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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #735 on: July 06, 2022, 03:10:44 PM »
Quote from: tehta on July 06, 2022, 03:07:54 PM
I know it's a bit late, but I did find something suitable for Occupations!

I can't take credit for it: Sol made it, on the Discord. (The underlying photo was mine though.)

Love it!! and a City of Hunger Onni too.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #736 on: July 06, 2022, 03:36:08 PM »
Quote from: tehta on July 06, 2022, 03:07:54 PM
I know it's a bit late, but I did find something suitable for Occupations!
Great! The bus even has wings in the logo!  ;D

And they have professional drivers and mages for a safe journey!


(I bet he hates the tie...)
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #737 on: July 06, 2022, 04:52:29 PM »
You can travel by Onnibussi from Helsinki to Porvoo, and stay here: https://www.onniporvoo.fi/

I tried to look up how many companies are registered with the name Onni-something or Something-Onni, but the trade registry’s data service won’t list them when there are over 200 hits, so couldn’t.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #738 on: July 06, 2022, 05:01:05 PM »
Isn't Onni happiness or Luck?  If so that would be why it is popular for names.  Doing a search in the US brings up a lot also.

Grey, I love the Onni photoshop of the driver...
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #739 on: July 06, 2022, 06:22:45 PM »
Yes, ”onni” means both happiness and luck, while ”tuuri” means just luck. I don’t know why “onni” is used for both, they are quite different things. But still somehow related so that I assume the word has the same root for both meanings. Unlike e.g. “kuusi” which means spruce and six (and “your moon” as well as “your month” but that is just a form of the word and not the base word).
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #740 on: July 07, 2022, 03:53:41 AM »
In Polish, we have 'szczęście' which is the main word for both luck and happiness, but much less fun to pronounce than either Onni or Tuuri.

Incidentally, aren't their names sadly ironic? Neither could be called lucky; Onni has not had much happiness so far.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #741 on: July 07, 2022, 08:03:20 AM »
Quote from: dmeck7755 on July 05, 2022, 05:18:38 PM
I bet he'd kick butt (Now where would troll butts be?)
Before or after?

Quote from: Jitter on July 06, 2022, 06:22:45 PM
Unlike e.g. “kuusi” which means spruce and six (and “your moon” as well as “your month” but that is just a form of the word and not the base word).
Wasn't there a ... ? Ah, there it is ...
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #742 on: July 07, 2022, 11:56:25 AM »
So... the Finnish language subscribes to the philosophical tenet that "everything is everything else..."
...so you might as well say it that way... /jk
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #743 on: July 09, 2022, 10:16:44 AM »
Sorry I have been so low-effort the last two weeks! I was busy travelling and being ill.
Anyway, I guess it's time to pick new prompts, again. Any suggestions? I like the idea of lining up at least two or three for the next few weeks (with the option of introducing something into the list if everyone gets excited about something). Maybe Jitter or someone can collect whatever we say at the end of the weekend and make a list.

Personally, I would propose "train" as a prompt, since it somewhat covers two things we have been discussing for the reread, trains and trainings.


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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #744 on: July 09, 2022, 02:53:24 PM »
Train is a nice theme! And I can (also) repost my rash train! :D

BTW I'm still working on ancient rituals... it should be ready later today or tomorrow.

Tehta, I hope you are past the being ill part by now.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #745 on: July 09, 2022, 05:44:45 PM »
TRAIN 
Nice work on the flexible prompt, to cover both hot topics! 
Spoiler: non participation • show
(Yep, I am still poking an 18-month-old WIP and mulling over possible ideas from the last prompts.  At least something is percolating in the background again, perhaps the lull in creativity is coming to an end.)


Very far ahead, but hear me out - I'd like the week surrounding 1 September to have the prompt "We Survived", in honour of the Forum's 8th anniversary?
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #746 on: July 10, 2022, 07:41:01 PM »
It's taking forever to finish that story! My fault, obviously! Always getting lost in the details, always being lured by the sirens' song about developing characters, thickening plots and so on.  >:(
I start with an idea for a short story and soon get myself wandering how good a novel about that would be...

I'll try to get my focus back tomorrow. Meanwhile here's a repost that may fit well the "train" prompt. It's not new, I know, therefore I'll put it under spoilers, but I kept it in the freezer and looks edible...
Perhaps some of our newer members weren't around when it came out for the first time (more or less when the gas tank troll was chasing the team in Finland)

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The rash version of Thomas the Tank Engine interrupts the return of a brave explorer just when his boat arrived...
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #747 on: July 10, 2022, 09:46:22 PM »
Grey, that is great.  5 year-olds the world over will never view Thomas the Tank Engine the same
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #748 on: July 10, 2022, 10:42:11 PM »
That is very fine! I don’t think I had seen it before, although I may just have missed it.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #749 on: July 11, 2022, 05:22:31 AM »
Grey, I am so glad I saw this in the morning and not at night, so I don't have to worry about nightmares. (Also, the drawing itself is SO well done.)
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