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Thread: Star Wars Names: The Name Doctor is IN!
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Lot Ettaw-red Twi'lek entertainer/fencer
Oovik-blueRodian doctor
Riis wrote:Arutha ConDoin
Sorry, no full meal deal here either, and I wish I had time to, but some of us work for a living, like you and me.
Quite the cultural globetrotter there, eh? Indian AND Celtic! Well, your secret is safe with me and whoever reads this thread, but you should know the construction is conDoin. I'll leave it an exercise for the reader to find out why.
This all being said, if you are not a name specialist like myself, you may find that folks like your name. Starting with the A vowel and a trill is not a bad way to go. Westerners like us find that very soothing. Psychologically, it likely has something to do with the pedigree of our languages and cultures stretching back to those crazy Proto-Indo Europeans.
I took the time to point this out in hopes others can see this. While your name is firmly rooted in Earth cultures, you picked a good first one to sound nice in our ears.
RbT
This is also taken from a series of fantasy novels - The Rift War Saga
An Excellent series if your into that genre - but sort of takes it away from the whole SWG feel.
Riis wrote:
Canon, however is strictly reserved for the movies themselves, not the books, or audiobooks, or video games, or action figures.
Canon -does-, however, include the radio plays...
Trof is the opposite of Tron. Tron=Trace on Trof=Trace off, (actually, it is troff but I took poetic license).
how about
Jamoan- Twi lek tailor and Tera Kasi Artist
its pronounced ja-moan by the way
hijack again =) about Koniac Opiflex... no matter how many people from this game comes from Anarchy Online (where a breed's name is Opifex), the word Opifex means artisan in latin... perhaps his 'last name' is added in respect to his lineage as a fine craftsman? 
opifex -ficis c. [latin]
[a maker , framer; a workman, artisan].
Riis wrote:
Ok, back on page 23:
Ghoti
This is a famous joke. I recommend everyone gosearch the web or somethingand find out the joke, because to a student of language like myself it is very funny. I am serious. Obviously, since I am on to it (I've been telling the ghoti joke since I was like nine), I have to say no.
RbT
you mean this? taken from http://www.3dham.com/ghoti.html
GHOTI DOES NOT SPELL FISH!
gh cannot have an "F" sound at the beginning of a word (give just one example)
ti cannot have an "SH" sound at the end of a word (give just one example)
It is true that GH can have an "ef" sound at the end of a word as in "rough" ,"cough" ,"laugh", etc. GH can also have an "ef" sound in the middle of a word as in "roughage" and "laughing". However, GH never has an "ef" sound at the beginning of a word. It cannot be used that way. It is always preceded by a vowel!
Though there are few examples, o can have an "i" sound as in "women".
TI, on the other hand, cannot be used at the end of a word. It must be followed by a vowel! In fact, it isn't actually "ti" that has the sh sound, it is the combination of i and another vowel, the "t" is actually almost silent as in the common construction "tion". So you see, ti alone doesn't have an "sh" sound it is the combination of t, i, and another vowel (usually o) that has an sh sound and it must be followed by at least one more letter.
People don't think of "fish" when they see "ghoti" because "gh" and "ti" are never used that way!
In short, even in the world of irregular English spelling, you cannot spell fish "ghoti" any more than you can spell it "OLJHGOIUZXX". The latter makes just as much sense as the former.
You could spell fish "phoche" (PHoto wOmen quiCHE), but why would you want to?
My character's name is simply Akana, she is a humanMaster Entertainer/ novice CH/ novice rifleman.
"Sure, they say music soothes the savage beast, butI find a good blaster rifle works much better."
Thanks so much, name doc! Glad to hear I passed, took me a while to come up with a name thatI didn't hate. I patched it together from pieces from the random name generator. =)
You asked about a last name. On Tarquinas, I don't have a last name, however, I recently created a character on Starsider and since both my Tarq husband and I now have characters on Starsider, I was honored to take his name at that character creation. The ring, I hope, will be coming forthwith. If he knows what's good for him.
So, my Starsider name is: Keiyla Lileikis.
And, by the way,I DID look up badger mushroom...and all i can really say is...SNAKE!
Now excuse me while I go jump off my balcony.