Re: OT: semi-OT: names

Well, Madzhi would render my name as [vr&nk dZordZ valotsi] if we take the
English form, [vErEnts d_j2rd_j valotsi] if we use the Hungarian form.
And, the city where I live would be called [v&nkuv@r], though the capital
city of the Madzhi Empire is located in the same place as Vancouver is
here, and it is called Sk'ekhmish [sk'ExmiS] (from Salish "Skw7xw7mesh"
[sk_w?x_w?mES]).

Madzhi personal names that I know of include [vajk], [kaban] and [arbud].
Surnames as we know them do not exist; the Madzhi use patronymics, for
example, Kaban, the son of Vajk would be Kaban Vajkov; Arbud, son of Kaban
would be Arbud Kabanov. The extended form of Arbud's name would be Arbud
Kabanov Vajkovov, indicating the grandfather's name.

Place names in the Madzhi Empire are derived from local aboriginal names,
like Sk'ekhmish mentioned above. Noelle: Las Vegas lies about 20 miles
from the Madzhi-Mejican border, in the United States of Mejico. (The four
majour countries in North America *there* are the Madzhi Empire, the
United States of Mejico, the United States of America and Quebec.)

---ferko

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Aquamarine Demon 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.
>
> *the last letter in Morisá is an a w/an acute accent.
>
> Noelle
>
>
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