[Dragaera] On the name of a certain Village [Minor Jhegaala Spoiler]

Bryan Newell bryann at bryann.net
Tue Jul 15 21:16:24 PDT 2008


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> Re-reading the prologue to /Jhegaala/, I became interested in 
> what the exact joke is to the name of the village, Burz.
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> A little digging online came up with the Hungarian word 
> "bûz", which roughly translates as "*stink, stench, odour, reek".

It's also similar to burzsoá (bourgeois) and burzsoázia (middle class,
bourgeoisie).

Bryan




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