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Re: What's in a name, anyway?
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Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:01:06 GMT
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If your looking for a northwestern european flavour then take a look at
http://www.prenticenet.com/news/2001/english_place_name_suffixes.htm
celtic, roman, saxon and viking name suffexes mix and match them or add them
to other appropriate words
by the way, the list is a bit misleading as most of the celtic words are
infact mainly used as prefixes
enjoy
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James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
#925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado
"Dave Amos" <davea21@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:Gs6A76.F5C@lugnet.com...
> Hello hello! Ive been thinking long and hard for medieval names for • towns,
> cities and villages. Unfortunately, I seem to be having
> city-name-writers-block! I tend to get some ideas from ancient Greece and
> Star Wars planet names, but those'll only carry someone so far. :)
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> Anyone want to suggest names that they particularly like but wouldnt mind
> putting into the public record? The more creative the better! I think • that
> names with a ' in it are interesting, such as Blut'ader (I think I spelled
> it correctly!) But I also like the flow of more traditional names. What • do
> others think about this subject? Where do you all get your inspirations?
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> Cheers,
> Dave
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| (...) Hmm. That's a good list. Living in New England, and having used the suffix "Ham" for at least one of my villages, I often wondered what that actually meant... I see it in the Saxon section as meaning "village"... Back to Dave's question about (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| Hello hello! Ive been thinking long and hard for medieval names for towns, cities and villages. Unfortunately, I seem to be having city-name-writers-block! I tend to get some ideas from ancient Greece and Star Wars planet names, but those'll only (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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