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OccultHawk 02-18-2019 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Ilpoxi (Post 2044329)
I need a one-syllable word which begins with a vowel and which means human being, spirit or a group: man, relative, tribe, soul etc.

I have come up with aunt and young but they're too "kind" because in the text they've been sacrificed.
ilk

Marie Monday 02-18-2019 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 2044326)
It was popular with the Dutch in the 19th Century.
Actually, it just referred to an older man - especially an uncle,
so not necessarily an "old" man.
Oom is still the common Dutch word for uncle, so yeah I know the word

Lisnaholic 02-18-2019 05:02 PM
I've never seen or heard the word "oom" in English, so wouldn't recommend its use in lyrics aimed at an English-speaking market.

Why does it have to start with a vowel? If you're going to eliminating words like fool, jerk, witch, knave, milf, mug, thug and twit, then I don't think you'll find anything better than Frownland's "oaf".

Key 02-18-2019 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ilpoxi (Post 2044331)
Get some help or learn to read..
Says the guy who can't use a proper ellipsis.

Janszoon 02-18-2019 06:14 PM
Every native English speaker uses "oom" all the time.

Psy-Fi 02-18-2019 06:26 PM
These were the only things that came to my mind when I saw the word "oom"...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oom-pah

And...

DwnWthVwls 02-21-2019 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2044749)
oom means Out of Mana

in some fantasy games
and oomie means human in orcish.

Lisnaholic 02-22-2019 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 2044375)
Every native English speaker uses "oom" all the time.
^Well, if it's a word, I've only seen it used in connection with the words "br" and "z".

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 2045223)
and oomie means human in orcish.
^ ...or as it is presumably reduced to in DwnWthVwls-speak, "m"

Ilpoxi 02-27-2019 01:39 PM
I have decided to use "Earth" since it fits fine, and other proper choices were hard to find.

Thanks to all of you, very genius people!


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