Hello Fatimus
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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.
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Excellent idea. I wholeheartedly support you!
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a) Not including 'Dwarves' 'Ogres' 'Orcs' 'Elves' or any other overused mythological creature and
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Make sure that you don't end up with dwarves etc by a different name. It would be a bit of a damp squib if Gnovegar's were diminuitive, bearded tunnellers with a liking for gold and strong ale and a distrust of the fey, harp-playing, pointy-eared forest children that are the Selvadok.....
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b) Using easy to say, original proper nouns.
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Also excellent. Remember that names are actually very easy to pronounce and are frequently shortened (Bill for William and so on), even if they look a bit of a mouthful when spelt out (Mhairi is much easier to say than to read).
Sounds a bit like gnome. Make sure these aren't the little tunnellers.....
Sounds like Uruk and Orc combined. Don't let these be the bad guys!
Regards and good luck!
Peter