Speel in

Speel in is a colloquial verb phrase used extramuros for partaking in moving-picture media on a speely device. In conversation with an artisan from outside the walls, the term is proposed as a simple way for those in the math to learn about life beyond the walls: “why don’t you just speel in?”

Meaning and Usage

• “To speel in” means to watch or access moving-picture content using a speely. It is part of everyday extramuros praxis.
• Before being Collected, some use the phrase “cruise the speely” for the same activity. Usage varies over time and community.
• Avout describe this generally as “moving pictures,” reflecting their more formal Praxic Orth vocabulary.

Related Devices and Terms

• Speely: a device used to view moving-picture content.
• Speelycaptor: a handheld device used to record moving pictures. An artisan sought to use one to capture a formal observance within the math, subject to rules.
• Farspark: an older format/technology mentioned by avout and extramuros artisans. Content from Farspark is not directly playable on a speely without conversion, indicating it is distinct from speely media.

Cultural Context

• Within the math, the Cartasian Discipline limits media to chalk, ink, and stone; avout generally do not possess speely devices.
• Some avout prefer human-mediated accounts over raw moving-picture capture, valuing interpretation into words rather than uncurated imagery.

First Noted Usage In-Text

• The phrase is first brought up during an exchange between an avout scholar and an extramuros artisan working in the New Library. The artisan suggests “speeling in” as a way to observe extramuros life, prompting discussion of devices, terminology, and the constraints observed inside the math.

Status

• Common term and practice extramuros; uncommon and generally proscribed within the math except under regulated circumstances.