Found The Meaning of Taffer! Does Not Mean "Thief"!

Grundbegriff on 3/9/2001 at 12:03

Quote:

Originally posted by Dave Angel:
That's a truly great discovery, by the way. I don't think anyone's come up with that before (and God knows for how long the debate has gone on)

I'm afraid you're a bit behind on the flow of the discussion, Dave Angel. Kudos for discovering these soundfiles goes to Saracoth in November of 1999:
Definition of Taffer...no more doubts! Straight from the Hammer's mouth! 
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000456) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000456

Quote:

and, to my knowledge, not even the designers answered with that full explanation when questioned.

Your knowledge, though admirable, is limited in this area. The designers have clarified more than once that Laura 'boojum' Baldwin made the word up as a generic slur.

See, for example,
Does anyone know where the word "Taffer" came from?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=006221) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=006221

Grundbegriff on 3/9/2001 at 12:22

See also:

Some interesting links about Taffer and Looking Glass
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000478) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000478

Finally! Definition of a Taffer!
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000556) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000556

What the hell is a "taffer" anyway?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000747) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=000747

Origin of word 'Taffer'
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=001394) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=001394

What in tarnation is a Taffer???
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=001458) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=001458

whats taffer mean??
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=002188) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=002188

Definition of a Taffer?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=003267) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=003267

Taffer definition
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=003328) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=003328

What the hell is a taffer anyway?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=004942) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=41&t=004942

A question of all Thief questions
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=006401) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=006401

The word TAFFER for everyday lauage
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=006770) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=006770

Just what the heck IS a taffer anyway....?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=43&t=002107) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=43&t=002107

Ok, what IS a taffer?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=43&t=002676) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=43&t=002676

[ September 03, 2001: Message edited by: Grundbegriff ]

Grundbegriff on 3/9/2001 at 12:43

Quote:

Originally posted by boojum:
I never really considered stuff that didn't get used in the game as canonical.

Hi, boojum! May I quote you on that? :D

Pointdexter43 on 3/9/2001 at 14:16

Grundbegriff, where do you get all your links? Do you have something saved on your computer listing links of all different subjects? If so, mayby you could email it to me and let me take a gander.

Keeper of Metal and Gold on 3/9/2001 at 20:26

I think links like that are in the Grymoire ... ?

Yannick on 3/9/2001 at 20:39

That's one of the few things that got lost in the translation...

"Come back here you taffer !" thus merely became "Reviens ici, voleur !" (= come back here you thief !)

fortuni on 20/10/2019 at 11:05

Came across this necro thread, thought it may be of interest to all you taffers. :cheeky:

Sadly all the links are broken as those posts are sadly buried in the vault.

Did a search via the search box and they only other thread I could find is (https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58754&highlight=what+does+taffer+mean) here

Is there a definitive agreement of the meaning of the word taffer and other theories of the original of the word taffer?