I really hope one of the unknown episodes is a Rarity episode. Tabitha almost always hits one out of the park.

Give me Rarity or give me death!

They probably have several alphabets from the three tribes back in the day. The pegasi had a shorthand styled military shorthand, the Earth Ponies used a phonetic kana-styled scribble, and the unicorns used symbolic hieroglyphics. The three writing forms are still used in modern Equestria, with the Pegasus script used for shorthand and Weather Factory documents, Earth Pony kana used as basic writing, and Unicorn script for tertiary scholarly publications and old books.

Rarity might hijack Spike's episode, lol.

edited 27th Nov '12 11:42:23 AM by AceOfScarabs

Rarity might hijack Spike's episode, lol.

I'm OK with this.

Indeed, I really want a Rarity episode.

=_=. No, Spike episodes must occur so they can be better! The kid finally got to save the day, I want more love for him.

edited 27th Nov '12 11:54:28 AM by MousaThe14

Earth Pony phonetic script would be easy to learn and practical, so it became the modern Standard Alphabet, while Unicorn hieroglyphs are good for abstract things and higher Mathematics, making it the academic language of choice. Pegasi signal signs remain in use as signalling for traffic and danger signs, as well as a means of communication by air.

http://derpiboo.ru/165362 Scoot is now Master favorite Pony.

http://derpiboo.ru/165293 Crackle in new costume.

I understood it too. That doesn't mean I agreed with it.

@Ace: Sounds about right.

Also, yeah, Rarity episodes are generally of exteremely good quality.

I would be happy for Rarity and Spike to share an episode. It's appropriate and she'll boost the quality of his episode and more Ship Tease.

EDIT:You disagreed with the moral?

edited 27th Nov '12 12:14:47 PM by Sereg

http://supersheep64.deviantart.com/art/Manehatten-is-no-longer-safe-340021148

What if Babs is Oranges foal?

The other alternate mental picture I had was that Modern Equestrian is a dual-type language like Japanese, with Earth Pony phonetic script like the hirigana and the Unicorn glyphs like the kanji.

Most of my fanon Equestrian language hypothesis stems from a calculated guess based on their cultural personality and language usage.

Pegasi would primarily use writing based on sign language that could be manually communicated in flight or as large, easy to read cloud signals, so it'll be great for signs and easy to understand.

Earth Ponies would need a language that's practical and usable from a reading/writing standpoint, something that sounds like its written. Therefore they would be likely to use phonetics to shape their writing, making it easy to learn and flexible for adding new words.

Unicorns would have a more intellectual bent to their writing, for conserving abstract concepts used in their magic, as well as good for mathematical calculations needed for some kinds of spells. It should also be flexible for poetry and wordplay, like the glyphic characters used in Chinese or the hieroglyphs of Egypt.

edited 27th Nov '12 12:23:40 PM by AceOfScarabs

@Death Cloud: I think that Babs is the Oranges' foal. And I'm assuming her big sis is CDRW's OC.

In my fic, her full name would be Barbara Seed Orange.

Wouldn't Barbara Orange Seed flow better?

Newest The Dresden Fillies chapter: Either The masked pony was one of the captors, was from a rival faction, or was the real Obsidian.

Or well either way, odds are next update will show us Bon-Bon learning why you do NOT put Harry Dresden's friends at risk

edited 27th Nov '12 12:30:23 PM by Seraphem

Eh, I'm still personally inclined to think that Babs was referring to Aj as her 'big sister', judging from the expression. Plusit fits with my personal fanon which puts M Rs. Orange as getting pregnant the first time a little before or After AJ's visit(probably a bit before, since AB would almost certainly have been born by the time AJ went to visit the oranges), which given what my fanon of the Oranges is like, is quite frankly astounding.

And also breakfast cereals.

@yeller: I'd pay good money to get a box of Equestrian Alpha-bits

@Purple Daek: Technically, yes. But the version of Equestria used in my fics is already established as having stricter naming conventions than those in the show (this is because I believed that the show actually worked like that atthe time that I made it a plot point) which would make "Orange" required to be her last name.

Speaking of fics and Babs, I see that Seraphim's friend has decided to expand the Babs fic into a multi-parter which pleases me due to the potential there.

Also, Bringing up Blueblood, sequel to My Little Alicorn which is my favourite ponyfic, has now ended on another intense sequel hook. Insert Auther Here sas that he wants to finish And That's Terrible (amusing story about Lex Luther stealinhg Celestia's forty cakes) before starting the third in the series though.

I give you Babs Sad. Give in to your feels!

So what do you think of my hypothesis?

@Ace: It makes sense.

We have seen what the writing systems look like already.

Should we do an analysis on which system appears where?

That certainly doesn't sound like a euphemism.

That's not a different language, just different scripts (at least in the case of Japanese). It's not like the words suddenly sound different or the sentences are structured a different way. They're just written differently.

edited 27th Nov '12 12:52:42 PM by KylerThatch

@Calnos: Nope, not buying it. Mr and Mrs. Orange seemed caring enough(if a tad oblivious) To AJ when she visited, no way they wouldn't be with their own daughter after a good 10 or 11 years of raising her. They're not Norman Osborn, here.