e_b.txt edits - naval ports

[Kull]

1. Have I edited this a little too much? I tried for that same style but I don't think I quite got it.

It is little dry. Try using first person?

2. Should "Cilicia" in the Ptolemaic description be changed to the more Greek- sounding "Kilikia"? I think thats how its spelled on the map but I can't find the old map preview or launch a campaign to find out for sure.

Good memory - that's exactly how it's spelled in the game. So yes, please use that spelling.

[Foot]

It has too many 'its' in the first number of sentenc, which makes the rest sound bad. Just reconstruct the beginning and it will sound fine, I think.

Foot

[tk-421]

I have finished the first section of naval ports and I'm continuing with the second section. I'm not quite happy with my Greek and Roman descriptions and I'll probably edit them more eventually. I am mainly posting this because I don't want my work to disappear.

[Kull]

Thanks TK - It's not glamorous work, but your contributions directly contribute to making EB the kind of high quality product we can all be proud of. This is very much appreciated!

[tk-421]

1. Is it Epirot, Epirote, or something more Greek?
2. What's the plural for "Neorion"?

[Kull]

Here are Urnamma's simple rules for proper Greek Spelling & Grammar:

1) The ending to all words that seem plural, with some exceptions, ought to be either -eis, -ai, or -oi. Singular: -on, -a, or -os (except for 3rd declension, but we don't use many except for things like aspidai, but that follows the convention in any case).

2) A dipthong is letter combinations like ai, ei, ie, ou that make a different sound than the letters themselves combined. Greek has oi, ou, ai, ei, au, and that's bloody it, so if you see letters other than that together, they're probably wrong. It also has the improper dipthongs, but we don't use Greek letters, and those transliterate into ai, ei, and oi anyway.

That, I think, would be the most common errors, so anything where it doesn't fit those two little rules, you should bring to me or TA. I've seen "ii" at the end of Greek words sometimes, and that can't happen. It would make Plato's head explode.

(Kull's Note: The "ii" is correct for Latin, however.)

Edit: Thus Neorioi. I'm not 100% on the other one, but I believe it to be Epeirote

[O'ETAIPOS]

Plural of Neorion should be Neoria or Neories (not sure as o may be omikron or omega)

In most of situations:
sing plur
-os -oi
-e -ai
-a -ai
-on -a or es
-ks -es
-ps -pes
-es -es