Heh... I've never seen 'Jordan' spelled this way and can't find the variation on any baby name site (I was curious). Either his parents were bad spellers or it really is Jorfdan.;-) If it is a big deal (seems to be since he has that little disclaimer every video) I would legally just change it. Considering it's word origin, in Greek it is Iordanes, Latin Jordanus, Hebrew Yarden,, Arabic Al-Urdunn, Italian Giordano, Jordão in Portuguese, Jordán in Spanish, Jordan in German, Jordaan Dutch, Jourdain in French, etc.... Yeah I'd go with if it was a family name someone just screwed up the spelling because it doesn't seem like anybody every inserted a 'ph' into Jordan. Or it is Jorfdan;-)
@psi9000
3 жыл бұрын
MrCSeiberlin lol, exactly!
@MisterNineEleven
3 жыл бұрын
"THE PH IS SILENT!!!!" Me: Yorf-don
@KeacePeeper
3 жыл бұрын
Yorfdon sounds like the name of a Gnome or Tiefling or so
@hermeticbear
4 жыл бұрын
I honestly thought your intro was going to be about how the Mh in Mhzentul is silent.
@jordanlyon9291
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the ph stood for player handbook which is considerably light on lore, and with this being a lore channel it was fitting. But now it's extra unique
@cinnamoonfang6104
4 жыл бұрын
first 48 seconds made me laugh.
@carastone1897
4 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering who is pissing him off enough to have him yammer on about silent letters in the first place. Like its a simple concept who needs it explained?
@DarkAutumnScribe
4 жыл бұрын
I laughed with the spelling of W-H-A-T...
@dricul
2 жыл бұрын
But why tho? 😄
@seoulpeterson432
4 жыл бұрын
IDK why, but I always say Jord-Phan in my head, despite knowing it's Jordan.
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
everyone does!
@cernunnos_lives
Жыл бұрын
The silent PH is supposed to be silent and accentuated with a rising in sounding after the D to A sound. It's in many northern Indo European languages and Siberian dialects.
@billberndtson
4 жыл бұрын
Jorphdan, that was hilarious. Well, you can't give anyone a hard time pronouncing "sherbet" as "sherbert" because if your name can have silent letters why not invisible ones? This very example was pointed out to me in reference to my last name when I was being pedantic. :)
@matthewford4617
4 жыл бұрын
Find the Path is a spell in 5th edition as well, its 6th level
@cinnamoonfang6104
4 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video about Xanathar? I heard that many beholders actually assumed the name Xanathar. I'd like to hear more.
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
I talk about him in my Undermountain video! kzitem.info/news/bejne/qWyuvImqi3SWgIY
@cinnamoonfang6104
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan I think its more like you mentioned him rather than talking about him. I'm quite sure there's more to Xanathar's than that, and what's the deal with the goldfish, what the thieves' guild has accomplished, ect.
@khingzluv
4 жыл бұрын
"if the ph wasn't silent my name would be JorFdan" impeccable logics sir.
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
I had to spell it out for the people ;)
@ns0557212
4 жыл бұрын
This was the best intro of ALL TIME!!!
@paulcoy9060
4 жыл бұрын
(Jorf) "Whisper is a cool name." (me 3 years ago) "I gonna name my Tiefling Warlock, 'Whispers Of Ash'."
@fairytalejediftj7041
4 жыл бұрын
It's actually pronounced Mul. The H, Z, E, N, T are silent.
@gelbadayah.sneach579
4 жыл бұрын
Magic items lying in piles, unused by their owners? Nah. I always liked to determine treasure ahead of time and have that gnoll draw a flame tongue as combat begins. It really spices up the battle!
@Jam-Beat
4 жыл бұрын
Gelbadaya Sneech I mean yes, but NO.
@tb4495
4 жыл бұрын
I LOVED YOUR OPENING!!! One of the BEST opening EVER! Clever, entertaining, creative..... THANK YOU! Anyone else agree?
@englishpride2406
4 жыл бұрын
At 2:35, that cat side-quest poster was funny. 😄
@alecwelker4353
2 жыл бұрын
Admit, the ph is in your name because your parents are pranksters and knew you would have to explain it forever and they found that idea hilarious 😂😂
@Pandaemoni
9 ай бұрын
I forgot all about about Flamsterd's Flamestrike, which, as a kid, I misread and thought was "Flameterd's Flamestrike."
