Scaphism, how many people googled it?

edited November 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
As per the title.

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  • edited November 2009
    Why would I google it in the first place? I'm assuming it was mentioned in the last episode...
  • edited November 2009
    No, but I did google "Ichor" after episode 3. I was impressed, it was a more interesting choice word than I thought.
  • edited November 2009
    If you plead guilty to the charges it lists the various ways that they plan to execute Guybrush. Scaphism is the last one listed, and Guybrush asks what it is, wherein the Judge says that "You don't want to know." or words to that effect.
  • edited November 2009
    I voted that I don't care to know because it I've got a bad feeling about this...

    Can't get out that way!
  • edited November 2009
    doodo! wrote: »
    I voted that I don't care to know because it I've got a bad feeling about this...

    Can't get out that way!


    I already knew..and.. you don't want to know.
  • WillWill Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2009
    LuigiHann wrote: »
    No, but I did google "Ichor" after episode 3. I was impressed, it was a more interesting choice word than I thought.

    Though I knew the word ichor, I'm ashamed to admit that I've always pronounced it ick-or. I shudder to think of how I shamed myself every time I brought up ichor in conversation.
  • seanvanamanseanvanaman Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2009
    i had to have ick-or versus ichor discussions with about half of the voice talent. i didn't realize the camp was so decidedly split on the soft or hard i.

    for the record, according to merriam and his associate webster, it is EYE-COR. Ichor. Originally Greek, referring to the blood of the gods I believe.
  • edited November 2009
    If it comes from Greek, I don't see any way in which it could possibly be pronounced ick-or...

    ..outside of America ;)
  • edited November 2009
    I looked it up. I didn't even know there was a word for that.
  • seanvanamanseanvanaman Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2009
    there's a word for everything. like an app.
  • edited November 2009
    About ichor, technically, it's even EE-chor. Just like "pi" is pronounced "pee". But short, like in the i in Oedipus, which was written as Oidipous.
  • edited November 2009
    I voted yes, because I did google it, but if you hadn't asked I probably wouldn't have googled it.

    I know now what it means.

    For those who don't know what it means, want to know and want to answer no on the poll, click the spoiler!

    scaphism -
    A form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, covered in honey and exposed to insects until the victim's death.
    from Wiktionary.org
  • edited November 2009
    I knew what it was... Boy, did I know.

    My new knowledge about Ichor cheers me up though!
  • edited November 2009
    I looked it up on wikipedia, since that's generally safer then google, considering people are pretty sick and stuff.
  • edited November 2009
    Unfortunately, I did Google it. And now I hope it's never brought up again.
    (Now watch one of the mods throw in a last minute scaphism line in Ch. 5. -.-)
  • edited November 2009
    I just pulled out my Liddell-Scott, and it looks like the ancient Greeks pronounced it i-CHOR, with a short i, a long o, and accent on the second syllable. And make sure you make an appropriately gross, phlegmy hocking noise for the ch.
  • WillWill Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2009
    Yeah, I asked my Greek friend about it and he pronounced it more along the lines of ee-SHOR. Languages are weird.
  • edited November 2009
    I knew what scaphism is, but I thought it happened in the desert.

    Delicious trivia: some guy allegedly endured 17 whole days of it.
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2009
    eskimo wrote: »
    For those who don't know what it means, want to know and want to answer no on the poll, click the spoiler!

    scaphism -
    A form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, covered in honey and exposed to insects until the victim's death.
    from Wiktionary.org

    Does it HAVE to be honey? What if you got creative and used chocolate syrup - does that still count, or is there a different word for it?
  • edited November 2009
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    Does it HAVE to be honey? What if you got creative and used chocolate syrup - does that still count, or is there a different word for it?

    It probably still counts, I just don't think the Persians went to America much to get cacoabeans.
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2009
    Fruit juice? Melted marshmallows? Soda?
  • edited November 2009
    I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good.
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2009
    apenpaap wrote: »
    As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good.

    hehehe :D
  • edited November 2009
    I didn't google it, because I happened to know what it is already, there was time when I did read a lot about legal practises and punishments of the past. Many of the methods are quite brutal (warning example to the audience) and museums which have instruments of torture and executions are somewhat macabre places, but certainly worth visiting.
  • edited November 2009
    apenpaap wrote: »
    I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good.

    I think I need to use this in my signature
  • edited November 2009
    Wow, I can hear those 15 minutes of fame coming! Sure, go ahead.
  • edited November 2009
    Eugh... I'm just glad wiki didn't go into detail. Honestly, I'm not gonna say I wish I didn't know what it was, because I'm not that disturbed. From the name 'scooped out' I expected worse. Much worse. >_o
  • edited November 2009
    Tirink wrote: »
    Eugh... I'm just glad wiki didn't go into detail. Honestly, I'm not gonna say I wish I didn't know what it was, because I'm not that disturbed. From the name 'scooped out' I expected worse. Much worse. >_o

    I knew what it was, but it reminded me of it... Does it make me sick that I Google Images it?
  • edited November 2009
    Eurgh! I can't believe you just made me read that horrible Wikipedia entry!
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