Quick question, needs quick answer! :)

[AlteaDeo]

In the french books, the Vernius are "comte" ...

hat noblity title can be translated to Count or Earl.

In the books, english, how are the ruler called? Earl Vernius? Count Vernius?

[lowzeewee]

duke or lord

[AlteaDeo]

arm, aslo....

if we're talking about an Earl, do we say:

"[...] as the Earl Vernius would think[...]."

or would say:

"[...] as Earl Vernius would think[...]."

???

[lowzeewee]

the Earl Vernius,he is the GREAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Acriku]

I would say Lord or Duke as well, even though comte does mean count (there were a couple characters with the title Count, like in Dune#1), and the Earl sounds right.

[AlteaDeo]

well, in the books, House Atreides / Harkonnen / Corrino, their official title wuld be Duke so?

[AlteaDeo]

damn damn damn....

I've found the officials tile in the book..

Earl Dominic Vernius....

Still, we got Count Ilban Richese!

But, when I search for it, Earl and Count are the two of them translated in french by "Comte" .... weiiiiiiiiiiiiird english ppl :)

[AlteaDeo]

arm.. anybody can remind me the name of the "homeworld" of the Tleilaxu??? :D

**edit**

okay, the capital city is Bandalong... need teh planet name :)

[Acriku]

Thalim :)

[AlteaDeo]

many thanks!! :)

[Anathema]

Hmm, in the dutch translations it is count Vernius :(

[Timenn]

Dunno, I read the preludes in English.

It is indeed Earl Dominic Vernius.

And some languages have more words where other languages have only one. Like the Inu

[Acriku]

Ah Timenn, thanks. That's where I even got my answer lol, guess I didn't read it right.

[Vanguard3000]

An Earl and Count are the same thing. In England, they use the title Earl instead of Count, in the same way that a Scottish Baron is called a Thane.

But yes, his title is Earl Vernius.

[AlteaDeo]

okay :) thanks for the precisions :)

Arm.... The main planet of the Bene Gesserit.... Isn't is Wallach IX? I know that is their school planet, but, still.... ? :)

[nampigai]

in the first novelles it's Wallach IV, then later it becomes Chapterhouse.

[Timenn]

Are you in a tv-show or something? What's the first prize?

;)

Wasn't Wallach IX the home planet?

[AlteaDeo]

the name of thep lanet, is chapterhouse? lol :)

well, no, we're doing some "biographies" work for our game. so, I want the best infos that I have to get :)

[Anathema]

Are you sure the Chapterhouse planet and WalachX are the same? They only use temporary home planets, and Chapterhouse was a secret planet as I recal.

[AlteaDeo]

hum......

yeah, I'll probably use an completly invented name so :)

[nampigai]

Wallach IV was their "capitol" planet during the first books, I think it got destroyed later on so they moved it to their secret planet Chapterhouse.

[nemafakei]

The English hierarchy was based on the order of people invading England. So I'm not surprised your words mean different things.

[AlteaDeo]

well, anyway, I've fixed everything... Vernius will be Earl, and, the home planet of the Bene Gesserit will be Wallach IX :) lol

[Usul]

They changed there home planet every thousand years or so (I think) and kept it secret with no-ships/fields and each one was always called Chapterhouse. At the time of HoD it was was Wallach IX I think.