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2012/11/24 17:13:42
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
West Midlands (UK)
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Istvaan or Isstvan?
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2012/11/24 19:33:49
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
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I've always seen it spelled Istvaan; what's with the 'special snowflake' poll answer?
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2012/11/24 19:36:44
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Roaring Reaver Rider
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What the guy above me said.
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2012/11/24 20:11:46
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Wicked Warp Spider
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 AnomanderRake wrote:I've always seen it spelled Istvaan; what's with the 'special snowflake' poll answer?
Isn't it one of those "I don't care" answers written in a... um, unique way?
I've always spelt it Istvaan
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LoneLictor on thread about an ork choking the Emperor:
 LoneLictor wrote:I like to imagine the Emperor kills so many Orks that he ends up half buried beneath a pile of corpses, with only his head sticking out. A lone grot stumbles across him, and starts choking him.
Then Horus comes across the lone grot, somehow managing to kill the Emperor, and punts it into space.
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2012/11/24 20:12:09
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Making Stuff
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2012/11/25 02:48:17
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Dangerous Skeleton Champion
California
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It is a special snowflake because they are both right depending on what planet in the Istvaan system you are talking about.
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2012/11/25 11:43:39
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
West Midlands (UK)
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 Stonerhino wrote:It is a special snowflake because they are both right depending on what planet in the Istvaan system you are talking about.
Really? Ok. Must have missed that. Care to elaborate?
AnomanderRake wrote:I've always seen it spelled Istvaan; what's with the 'special snowflake' poll answer?
What I thought too. But than I saw some BL stuff spell it Isstvan ( http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/deliverance-lost.html)
Lexicanum.com (I know, not official, etc., etc..) also seems to prefer Isstvan ( http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Isstvan_system#.ULIFKYc3ZqF)
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2012/11/25 11:49:55
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Powerful Pegasus Knight
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I believe it should be Istvaan but there are litterings of it being referred to as Isstvan throughout GW literature. Including in the HH series.
...as for Lexicanum on the Isstvan V page (which redirects from Istvaan V) it says the two names are alternative spelling and cites a reference to this in the second 3rd ed CSM codex, page 5. I don't have the book to check this but from the sheer amount of times the different spellings appear in official background it would appear the two are interchangeable and both are correct.
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2012/11/25 20:15:07
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Dangerous Skeleton Champion
California
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 Zweischneid wrote: Stonerhino wrote:It is a special snowflake because they are both right depending on what planet in the Istvaan system you are talking about.
Really? Ok. Must have missed that. Care to elaborate?
Ya its the Istvaan system but Isstvan III and Isstvan V, for example.
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2012/11/26 01:19:42
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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In 1989's Space Marine, it was Isstvan.
Over time, it has changed to Istvaan. I guess, technically both would be correct, and you get to determine what is more correct. The original spelling (Isstvan) or the current, common usage spelling (Istvaan).
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2012/11/26 01:21:09
Subject: Istvaan or Isstvan?
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Dangerous Skeleton Champion
California
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The Horus Heresy Book 1 Betrayal has it as "Isstvan III".
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