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Post by Darth Fingon on Jan 10, 2009 17:51:53 GMT -6
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Post by crowdaughter on Jan 11, 2009 18:20:33 GMT -6
It works beautifully, for me. I am probably about to use it shamelessly for my story - although I fear I have to learn more about the rules how to combine these syllabes. For example, if you would create a name that means "deer track", would you put the deer part at the start or at the end? Same question for sea bird, and so on. In Sindarin, which part needs to go where?
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Post by Darth Fingon on Jan 11, 2009 20:48:53 GMT -6
It works beautifully, for me. I am probably about to use it shamelessly for my story - although I fear I have to learn more about the rules how to combine these syllabes. For example, if you would create a name that means "deer track", would you put the deer part at the start or at the end? Same question for sea bird, and so on. In Sindarin, which part needs to go where? For both of those examples, you'd put them together as you would in English: deer then track and sea then bird. However, if the two words sound terrible together in that order, it is possible to switch them. |
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Post by pandemonium on Jan 12, 2009 17:18:27 GMT -6
As a diehard experimentalist, I tried to break it. When I chose something I was sure would incite the wrath of Pixellated Fëanor™, I was taken aback when the nodding master smith* told me that with "Agaragar," I had chosen wisely. Heh. An elf named after a gelatinous substance derived from seaweed. ;D
It's a nifty device. Hats off to the elvesesses who constructed this!
*I'm fascinated by Pixellated Fëanor's animation. I'm trying to decide if he's actively thinking, laughing at the thought of us mere mortals attempting to name an elf, or having trouble with a morning constitutional.
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Post by Darth Fingon on Jan 13, 2009 9:01:09 GMT -6
As a diehard experimentalist, I tried to break it. When I chose something I was sure would incite the wrath of Pixellated Fëanor™, I was taken aback when the nodding master smith* told me that with "Agaragar," I had chosen wisely. Heh. An elf named after a gelatinous substance derived from seaweed. ;D There is nothing wrong with seaweed. Actually, it's far harder to get an impossible combination here than with the QuenGen. You'll get a lot of stuff that sounds stupid, but since it'll technically be a valid combination, Feanor will do nothing but pat you on the head and give you a gold star. He's meant to be laughing, but he could also be sobbing. Or trying not to vomit. All three are equally valid responses to silly mortals trying to make Elf names. |
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Post by Darth Fingon on Oct 26, 2009 8:58:06 GMT -6
Dear internet-using public,
If you're going to send me a long email about how
a) my Sindarin name generator is not helpful because you think I should spend more time explaining that some male names might sound feminine (I thought I covered this), and
b) all names must always follow the format of adjective-noun, so therefore my instruction to change the word order if things sound ridiculous is wrong (never mind that noun-adjective names do exist, not to mention the numerous noun-noun names like Elrond),
please do not then attach a request for me to send you a long list of possible names for your OC so you can choose the best-sounding one because you are too lazy to use the 'random' function on your own.
Seriously, what the hell?
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Post by jael on Oct 26, 2009 11:28:03 GMT -6
Has that been put forth elsewhere as a definitive Sindarin rule? Are we dealing with some fanon here? I just reversed the order of the two name elements -- simply to make the name less obvious.
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Post by Darth Fingon on Oct 26, 2009 11:44:12 GMT -6
Has that been put forth elsewhere as a definitive Sindarin rule? Are we dealing with some fanon here? I just reversed the order of the two name elements -- simply to make the name less obvious. When a name contains an adjective and a noun, it usually does follow the form of adjective-noun (Haldir, Caranthir, Celeborn, Legolas, etc.). But this isn't an absolute rule. Lasgalen, Arveleg, and Orodruin, for example, are noun-adjective, as are Gondolin and Faelivren (sort of; they are noun-descriptor functioning as an adjective). Names following this pattern are less common, but not impossible. |
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Post by surgicalsteel on Oct 26, 2009 16:18:17 GMT -6
Darth, I'm only shaking my head and laughing because this so reminds me of a patient interaction I had earlier this afternoon and which has led me to crack open a bottle of wine.
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