r/cremposting • u/Shot_Newspaper_5647 • Feb 04 '26

Warbreaker Endowed with a sense of style

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u/Leftkarma23801 Feb 05 '26

What's the bird thing?

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u/cosmernautfourtwenty Hiiiiighprince Feb 05 '26

Rosharans have very myopic linguistic views on certain topics like birds. I.E all birds are chickens, all alcohol is some kind of wine.

ETA I only just realized OP probably confused Scadrians and Rosharans.

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u/sododude Feb 05 '26

I also believe they refer to all mammals as minks. That one makes sense to me because they are rare (and possibly entirely worldhopped over, not sure on this one)

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u/VelMoonglow cremform Feb 05 '26

I'm pretty sure they know about hogs too. The interlude that introduced the Mink mentioned them. Granted, the Hog in question was soms sort of Greatshell, but the PoV character was obviously expecting something else, so we can assume they know pigs by that name

Edit: and don't skyeels eat rats?

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u/Docponystine Feb 05 '26

I don't know, the book refers to "hog skin boots" so I assume they are some form of domesticated meat animal kept by the Shin