tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post2499965937490677780..comments2024-03-28T05:59:52.454-07:00Comments on TalkToYoUniverse: Does your world/universe use names?Juliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-23877419026550910172008-07-24T15:52:00.000-07:002008-07-24T15:52:00.000-07:00Another option is to skip all of the phonology and...Another option is to skip all of the phonology and pick names for things that have value or meaning to the culture. For example, name a female "Knife's Edge" while naming a male "Rose Petal" You can get even fancier with longer phrases or metaphors like "The-Wave-that-Washes-Slime-Upon-The-Beech (The Wave for short).<BR/><BR/>Even fancier, you can break the names up into words and phrases that have cultural meaning for one culture and try to develop a phonology for another cultural group: "He-who-belches-fire, meet Dzardziids."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06108862144262381587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-17275875503788265752008-07-24T08:15:00.000-07:002008-07-24T08:15:00.000-07:00Great new blog! I don't comment on blogs as much a...Great new blog! I don't comment on blogs as much as I read them, but I will be stopping by.<BR/><BR/>~E ThomasUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255348354418763730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-62453785451249465432008-07-23T19:54:00.000-07:002008-07-23T19:54:00.000-07:00Greg, if you were as talkative here as at Analog, ...Greg, if you were as talkative here as at Analog, I'd be awfully busy! It's great to have you stop by and I hope to see you again. Suggest some topics! I'll try to remember some of the things you were talking about in your universe, hmmm...Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-27610000397218529452008-07-23T19:40:00.000-07:002008-07-23T19:40:00.000-07:00Hey, Juliette! Wonderful blog and wonderful subjec...Hey, Juliette! Wonderful blog and wonderful subject. I can't promise I'll be as talkative here as I am at Analog, but I can promise I'll drop by and say "Hey!" from time to time.fotsgreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601175444062043575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-4257128564888625522008-07-23T17:22:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:22:00.000-07:00Hey Juliette! I've got you bookmarked now, muahaha...Hey Juliette! <BR/><BR/>I've got you bookmarked now, muahaha! ;)Erin Cashierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914789475691804895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-5244759799247833882008-07-23T17:02:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:02:00.000-07:00Hey, John, thanks for sharing your story. Your de...Hey, John, thanks for sharing your story. Your description makes me curious whether the two different worlds were aware of one another and able to communicate. But that's probably central to the story...Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-32434805267422766742008-07-23T17:00:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:00:00.000-07:00Jamie, you won a big smile from me! Thanks for sto...Jamie, you won a big smile from me! Thanks for stopping by. Using Earth languages as a basis for names is a really great way to start, particularly when you don't want to go to the trouble of creating a brand new sound system yourself! I should check out Brandon Sanderson's use of names.Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-15521300328298143212008-07-23T16:20:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:20:00.000-07:00I have developed two worlds, or more correctly, a ...I have developed two worlds, or more correctly, a small part of a solar system in viewable distance from a horseshoe nebula. It took some time to develop these two cultures that were evolving on sister planets. <BR/><BR/>Naturally, they were humanoid and naturally they evolved from some form of mammal. <BR/><BR/>It was the evolution that was time consuming but well worth it in the end. I can appreciate your fondness of language. I do like to play with names and as such it has formed a major role in one of the two cultures history and social environment.<BR/><BR/>How's that for important?Zoidmagnitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351711094558704805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320269312957801390.post-60772878292532199032008-07-23T15:50:00.000-07:002008-07-23T15:50:00.000-07:00Hi..am I the first to post? Do I win a prize??I ca...Hi..am I the first to post? Do I win a prize??<BR/><BR/>I can't remember where I read it--I think it was an interview with Brandon Sanderson. He mentioned creating names by appropriating various Earth-bound cultures. So if he were naming a mythic race, he might base their names on Brazilians, or Fijians, or Belgians, etc...tweaking the names that all come from a common root.<BR/><BR/>I thought that was interesting and had a strange synergistic logic to it.Jamie Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11598784016743700502noreply@blogger.com