Although the people of Pern speak English, they use a wide array of slang that may be hard to understand at first. Here are some words and terminology I came across during my travels!
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Between - An area utterly devoid of any sensory input, except a feeling of freezing cold. Dragons can enter between to warp to any place or time, as long as they can visualize it perfectly.
Blackrock - Coal
Bubbly Pies - Hot, sweet pies traditionally made with Terran Blueberries; loved by the youths of Pern.
Candlemark - One candlemark equals an hour.
Firestone - A type of rock that dragons ingest in order to produce flame.
Glow - A luminescent light source that can be carried in a glowbasket.
Klah - Pern's version of coffee, brewed from tree bark
Mark - Pernese currency
Weyr - The collective home of dragons and their riders. When used with a lowercase "w", it means the particular living space of a dragon and its rider. This one had me confused for a while!
Wherry - A huge, turkey-like bird that, as I discovered at the Firebreath Grill, tastes absolutely amazing.
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