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Old 7th August 2007, 02:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
Fatimus
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Original, pronounceable names.

I was reading [insert contemporary fantasy book] today and realized that a lot of the stuff in it was taken straight from Arda and given a different name, usually terrible difficult-to-pronounce names. So I set myself a goal: I'm going to write a fantasy book that breaks convention by.

a) Not including 'Dwarves' 'Ogres' 'Orcs' 'Elves' or any other overused mythological creature and

b) Using easy to say, original proper nouns.

So here are some of my names, and I'd like you to rate them for me and criticize me.

(Pay no attention to syllable repetition, the language is based strongly in morphology)

Races
Gnovegar
Urkar
Hitedok
Selvadok
Leystom
Synstom
Stomen

Names
Motuveo
Leyfinitas
Terorbis
Verkid
Dellombro
Nortim
Neth
Teech
Sworm

Primal 'Elements'
Del
Syn
Ley

Other 'Elements'
Mar
Lam
Fon
Tra
Adu

(If you're a Chinese philosophy buff and are aware the 'Elements' are listed in order of creation have a go at guessing what each syllable represents)
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