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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:48 pm
by Prince Imdol
footsteps wrote: For the general idea of naming conventions for your story, pick a language (LOTR "elvish" was based loosely on Finnish) and use that to influence your choices.

Alan
Actually I think it was based mostly on welsh. Aragorn or Arowen, have much welsh influence.


P.I

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:28 am
by Maedhros
Prince Imdol wrote:
footsteps wrote: For the general idea of naming conventions for your story, pick a language (LOTR "elvish" was based loosely on Finnish) and use that to influence your choices.

Alan
Actually I think it was based mostly on welsh. Aragorn or Arowen, have much welsh influence.


P.I
That depends on which language. Sindarin clearly has a Welsh feel yes while Quenya is clearly based on Finnish (and Telerin for example is by some believed to have an Italian flavour).

Anyway, I will echo Footstep´s suggestion to "make up" a lanugage of your own (it needn´t be very advanced).

And if you want to lose the Tolkien connection you should probably change names as Cair Ithiln and Cair Amroth as well.....

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:34 am
by Prince Imdol
Maedhros wrote: That depends on which language. Sindarin clearly has a Welsh feel yes while Quenya is clearly based on Finnish (and Telerin for example is by some believed to have an Italian flavor).

Anyway, I will echo Footstep´s suggestion to "make up" a language of your own (it needn´t be very advanced).

And if you want to lose the Tolkien connection you should probably change names as Cair Ithiln and Cair Amroth as well.....

I have actually. It is mentioned in the Prolouge, which will be up in a few days. It has a couple of verbs, and some good words. This was maid up what the story was just a starter.
I have already lost both of those two towers, but Cair, in welsh means castle. I don't want to loose Tolkien, I just wanted to change my name.
Laso, you right about which form of elvish you mean. What I am referring to is the most common one, mentioned in the silmarrilion, movie, and the series.


P.I

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:45 am
by Maedhros
Prince Imdol wrote:
Maedhros wrote: That depends on which language. Sindarin clearly has a Welsh feel yes while Quenya is clearly based on Finnish (and Telerin for example is by some believed to have an Italian flavor).

Anyway, I will echo Footstep´s suggestion to "make up" a language of your own (it needn´t be very advanced).

And if you want to lose the Tolkien connection you should probably change names as Cair Ithiln and Cair Amroth as well.....

I have actually. It is mentioned in the Prolouge, which will be up in a few days. It has a couple of verbs, and some good words. This was maid up what the story was just a starter.
I have already lost both of those two towers, but Cair, in welsh means castle. I don't want to loose Tolkien, I just wanted to change my name.
Laso, you right about which form of elvish you mean. What I am referring to is the most common one, mentioned in the silmarrilion, movie, and the series.


P.I
Quenya is about as common in the books as Sindarin is... in fact most longer quotes and poems are in Quenya (Namárië comes to mind...)

Most place-names are in Sindarin though.... (But Quenya is the most well-developed and known of the two)

EDIT: Not that it matters but castle in Welsh is spelt Caer..... ;)

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:17 am
by Lawkeeper
Spongey wrote:Good luck on your quest to get this published. I think that it's a great story. By the way, I voted for Venaria, because it sounds like a very mythical name, perfect for a vast country.
I agree, Venaria is a good name.

Lawkeeper

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:34 pm
by Prince Imdol
Please do not bring up old topics, than post a two word post about it. This was already ended a long time wit the name Monarth.
Please do not do it, as it is anoying and a cheat to get posts.
I do not mean to be mean. Every new person does it, and so did I.


P.I

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:40 pm
by DNL
Prince Imdol wrote:Please do not bring up old topics, than post a two word post about it. This was already ended a long time wit the name Monarth.
Please do not do it, as it is anoying and a cheat to get posts.
I do not mean to be mean. Every new person does it, and so did I.


P.I
cheat? it is not a game to get the highest post count! :wink:
but i agree with you.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:32 pm
by Prince Imdol
DNL wrote:
cheat? it is not a game to get the highest post count! :wink:
but i agree with you.
Heh, I am just saying what somebody told me when I did that.

P.I

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:23 pm
by Emp.Justinian
When I wanted a name to use for a story I picked a name of one of the seraphim in madlen Le'ngal's many waters. The names are exotic enough to use as the names of people from other worlds, or the names of countries as the case may be, but come of the toung fairly easily. They also sound nice to the ear, and not like a climbing plant, of dangerous form of bacteria.

God speed

Emp.Justinian

Re: My Quest is done!

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:57 am
by TheOrk
Prince Imdol wrote:I have picked the name. (Kind of unexpected) but I thought about it and I am saying Monarth is the best. I guess my site will be www.monarth.net.
I did like Kydon and Venaria a lot, so I will use them as other kingdom names in the story.
Thanks for all of your help.
Good choice P.I!

That's the one that I would have picked. It has a nice regal feel to it. The others are good too, but not as good.