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While sorting out the next documents, letters, documents about letters and letters about documents, we came across a funny phrase. Judging by the fact that this message was written in Dzheartoy, it was probably addressed to some Eryakhshar Dzhert (however, who the hell knows).

And the phrase is as follows: “place ɠādamad podēma nīvşyāseḑ vast": translated - “his smile is like a shoe on my foot.” Kind of weird, right? Let's explain.

Firstly, Gearts do not need shoes at all. They have the same pads on their feet as your pet dogs and cats, so unless it's minus fifty outside, we're quite comfortable as is. Even the word “shoes; shoe" - podēma - was borrowed into Geartoi from Hellenic hypodēma "shoes".

Secondly, of all the elements of human clothing, Gearts have always considered shoes the most inconvenient, stupid and useless. Have you seen how your pets behave when you try to put something on their paws? That's the same thing.

So the Geartian “shoe on the foot” can be roughly translated as “eyesore.” The person who wrote the letter apparently did not really like this friend of his.

A short summary of what we managed to do during the past week during non-working hours.

1. Hang a bungee cord on a nearby river and tear it off the next day. Everything is fine, everyone is safe, we got off with one bruise on the backside for four of us.
2. Use my violin rosin to solder microcircuits. By the way, it is completely unsuitable for this purpose.
3. It takes a long time to persuade me to growl loudly, and then listen to a dog concert for half an hour. Dogs, if you are reading this text now - sorry.
4. Find me a girl in the neighboring Jeart settlement. What is characteristic is that this happened without my participation; I have never even seen this girl. I hope I never will. Scary.

I listened to sad Lyric songs and now I’m sitting there. Because this is another part of the stereotypes. This time we'll look at the Gearts; consultant - myself, and also my close friend Zear, with whom I called today.

1. Geart smells like cats/dogs.
   More likely no than yes. It definitely doesn't smell like cats; If you have sniffed pure dogs of northern breeds (a very common activity, yes), then this is what Gearts smell like. And even most of them use all sorts of perfumes.
2. Gearts have trouble seeing.
   By human standards, probably yes. It is difficult for us to distinguish between stationary objects, especially those located in the distance, but we notice moving ones immediately. Therefore, when hunting, before shooting at game, Gearts must scare it away.
3. Gearts very quickly become attached to just anyone and have absolutely no understanding of people.
   This is a complex question, and it concerns more of the Eryakhshar Gearts, but in general I would rather agree. This is due not so much to the peculiarities of our thinking as to the cultural background, but Gearts are indeed very open and trusting.
4. Gearts are very emotional.
   But this is the honest truth. Therefore, if for the first time you see a good-natured overgrown cat in front of you, who suddenly for some reason tries to hug you, don’t be surprised, this is how it should be.
5. Gearts are pure predators.
   Not true! And the fact that we belong to the order Carnivora does not mean anything at all: bears, as it were, are not rodents either, but eat honey. Of course, to find a vegetarian jeart somewhere, you need to try VERY hard, but we also eat plant foods. For example, I just love cucumbers.

Some news from the documents we found. But first, a brief historical excursion.

Once upon a time there lived a historical character named Areg. He was a dragar and a famous researcher of magic, but very controversial: some describe him as completely white, others - as coal black. Everyone says that he died a lot of years ago (more than twelve thousand), but in the fourth century there is evidence of his appearance over the coastal territories of the Glinar elves. Or rather, how they look like this: a huge white spot flew over Eleria, froze over the sea and said the following phrase: "These are my children, in whom is my blessing."And then just

exploded.

Adequate Draghars don't usually do that, as far as I understand, but judging by the information we have about Areg, he was quite eccentric.

And now directly to the news. Somewhere in the posts earlier I mentioned that we found correspondence between two people in classical Glinnar. And here is a quote (a man writes to a woman):

“Areg told you that you can use even your memory for both evil and good.”

So, it turns out that Areg really was alive at that time and really communicated with someone. Question: why didn't we know about this before?

As always, we will keep you updated.

Let's go to the next part of stereotypes. Now Berenice is sitting behind me and watching carefully so that I don't accidentally write something wrong. This part, as you may have already guessed, is about dwarves.

