[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [FreeCiv-Cvs] dwp: Changed terrain special named "Game" to "Game A...

[Peter Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxx>]

Lalo Martins wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 01:49:59PM +1000, David Pfitzner wrote:
> >
> > My understanding of "Game" in this context is that it could
> > mean that there are a number/variety of animal species there
> > which can be hunted for food, so picking one animal would miss
> > that aspect.  Not that its a big issue though...
> 
> Hmm no, actually "Game" is a specific animal in the same family
> as the Deer. The Deer is the American variant of the family,
> the Game happens in Europe, there is a variant that happens in
> Africa (I don't remember the English word); the Deer has huge,
> robust horns with a distinctive shape, while the Game has horns
> shaped like a dead tree (with branches but no leaves). If my
> boss was around he could give me the German words.
> 
> []s,
>                                                |alo
>                                                +----

The german word for that animal is "Gams" (plural "Gemsen"). But since it lives
only in the south, I don't know if the germans living on the coast
are familiar with it :-) 
I wasn't aware that it matches the english word "game" ;-)

BOT:

My impression was that "game" would be changed to "game animal",
which would be _(localized) back to "game" in the english locale.

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