Ask a Lore Nerd: Books, boats and Blood Knights

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8-24-2008 @ 3:27PM

Riwerwind said...

"Well, heh, I don't think they mean it in a "Your star burns!" kind of way. It's an expression that means something like "you're wasting time!" Sort of how Goblins say "Time is money." Hurry up, don't dilly dally, that sort of thing."

Or maybe they have theorized how the sun is actually a nig nurning ball of hydrogen and stuffs. and thus the Daylight is in fact burning :P

8-24-2008 @ 3:37PM

Ametrine said...

The sun, a giant ball of burning gases? What a ridiculous idea.

8-24-2008 @ 3:58PM

Feeniks said...

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, kinda like a gigantic nuclear furnace where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

8-24-2008 @ 8:50PM

Minidrake said...

FEENIKS WINS!

8-25-2008 @ 12:26AM

Braegh said...

Pretty sure Gnomes say 'Daylight's burning.' as a greeting because they lived in Gnomeregan until recently.. a subterranean city. Without their signature goggles, the sunlight would indeed be painful for some!

8-25-2008 @ 9:17AM

Celton said...

"Daylight's burning." That's not just a gnome greeting. People in the real world use it all the time. It just means that you should hurry because daytime doesn't last forever, you only have so much time - like how a candle burns but eventually goes out.

8-25-2008 @ 9:20AM

Celton said...

It's mostly used by people who work outside with no artificial light. They only have so long to work before daylight is gone and they have to stop for the day.

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