Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Grognard, n.
GROG-nard or gron-YAR?
Considering the most profound statement ever uttered by a student of the French language (not me, I prefer the Germanic languages) was, “The French swallow to many consonants,” I’m going with gron-YAR.
What?
A Grognard is a grumbler. Napoleon referred to old veterans as grognards. More popularly used in English as slang for “old school” gamers. Gamers that remember when elf was a class, that Avalon Hill made the best armor tactical games, or know of, and have read, James F. Dunnigan
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