &qu...Hmm - Lekkerkerkerkerkerkerkerker means rather "the bay window of the Lekkerkerk dungeon church", doesn't it? One of my long time favourite words. And what if that bay window contained a cherry?Biephttp://biep.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-61640008334748543582011-06-22T16:46:09.863+02:002011-06-22T16:46:09.863+02:00Hmm - Lekkerkerkerkerkerkerkerker means rather &qu...Hmm - Lekkerkerkerkerkerkerkerker means rather "the bay window of the Lekkerkerk dungeon church", doesn't it? One of my long time favourite words. And what if that bay window contained a cherry?Biephttp://biep.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-85635650218616043182011-06-14T18:14:51.286+02:002011-06-14T18:14:51.286+02:00By the way, "kerker" has the same root a...By the way, "kerker" has the same root as the English "incarcerate". (Both come from the Latin "carcer", "prison".)<br /><br />And "kruipen" has the same root as "to creep".Victor Gijsbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-38127914781163773272011-06-14T01:28:15.905+02:002011-06-14T01:28:15.905+02:00Thanks guys. :)
Juhana, just wait until I present...Thanks guys. :)<br /><br />Juhana, just wait until I present my game Lekkerkerkerkerkerkerkerker! That too is a sensible Dutch word. Well, sensible... but it has an assignable meaning: the dungeon (kerker) of the bay window (erker) of the church (kerk) of Lekkerkerk (a Dutch town).Victor Gijsbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770054233775973753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-42752512250921992742011-06-13T22:30:07.471+02:002011-06-13T22:30:07.471+02:00That is one awesome name.That is one awesome name.Juhanahttp://nitku.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19575546.post-64205006018299885422011-06-13T15:01:46.935+02:002011-06-13T15:01:46.935+02:00"Most of the things I could post about would ..."Most of the things I could post about would be just me being joyous about implementing new things -- there is a joy in the act of creation, and especially in the act of writing code which actually works when you play the game -- but I doubt my audience would enjoy such posts."<br /><br />I would, I think.matt wnoreply@blogger.com