Paging Tep: I have been seized by a desire for a Dina and Hannelore crossover event.
I had to tell someone who would understand.
HELL. YES. My 2 favorites! Jeff Jacques and Dave Willis are friends, so this could happen in theory.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2015 4:55:31 pm PDT #4439 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Connie Neil - Aug 30, 2015 5:04:18 pm PDT #4440 of 30003
brillig
Does anyone know the original name of Mt. Everest? What do the Sherpas call it?
-t - Aug 30, 2015 5:15:24 pm PDT #4441 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know, Tep!
Please, universe, I have been a very good girl.
Zenkitty - Aug 30, 2015 5:20:26 pm PDT #4442 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The Sherpas are an ethnic group in Nepal. The Nepalese name of Mt. Everest is Sagarmatha.
billytea - Aug 30, 2015 5:37:45 pm PDT #4443 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The Sherpas are an ethnic group in Nepal. The Nepalese name of Mt. Everest is Sagarmatha.
This is all coming straight off Wikipedia: apparently the Nepalese name was only coined in the 1960s. Up till then, the Nepalese (and most others in the vicinity, it seems) had used the Tibetan name, Chomolungma.
Connie Neil - Aug 30, 2015 5:48:09 pm PDT #4444 of 30003
brillig
Thanks, guys. I hope they mean something cool like "Pillar of Heaven" or "Spine of the World" or "Divine Throne." Apparently all Denali means is "tall." Which, points for succinctness, but I like my mountain names to have a bit more cosmic resonance.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2015 5:53:54 pm PDT #4445 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the impression that Everest isn't all that significant in the culture/myths of the locals despite its fascination for record-obsessed Western mountaineers. I think I remember hearing of a nearby lower peak that's a much bigger figure in Tibetan folklore. (Possibly because it's a lot more landslide-y than Everest and tends to kill people who try to climb it...)
billytea - Aug 30, 2015 5:55:33 pm PDT #4446 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Chomolungma apparently means "Holy Mother", which isn't too bad. (The Yangtze River is actually known as Chang Jiang in China, which means literally "Long River". Beijing is the literal translation of "Northern Capital"; Shanghai mean "On-the-Sea". And all their months translate as "Month 3" or such like. One might be grateful Everest was named by Tibetans.)
billytea - Aug 30, 2015 5:58:18 pm PDT #4447 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I think I remember hearing of a nearby lower peak that's a much bigger figure in Tibetan folklore. (Possibly because it's a lot more landslide-y than Everest and tends to kill people who try to climb it...)
I'm not sure if it's Tibetan or Nepalese, but I think no one's yet reached the absolute summit of the third-highest mountain because the locals regard it as a holy site. Expeditions just get within spitting distance and leave it at that.
Connie Neil - Aug 30, 2015 6:12:11 pm PDT #4448 of 30003
brillig
I remember a PBS special by Michael Wood about the Himalayas, with an incredibly holy mountain, where you do a pilgrimage of walking around it. One of the stories was of Krishna's bride taking him there for their honeymoon. It's one of the highest mountains, but it was more isolated--thus walk-around-able--and nearly perfect in shape.