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More amusing moments from multiple games of Initials (some already written up here):

Rachel: GM. With an asterisk, as it is not the entity's legal name, but is the most commonly used one.

I eventually established that GM was female, dead, fictional, and written about in a language that wasn't English but was European. After much querying (I apparently cannot remember half the countries in Europe), it was established that the work was oral and probably from Norway. ("Is it Norse?" I asked. "No. Yes! Wait. Uh, what country is Norse?" asked Rachel. "NORWAY!" I said, while trying not to fall off my chair giggling. Rachel notes from my side that she has a master's degree, but thankfully not in European studies.)

"Wait. Is this Beowulf? It's GRENDEL'S MOTHER!" I guessed.

"Yes!"

"Beowulf is ENGLISH! Not Norse! English! OMG! ENGLISH!" I squawked indignantly. (Rachel notes here that she had to spell "squawked" for me.)

To confound Rachel, I came up with another asterisked name, GA. I helpfully gave her the clue that it was not Grendel's Aunt. (It was actually the Godolphin Arabian.)

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