Kydonia Puns

Edit: Wow, this got rather popular. I'm working on expanding the post with user comments & credits!

Hi fellow WoLs,

As a language enthusiast, I noticed Endwalker has a larger than usual amount of character and place names in the lore that are in foreign languages (Greek and Latin, among others). Here's an incomplete list of things I've noticed--feel free to point out others in the comments and I'll add them here. I'll keep this updated as I find more stuff.

I unfortunately don't know Latin or Ancient Greek especially well, and none of the character or zone names in Thavnair are familiar to me, so any help or corrections are welcome!

Note, I'll be commenting on characters/places throughout the story, so spoilers ahead.

Sharlayan

Various Elezen characters are named after actual French people. From /u/Naouak:

• Verpaulaine: Paul Verlaine, French poet
• Rajeancine: Jean Racine, French playwright
• Fourchenault: Michel Foucault, French philosopher
• Mussalfret: Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist

Thavnair

Please refer to /u/ewigebose's excellent Thavnair resource!

• Matsya: Sanskrit, "fish" (/u/ArcturusOfTheVoid). Specifically, a fish avatar of the god Vishnu.

Garlemald

• Zenos viator Galvus: "viator" is Latin for "traveler" (/u/TheNedsHead).
• Alea Iacta Est (quest): Latin, "the die is cast"; attributed to Julius Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon. (/u/TheCatFromLimbo, /u/TheNedsHead)
• iyl: Perhaps a reference to the Garlean rank iyl (/u/TheCatFromLimbo)

Mare Lamentorum

Latin for "sea of laments", though features on the moon are described using oceanic terms, so a less literal translation is "plain of laments." A lunar mare (plural "maria") are the darker regions of the moon, so named because ancient peoples thought they were actual lakes.

• Sinus Lacrimarum: Latin, "bay of tears"
• Sinus Tormenti: Latin, "bay of torment"
• Vallis Vulneris: Latin, "wound valley"
• Kydonia Knolls: Kydonia was a historic city on the island of Crete, but this is referring to the [region on Mars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

You take away their little brooms

There hasn't been a post all year!

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

It was about a weak back.

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)