SR - Some Thoughts on Names

[maddie teller-kook]

I think that is an excellent idea. We might also want to include the topography
and maybe the plant life we have around us as well... Or any other outstanding
natural features of the region.  just a thought.

Meadhbh

Martin, Brian wrote:

>         Greetings all,
>
>         While plying my way through this thread on names, one thing
> continuously: the vast majority of these suggested names do not, in my
> opinion, sound like actual place names. I mean think about it; real
> place names tend to be somewhat descriptive either of the land or its
> people. You find lots of place names for cities and towns that basically
> mean a good place to cross a river, such as Stamford, or describe the
> area like Campo di Fiori (field of flowers). National or regional names
> very often (most often?) describe the people who live there; England,
> France, Gascony, Germany are all examples of this. All of those names
> basically mean "land of the Angles" in England's case, and so on.
>
>         So following this logic, have we thought about names that
> basically mean "Land of the Southerners" or something along those lines?
> Perhaps we could try to translate "Land of the Southerners" or "Southern
> Land" or some other variation into medieval French, middle or old
> English, Occitan, German and a few other languages and see if any of
> them sound good. Maybe, just maybe, one or two of these names will sound
> like real place names. What the heck, its worth a try, right?
>
>         Pendaran
>
>
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