On Imhotep, Diana and Axor drink in Hassan's Sign of the Golden Cockbeetle where there are human miners and joygirls and one Tigery.
On Daedalus, Targovi (Tigery) drinks in Ju Shao (Cynthian)'s inn where there are human naval personnel.
"'Health and strength to you, Janice Combarelles,' [Targovi] said, translating the Toborko formality into Anglic." (II, p. 223)
Checking whether we have quoted this greeting before, we learn that "health and strength" is also part of an Eriau greeting. See Tachwyr.
The same author created Toborko-speaking Tigeries and Eriau-speaking Merseians. It has taken us this long to notice the occurrence of this phrase in both languages.
I think that that is enough of the Technic History for this evening. May you be in health and strength.
4 comments:
English greeting rituals also originally had meanings -- "God be with you" and so forth.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
That makes me wonder if "goodbye" originally meant "God be with you."
Ad astra! Sean
It did.
Kaor, Paul!
I should have remembered Anderson said that himself in THE STAR FOX.
Ad astra! Sean
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