@SGashesNetwork
4 жыл бұрын
I’m really glad you remind me about the silent ph, I honestly forget all the time🤷🏻♀️
@flamebrindger3984
4 жыл бұрын
The silent PH will always bug me, but I'll still enjoy your videos. 😂
@psi9000
3 жыл бұрын
Sunkensees agreed
@gcampoverde
Жыл бұрын
Oh, my, that intro totally killed me, hahahaha
@waldorf66
11 ай бұрын
The intro section felt like a Vsauce video :D Also great content as always
@Jorphdan
11 ай бұрын
steal like an artist 😅
@little-wytch
6 ай бұрын
There was actually an alternative alphabet designed for English, called Shavian, that fixes issues like silent letters lol. Just thought you might be interested in that. Great vid :)
@raymondnichols4564
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought the PH was silent because the Player’s Handbook didn’t have the lore from you were presenting.
@RIVERSRPGChannel
4 жыл бұрын
Nice history lesson and good information This can be used to start a whole campaign.
@jscorprew
4 жыл бұрын
And now I have the starting point for coming up with the next campaign. Thank you!
@frederickgleicher1385
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jorphdan ! I love your videos since they seem to be an excellent way of catching up on the Forgotten Realms since last I played. Have you thought about doing a video about the Pools of Radiance? How about the city of Phlan ?
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
Pool of Radiance was a game yeah? Maybe, haven't thought about it nor have I played it. City of Phlan!? I'll add it to my list thanks!
@frederickgleicher1385
4 жыл бұрын
It was, and I am a little confused here. I thought the Pools of Radiance were apart of the Forgotten Realms canon, but I can find little reference to it.
@xpgaines
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, my name is THOMAS. The “h” is silent.
@horizonkage
4 жыл бұрын
I insist on pronouncing the H. Were would we be witout tem?
@AlVainactual
4 жыл бұрын
If you were Greek it wouldn't be. :P
@skaterjoe1669
3 жыл бұрын
my names Hruaia. no oh the letters are silent.
@osirisgem
4 жыл бұрын
You know that when i first started watching you there were a few times when you didn't say the opening blurb about the ph and I think I made some comment about it every time. So when I saw this, it was magical.
@lowenergyvideos4658
4 жыл бұрын
I thought this was turning into a ep of Vsauce there for a second but I got a PSA and then some geek stuff, not too shabby Jorf!
@SoaresPatrick
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not alone.
@misomiso8228
4 жыл бұрын
Commenting here on the last Saturday Morning DnD Show - really liked the last podast particularly discussion on the DnD live event. I think WotC are right to try and bring more people in; it's right that they have a 'Marketing' event, but I think it's also important to give back to the community. Would be better maybe to have a kind of 'DnD Con' with invites to community members, as then WotC can have their community event AND still be able to have their 'reach out' moments.
@cypher9r
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jorfden!
@greenguy369
Жыл бұрын
For future peoples, since his opening was so snarky and unhelpful: the "PH" was his attempt to stand out on the internet/an inside joke with his real life friends. It is not the legal spelling of his name. He spoke about this on the live stream. You can go watch them all to find it.
@IndorilNerevar-MoonandStar
4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that intro caused me to ascend to a higher state of consciousness.
@Rob-147
6 ай бұрын
Great video jorf!
@Wakeuptired
4 жыл бұрын
Hello Jorfden
@johnjones6115
4 жыл бұрын
My hypothesis was that you have your PHD and thought it would be neat to put it in your name, which it would be.
@grinskopf34122
4 жыл бұрын
I think it is a PhD in a field which doesn't give him a job, so he can't apply his expertise...which is why his PhD is silent.
@ericboyd5348
2 жыл бұрын
Nice summary!
@simpleevan3583
3 жыл бұрын
Jorf dan sounds like a cool viking name for a skald
@kylecaraway8662
2 жыл бұрын
Now your name will forever be Jorfden the lore master. Lol
@Notsidgaming
4 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. For grammar and for dnd. I love learning of these magical artifacts. The shroud of mystery is so interesting.
