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Old 28th April 2008, 06:28 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Stumbling Blocks

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Originally Posted by Overread View Post
I think you have to remember that in a good world names are not just plucked out of the sky - you have to not only get the names on people in one country having similar sources and sounds, but also to have a difference where there are nations with considerable differences in society and language -
Now if we were all involved in historical drama or contempory fiction I would tend to agree. However, I thoght we were into SFF so Blodwoek of Scunthorp or Pippleferry Smythe seems fine to me.

Ok we have to keep it sensable to some extent so perhaps they are a bit extreme.
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