Overlord - Vol. 17 Ch. 69

[MangaDex]

 

[Quarnozian]

" They said there were about a total of six different coats of arms. "
" SIX?! " - " Isn't that 1 and a half more than last year? "

English is terrible.

1.5 more than last year means you take last year's amount, then add 1.5 times as much.
So if they had 2 coats of arms last year, the math becomes 2 + ( 2 x 1.5 ) = 5 coats of arms.
If they had 3 coats of arms, then it's 3 + ( 3 x 1.5 ) = 7.5 coats of arms.

What you want to say is either, "50% more than last year." or "1 and a half as much as last year."
Then if you turn the sentence into math it's either 4 + ( 4 x 50% ) = 6 or 4 x 1.5 = 6

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The reason I say English is terrible... is because a significant amount of native English speakers (at least in america) will make the exact same mistake. Since the people speaking are nobles I assume they would be smarter than me, and therefore would not make this mistake.

 

[Varpie]

English is terrible.

1.5 more than last year means you take last year's amount, then add 1.5 times as much.
So if they had 2 coats of arms last year, the math becomes 2 + ( 2 x 1.5 ) = 5 coats of arms.
If they had 3 coats of arms, then it's 3 + ( 3 x 1.5 ) = 7.5 coats of arms.

What you want to say is either, "50% more than last year." or "1 and a half as much as last year."
Then if you turn the sentence into math it's either 4 + ( 4 x 50% ) = 6 or 4 x 1.5 = 6

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The reason I say English is terrible... is because a significant amount of native English speakers (at least in america) will make the exact same mistake. Since the people speaking are nobles I assume they would be smarter than me, and therefore would not make this mistake.

Actually, 1 and a half more would mean that there was 6-1.5 = 4.5, what you are describing is 1 and a half times more.

 

[Sarikitty]

Actually, 1 and a half more would mean that there was 6-1.5 = 4.5, what you are describing is 1 and a half times more.

I came here to comment on both of these things. As written, some incompetent herald was carrying around half of a crest of arms.

 

[Sarikitty]

Since the people speaking are nobles I assume they would be smarter than me, and therefore would not make this mistake.

Critical distinction there - they are better educated than peasants of their time, not necessarily smarter. Their education probably also pales in comparison to a modern level. They'd still have certainly received elocution training and shouldn't be making this sort of mistake, but it's not inherently a mark of intellect.

 

[Sarikitty]

I'll always be miffed that Brain was named Brain via Word of God instead of the much more sane (and equally valid) transliteration of the kana Blaine.

 

[Grimmycoffee]

Probably should've at least try to talk things out with Ainz before going to war, or at the very least try to find out who Ainz actually is.

 

[Quarnozian]

Actually, 1 and a half more would mean that there was 6-1.5 = 4.5, what you are describing is 1 and a half times more.

I came here to comment on both of these things. As written, some incompetent herald was carrying around half of a crest of arms.

😑 It's a little ambiguous. The wording could mean there's 1.5 more "crests" than last year, or there's 1.5 more "army" than last year. Because of context, I chose to interpret it as 1.5 more army.

They'd still have certainly received elocution training and shouldn't be making this sort of mistake

Yeah, that's specifically what I'm talking about.

 

[cksn]

this is why hereditary government is best. it's nice to see a manga take aristocracy seriously. the bar is pretty low.

 

[InsaneAwesomeTony]

Nice~