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lin robinson · 24th September 2007, 05:38 AM

If I were you I would avoid the sources all the other fantasy writers use. Try looking up foreign words for "birds" or "wings". The Spanish "alados", for instance. Or the French aile or oiseau. (Note the word aileron came from that, not Latin) The german Flugel or luft are interesting.

Or just spring for a name of your own. If a people have wings, do they consider so weird they call themselves after somebody else's word for it?

24th September 2007, 05:38 AM	#19 (permalink)
lin robinson Science fiction fantasy Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SOUTH AMERICA Posts: 485	Re: Need name suggestion for a Winged Human(oid) race If I were you I would avoid the sources all the other fantasy writers use. Try looking up foreign words for "birds" or "wings". The Spanish "alados", for instance. Or the French aile or oiseau. (Note the word aileron came from that, not Latin) The german Flugel or luft are interesting. Or just spring for a name of your own. If a people have wings, do they consider so weird they call themselves after somebody else's word for it?