Hints for the traveller: The Goths are a very friendly and gregarious people. They will be quick to invite you to their homes for special ceremonies and entertainments. They also have hot tempers, so don't turn down an invitation to go home with a Goth. Good conversation starters are death, torture, eating and drinking.

What do you do?		hwa taw-yis thoo
I'm a...		ik im...
	tax collector	mow-tar-ees
	harlot	kahl-kyo
	slave	skalks
	priest	good-ya
What are you drinking?		Hwa drin-kays thoo
	wine	ween
	water	ahwa
	blood	bloth
Would you like to...		will-ees thoo...
	dance?	plin-syahn
	listen to some songs?	how-syahn sahn-gwins
	kill a pig?	ahf-snee-thahn ayn sweena
	make merry?	bee-wis-ahn
	run away with me?	ahf-thlee-yoo-hahn mith mis
	act unseemly?	eye-wis-kohn
Where to you live?		hwar lib-ays thoo
Take off your clothes.		ahnd-wah-see sick
Don't be afraid.		nee forh-tyan sis
You're an angel.		thoo is ahn-gi-loos
Kiss me.		koo-kee mis
I love you.		free-yo ik thook
Phrases to avoid
Fool! (term of contempt)		rah-kah
You idiot!		dwah-lah*
	* Warning: Anyone caught saying is burned at the town dump.
I despise you.		fra-kahn thoos
You generation of vipers.		koo-ni nod-ray
I spit upon your mother.		bi-spee-wah anah eye-theen thee-na

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