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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 45 points 6 days ago

"Expeller of evil", huh? Sounds like dog farts haven't changed in all of these years.

[–] Reckless_Moose@ttrpg.network 4 points 4 days ago

Can I get a pronunciation guide?

[–] don@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago

(stares at names)

(looks over at doggo)

Come here here, bunghole!

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Name your dog Dan. lol

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hey @PugJesus@lemmy.world do you know if the people of Iraq then are the same that currently live there? Or is it kind of like what happened to ancient Egypt

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The people of ancient Egypt do, in fact, still live in Egypt. They're the same people, they just don't really speak Coptic anymore.

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Then I got sold false facts lol. I was in Hurghada last year and talking to a cab driver there. He said that there was at some point a great muslim invasion and they drove out most of the original peoples of Egypt, but then again he was a taxi driver, not a historian.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mostly it's that Egypt was culturally assimilated by Arabic-speaking invaders in the 7th century AD. The people, genetically speaking, are largely the same, as the Arabic-speaking invaders, while insistent on the supremacy of the Arabic language, generally intermarried freely with the Egyptians, and were not numerous enough to 'push out' (nor particularly interested in such a thing) the natives.

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

My man! Got me some of that sweet PJ juice!

Okay so my source wasn't completly wrong, or maybe it was a language gap issue, either way thanks for them sweet deets!

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I swear, if I ever need worldbuilding inspiration, I'll go talk to some cabbies.