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Solaric

Common phrases are traced back to Solaric from innocent ones like little suns with wide eyes to refer to children who are paying attention to things that shouldn't concern them. To more crass phrases such as watching out for sunbeams which refers to women with prominent breasts, typically courtesans.

While much of our language has been lost to time and the Sectors' attack on our world, it can still be found all around. Consider, how often do you reference the sun when you talk? Those phrases come from Solaric. In this essay I will—
— A young sun elf scholar presenting his studies on Solaric to the Lakaenum

Connections and Divergence

Solaric is a daughter language of Elvish, alongside Lunaric and Twilux. Those fluent in Elvish are able to communicate with someone speaking one of these daughter languages but will find struggles in different verb usages and syntax. Solaric in particularly is distinct from the more poetic Elvish in that it names the object before describing it rather than giving a full description before naming the object.

Solaric in the Common Tongue

While Solaric is unfortunately considered a dead language due to the scarcity of fluent speakers, it is still very much present in the current day. Many common phrases and idioms can be traced back to Solaric. As stated previously, these include very innocent sayings such as "little suns have wide eyes," "the first sunlight makes the rainbow," and "the Sun shines for you today." It also includes more crass sayings such as, "watch out for sunbeams," "show the Sun some love," and someone's "sun is peeking." These are just a sample of various common phrases that can trace their origins to Solaric.

Phrasing Explained

Little suns have wide eyes means that young children are paying attention to something that shouldn't concern them. It's typically used as a playful way to help another adult notice that a child should be removed from a particular discussion or showing.

The first sunlight makes the rainbow means that being the first to brighten up and take charge of a situation is often the way to turn it around and make it into something good. It's primarily used with young children to encourage them to tackle mistakes and problems instead of shying away from them.

The Sun shines for you today means that the Sun is there to bolster you and encourage you. This phrase is a means to bolster someone's confidence and encourage them to be brave even though it can be scary. Another phrase that is often directed at children but applies to everyone at one time or another.

Moving to the more crass phrases we begin with watch out for sunbeams is a way to refer to prominent breasts on a woman, typically on a courtesan. In a similar vein, for someone's sun to be peeking is for their breasts to be more prominent than they may wish and while used rudely at times it can also be used to subtly tell someone they may want to check their appearance for something amiss. Lastly, showing the Sun some love is another crass phrase that refers to any manner of sexual act done in view of the Sun. It sounds like a euphemism but in actuality is quite direct with its meaning.


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