1. Doors are hoarders.
   Yes, that's true. Let's move on to the next point.
2. Dwarves do not have topographical cretinism.
   This is almost true. Dwarves - especially those born and living underground - have a kind of built-in biological compass, by which they can determine the cardinal directions. In fact, this feature is not quite innate, but largely trained from childhood, but nevertheless. It will be quite difficult to confuse a Dwarve in a strange city, in short.
3. Dverg women have hairy chests.
   But that's not true at all. Only a beard and moustache on the face, and even then, the more time goes by, the more women shave them off completely. Can you imagine what it's like to kiss a girl with stubble?
4. Dvergs are loyal friends.
   I would say that's an understatement. It's hard to befriend a dwarf, but if you do, he'll literally put himself in front of bullets for you.
5. The Dvergs love everything connected with the army, and are especially fanatical about technology.
   Yes and no. This mostly concerns the highly militarized Harassukhum dwarves, and even then this trend has been on the wane in the last ten years. But regardless of the army, yes, they simply adore technology.

Gōwēnd kū abēr tēz nāxunān ī ōy ast,
Tarsēnd kū wuzurg, pašmīg payān ī ōy ast.
Bē-t čē rāy nigāh kardan pad rōy-š nē kāmēd?
Wāžam kū starān pad syāhagān ī ōy ast.

Here the meter is as follows: / / / U / / / U / / / / (/ is a long syllable, U is a short one). There is no violation in the third line: pad rōy-š is pronounced with the following division into syllables: pa-drōyš — this is also found in modern poetry.

Literal translation:

They say his claws are too sharp,
They are afraid that his legs are too big and hairy.
But why don't you want to look him in the face?
The river that has stars in its pupils.

Again, a slightly crazy poetic translation:

They tell me: his fang is dangerous,
They are afraid: his hand is completely covered in fur.
But it’s a pity that they don’t want to look at his face -
I said to him: I saw a star in his pupils.

This one is not as ironic as the previous one, but it is also very cute.

Courtesy of our good friend Noid (he's watching me type this right now), we present to you five of the most popular stereotypes about elves.

1. Elves are immortal.
   Not true. Technically and biologically, they can live, perhaps, an indefinite number of years, but over time, cognitive functions begin to degrade - like a hard drive from the beginning of the century that has not been defragmented for a long time. Therefore, when elves feel that dementia is creeping up, they usually leave this life voluntarily. No, this is not suicide - they simply lie down in bed and fall into eternal sleep. The longest-living person in history was just under ten thousand years old.
2. Alvs are vegetarians.
   Not true. Biologically, elves need even more animal protein than humans do - but overall it turns out that they eat less meat. For two reasons:
   — today, people consume more animal protein than they should;
   - Many elves strongly disapprove of human industrial animal husbandry, so they often engage in it themselves.
3. The elves are as beautiful as angels.
   Doubtful. It would be more accurate to say that they have a very specific appearance: they are very tall, often skinny and sinewy rather than muscular; add to all this huge slanted eyes and crazy protruding cheekbones. Some people like them, some don't.
4. The elves are wise, serious, rarely smile and grieve over the imperfections of the world.
   Also nonsense. Glinnar elves usually call such otherworldly individuals "divine" with slight disdain, because this is most often a feigned attempt to demonstrate their importance and wisdom in life. Normal people usually don't have time for this - within 24 hours they need to finish packing a wardrobe, write a poem, take a couple of Old English lessons, start studying category theory and go for a bike ride with friends.
5. Elves rarely say what they think.
   And this is absolutely true. Long years of life teach you to be careful in choosing your words and friends, and make you acquire the annoying habit of giving ambiguous answers even to an offer to drink coffee. If you do not understand what the elf has answered you, tell him so directly: if he sees that you are interested with good intentions, he will certainly open up a little more.

There was no post yesterday because I discovered this thing called artbreeder.com and was stuck there for about four hours. Sorry.

And now let's get back to our sheep. Everything is as usual: a piece of Lodrast, with Pre-Rechan phrases written on it in Glinnar script. And with pictures too!

It all starts with the sentence "znatsi Virꙗza ꙗko im orztolkovani", that is "the signs of Viryaz as [they were] explained to him" And then a list of these very signs with explanations (we translated them).

1. "Third-stage doctor" (remember the previous post). The three extra stripes at the bottom show this third stage. Applied to the head and nose.
2. "Insight" under the right eye. Nothing else is written, but this sign was given, supposedly, for success in learning.

3, 4. Signs showing the month of birth (on the right and left hand) - in this case, fierce.

5. "Invention" on the right chest. Also not explained, but we suspect that this Viryaz came up with something like that.
6. A personal mark applied by a priest after birth while reading a special prayer. It is clear where.
7. "Tribal sign" on the right side. Its exact origin is not entirely clear, and screw it.
8. "Persistence/inflexibility" on the same side. Such a sign was given to very principled and stubborn jearts =D

Further on the sheet is torn off - there is probably a continuation, but we haven't found it yet. Let's look!