Subject: Re: names
From: Ville V Sinkko (vsinkko@cc.helsinki.fi)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 18:41:08 EET
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Jonathan Koehn (Eleril) wrote: > k can someone make a random name generator for monster names with meaning in > majik language 'majik language'? Please clarify. Is there to be a common language in the world? The technique I utilize in naming eg. monsters of Nin-Calaris is to first think up an English name which represents what kind of a monster would ancient people have thought it to be when they first encountered it. Then, if needed, I devise some imaginary words which aesthetically resemble the language (that is to say, other imaginary words I have devised earlier) of the local people. The words thus create their own meaning. An example: One of the natural creatures I have so far created for Nin-Calaris is a pale bone-white nocturnal quadrupedal lizard. It is on average five feet long (not counting the tail), and lives in burrowed tunnel networks in the moors of central N.-C. When I thought of a name for this creature, I thought of its appearance. It digs holes to live in and its scales are a deathly pale white. Thinking of what people might think when they see one, I dubbed it 'ghost mole'. (the name in the local language for the thing is 'wannoo' but it could be anything) -- 65 Zn 30
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