@andreguia1731
Жыл бұрын
we have seen this in GoT with "Ser (Sir)" and "Maester (Master or Magister)" - words changed a little so it sound "fantasyisty" (eek!) but still similar enough that we understand what they mean when we read it
@johnstuartkeller5244
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful opening. Made my day.
@CobaltBlueMask
3 жыл бұрын
That’s the most badass description of your name, period flat I’ve ever heard. Well done mate. 👍
@craigtucker1290
4 жыл бұрын
None of Mhzentul's rings, nor his spellbook, are artifacts which is why these items were not presented in the artifact section of Volo's Guide to all Things Magical. They are unique magical rings and a unique spellbook, nothing more. It would be difficult to bring them into a later edition of the game since each edition has steadily lost the richness and diversity of spells that these rings contained. At best one could create an altered simulacrum that really only shares the rings name rather than the abilities of the original rings and concepts, though I suspect one could get close with a few of the rings. The current edition does not resemble or function like the edition these rings were borne from, nor does it have the diversity. This makes it difficult to import some of the earlier edition magical items.
ORRRR we call call you Jorp ! Or even Jorph (Jorf), for short !
@user-bl5xe3ch4n
4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@unbreakablelag
4 жыл бұрын
I once convinced a group of children that there were 26 silent q’s in front of every word in the English language, and people just didn’t use them because it would take too much time.
@jokerswild469
4 жыл бұрын
I paused the video after that into for about 5 minutes to contemplate life
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
it's heavy man...
@tb4495
4 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing!
@darthludicrous99
4 жыл бұрын
Well don't contemplate for too long because the longer the Icon of Sin stays on Earth, the stronger it becomes!
@jrwise100
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid!
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@user-qy8kk8yx4q
4 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, you can find a ring like this in bg 1, right? I may be confused, but it seems to be one of them.
@NoZignature
4 жыл бұрын
I thought he had like a phd and wanted to flex it but "subtly"
@StevenMichaelCunningham
4 жыл бұрын
...........I have twenty appendages......twenty....*smiles knowingly*
@takarahayashi4124
4 жыл бұрын
if you parents didn't want you to be called Jorfden, they'd spell your name Jordan.
@psi9000
3 жыл бұрын
Takara Hayashi agreed
@TheShadowwalker007
2 жыл бұрын
But where did the “PH” come from or was just created for the first time in this use case?
@Eric-kb2xt
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the PH was silent to make a pun for PHD
@upsidely
4 жыл бұрын
And if all that crafting were done in 5e, he'd have had to have started as a small child and worked non-stop the rest of his life to craft like half of those rings XD
@tj1993rx7
3 жыл бұрын
I was always curious is that PH was a birth name or added later like many young people do to differentiate themselves. Regardless the videos are always entertaining! Thanks for posting another interesting video.
@Aven410
4 жыл бұрын
As the comedian Eddie Izzard said "I say HERBS and not 'ERBS, why? Because there's a Fu$%!# "H" in it!"
@specs6637
4 жыл бұрын
So I’m gonna he suing these in my next campaign
@jamesmiles6484
4 жыл бұрын
P.H.D. in esoteric D&D lore. #MysterySolved.
@AJPickett
4 жыл бұрын
Seriously considering naming a kitten whisper.
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a solid kitten name :D
@cassandramuller7337
4 жыл бұрын
The beginning is so funny to me. Many of the "silent letters" you mention aren't silent in German :P
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
Germany is leaps ahead of the United States ;)
@cassandramuller7337
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan Or behind. English once pronounced all these letters but stopped progressively during the Middle to Early Modern English period. In that sense we're probably behind but that does not necessarily have to be a bad thing :D
@haroldsandahl6408
4 жыл бұрын
Misunderstood. It's Jorphdan with the Jordan silent, right?
@vengeful_lowky653
4 жыл бұрын
I honestly thought it was just a cultural thing, i got a friend named john but its spelled jahn, and my kids named Alrik but its pronounced Allrik. just figured it was a cultural/regional way of its spelling.We learn something new every day (if its a good day) :)
@jamesallen7395
4 жыл бұрын
Oooookay I have some new campaign ideas!
