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On naming epic fantasies
Aug. 16th, 2012 08:15 amWe can't all be Tolkien. I haven't studied any language sufficiently well to go lalala constructed language! Another constructed language! And one over here! Tada, worldbuilding! I mean, I could try, but it would be awful. That doesn't put enough people off. But I think made up words detract from most worlds rather than add to them.
So, naming gets to be a bit of a bugger. Because any name, for anything or anyone, carries a whole history of language around with it. ( Read more... )
Every name has a history and a geography and a set of connotations, unless I throw syllables at a page and pick what I can pronounce.
Some people just use the first name that comes into their heads.
How?
Also, my first occurring name would invariably reveal my sources, and unless I mark it as AU fic (where it would always be BAD AU fic) I probably don't want to do that.
So, naming gets to be a bit of a bugger. Because any name, for anything or anyone, carries a whole history of language around with it. ( Read more... )
Every name has a history and a geography and a set of connotations, unless I throw syllables at a page and pick what I can pronounce.
Some people just use the first name that comes into their heads.
How?
Also, my first occurring name would invariably reveal my sources, and unless I mark it as AU fic (where it would always be BAD AU fic) I probably don't want to do that.