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Written by lonehorizons on 2024-01-05 at 19:23

Dear every American RPG content creator,

It’s not BEASTiary, it’s BESTiary.

Thank you.

[#]rpg #bestiary #ttrpg

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Written by Yora on 2024-01-06 at 08:28

@lonehorizons But maybe it should be?

Since English language countries have refused to update their spelling rules for centuries, maybe it's up to writers themselves to force change that governments have neglected for generations.

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Written by lonehorizons on 2024-01-06 at 10:14

@Yora I think it’s because it comes from the word bestial, but not many people use it anymore.

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Written by Yora on 2024-01-06 at 11:50

@lonehorizons But why is it bestial and nor beastial?

Actually, it's "beast" that is spelled weird.

In German, it's "Bestie", and accordingly "bestialisch" and "Bestiarium" are consistent.

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Written by 1 tripod in 3 trenchcoats on 2024-01-06 at 11:59

@Yora @lonehorizons because it's from latin "bestia".

bestiary derives from latin "bestiarium" (literally a book of animals/beasts), which in turns is derived from adj. bestiarius (pertaining to wild beasts), which is derived from bestia (animal, beast). English took the words of beast and bestiary separate from each other.

Unfortunately, if everybody decides that beastiary is the right spelling, then it'll become the right spelling. doesn't mean we should just stop using the right word tho

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Written by lonehorizons on 2024-01-09 at 23:01

@kyonshi @Yora all interesting info - thanks!

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