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Utterly Relaxed Leopard

Photographer: Irene Nathanson

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Masha The Hero

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Hello, Mr. Davison, I was wondering if you had already thought over the Valyrian glyphs for Older Sister and Younger Sister? It's for research (a new [sort of] matching tattoo with my best friend).

Have a wonderful time of the day! 😊

Yeah, those are mandia "older sister"

And hāedar "younger sister":

But so help me if you EVER call me Mr. Davison again, I will take those tattoos BACK.

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I just saw your comment on a post about Jacob Anderson’s incredible skill at speaking High Valyrian, a language you created, and it made me realize that you were also the one who created Trigedasleng for the 100!! Which was my first exposure to a conlang, before I ever watched Game of Thrones or any other fantasy or scifi series. So since someone speaking High Valyrian so impressively was so memorable, I was curious if you remember who, if any, of the actors or characters on the 100 spoke Trig most consistent to how you created it to be spoken?

One I was impressed with I just met for the first time! Tati Gabrielle who played Gaia was always good:

That was a total surprise! I had no idea we working on the same thing; I hadn't run into before. I had met Adina Porter (Indra), who was also always good. They were two of my favorites. :)

Btw there's a Discord for Trigedasleng learners if you're interested. Google Slakkru or Slakgedakru. You'll find it. :)

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Hi! I saw you've done some bird names for High Valyrian like pelican, hawk, and dove. How about shrike?

Which species occurred in Europe? I can't seem to find it, despite the fact that the English word shrike goes back to Old English, where it meant...shrike. But all the species I find seem to live exclusively in Africa Southern India. Which species should I be looking for?

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@importantcatpics

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can you guys make my sisters rabbit famous. ok thank you

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new least favourite animal discovered. WHAT THR FUCK.

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saw superman yesterday and watched the credits like a hawk to make sure you and Jessie were credited this time (the paper girls incident haunts me forever so one has to make sure)

Under her old name, though, despite the fact that our contract is under the new name, and they know us! Frustrating. But they've assured us it'll be fixed for future films...

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hello! i just saw fantastic 4 and was wondering if you at least know who was in charge of constructing silver surfer’s language? i’ve been trying to find stuff online but no luck so far… i’d really like to know more about how they built the language tbh

You're in luck, because I do know, but not in luck, because the answer is disappointing. There is no conlang. They had the dialect coach who was already on staff make something up to fit. There's no construction behind it at all; it's just gibberish. It's the Star Wars deluxe package.

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Is there a word for Adam’s apple in High Valyrian? Was just thinking since Christianity doesn’t exist in the word of Game of Thrones, what would it be called and if there’s ever been any thought into it? I suppose the same could be asked for any of your other conlangs from worlds where Christianity doesn’t exist

Uh...or, you know, natural languages in places where Christianity didn't exist or wasn't relevant? I like Japanese 喉頭隆起, since it's quite clear (kōtō "larynx" + ryūki "bulge").

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Is Suh Ankripton an abugida? I noticed the second glyph in "val" and "kal" heavily resembles the first glyph in "lor" and the second glyph in "wolu"—though if so, I'm not sure how "rika" corresponds to three glyphs when "kalo" and "wolu" are two glyphs apiece.

Also, are there (as Bridwell once joked) 118 total glyphs?

It is an abugida, and there aren't 118 total glyphs: there's 135. >.<