Re: OT: semi-OT: names
| From: | Aidan Grey <grey@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 26, 2002, 21:18 |
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At 12:45 PM 3/26/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>All right, this may seem like an odd question, but in your conlangs, do
>you make personal and place names fit your conlang, or do you leave them
>as is? If you do, what's your name and location in your conlang? (Yes, I'm
>quite aware this is a useless time-waster, but I'm curious. If you really
>don’t give a damn, just ingor it… ;) )
>In my conlang, for example, I'd be Jana Noyeli Morisá*, and I live in Lasi
>Yegase, Neyada.
Taalennin: I'd be Tano Leithe in Seiyath, Mass.
tano: tan 'fire' + -o masc. suffix (< OI aod -a/n)
leithe: gen. sg. of leth 'gray, ashes'
seiyath: sei 'chant' + yath 'bridge', from a bad analysis of Cambridge
as cantobrigia, singing bridge.
mass < massachusetts, since I have no idea what it means.
Aidan
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