@scottcampbell9515
4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was because you had a PHD. JorPHDan. *shrugs*
@ABeccaTag
2 жыл бұрын
Okay like I understand why the ph is silent what I don't understand is why who named you didn't spell it Jordan (as is the only spelling I've seen before you)...so you could get a keychain or something...
@pwftalkspodcast
4 жыл бұрын
The ph doesn't have to be silent. The j can be almost a y sound, if you go a Viking route with it. Lol.
@cliffhanger94
4 жыл бұрын
My name is Voldemort. My whole name is silent.
@Ulrican414
3 жыл бұрын
Oh Yorfdon you silly you.
@coreyburton8
4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was some kind of chemistry joke about acid /bases
@nightsky2165
4 жыл бұрын
Just starting your series, its gonna be a long road ahead
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome! Have fun! I'd recommend the playlists, they put the lore in a good order.
@Backup_Dice
4 жыл бұрын
Well I just got 5d10,000 ideas for my campaign. Thanks!!!
@savannahbrewer6161
4 жыл бұрын
any chance of a lore video on Icewind dale and the ten towns?
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
This is in the immediate future! Working on a few videos about the frozen north :D
@Natsirt666
4 жыл бұрын
that intro though, lmao
@Bracus_Jawn
3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the source for the image at 5:16? I just thought it was really cool and i cant find it anywhere else
@colinsmith1495
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome little tidbit of history there. I'd love to see it brought into a modern game. Too bad I'm playing Pathfinder right now.
@Kazini_
3 жыл бұрын
The ring of night.. gives night vision.
@beyonder5769
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have any info on the holy Avenger
@Zaknyfein
3 жыл бұрын
All you NEED to to is say my name is Jordan...That's all you have to do and we understand.
@wanderdragon1075
4 жыл бұрын
But why is there a ph?
@michaelwalsh6276
4 жыл бұрын
Wait. Why is there a ph in the first place?
@AryadiSubagio
4 жыл бұрын
after that intro, I really thought the mh in Mhzentul is silent
@Teekayhuey_TK
4 жыл бұрын
Jorphdan why would your parents do such a thing? Creating conversations of misunderstanding about the sound of your name. Imagine you in kinder garden telling the teacher how your name is writen for you get it right and being disregarded as wrong and laughed at in class.
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
kids can be so cruel
@NinjaDeviant
4 жыл бұрын
I mean, if you're of nordic descent it could be pronounced as (Yourfdan) since it seems like J's often get pronounced as Y's
@LifeEnemy
Жыл бұрын
Up vote for the intro haha! I always wonder :p
@dnemc5794
4 жыл бұрын
as a non-native speaker, when i was younger i was told my name is pronounced a-arrow. like a-aron. good thing i know more english than they do. haha.
@thomasgoldthorpe1158
4 жыл бұрын
The name Jordan already exists though. You can't arbitrarily add letters to words that already exist and then complain that people say it wrong. If your parents did this to you they stitched you up.
@VCNickels
4 жыл бұрын
So, I haven't *really* played much since 3rd-ish edition... Is there that much difference in the rules for stuff like this that you just can't drop an item in as originally written?
@justinlenk3455
2 жыл бұрын
Attunement is new, so consider whether it should be attuned or not.
@Tosolo-dh2co
4 жыл бұрын
And I always thought he said "The PH assailant"
@gaslited
4 жыл бұрын
You are better than every other lore KZitemr
@dsillajr
3 жыл бұрын
Hey all I am saying is if there aint no body, then there aint no body dead. #MhzentulLives A guy can have hopes right???
@triluve
Жыл бұрын
f-ckin binging these man...
@Scortch-lo3xy
4 жыл бұрын
cool
@NirousPlayers
4 жыл бұрын
In portuguese, pneumonia's p isn't silent, and it's really normal
@Jorphdan
4 жыл бұрын
America can learn from Portugal, in many many ways.
@NirousPlayers
4 жыл бұрын
No please, Portugal fucked Brazil in so many ways. They also speak funny (lmao). (I'm from Brazil. Brazil and Portugal speak diferent portuguese, but we can understand eachother)
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