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Name Mangle-ation

From:Anthony M. Miles <theophilus88@...>
Date:Saturday, October 14, 2000, 0:40
> > I felt bored and wanted to mangle-ate names.... > >Neat! Let me try:
Here's my contribution. Note the names are borrowed twice as foreign names, not inherited from EL.
> > Yoon Ha Lee =
EL: yu'n ha li' CL: yu'n a li' (hope you don't mind sounding inanimate - I'm a sure yu'nali' is something good)
> > Christophe Grandsire
(using French pronunciation of Grandsire) EL: karistoprakhe gara'zir CL: kristokhe gra'zir (< obs. Loc sg kristop)
> > Sally Caves
EL: zali' keiz CL: sali' keiz
> > Dan Sulani
EL/CL: dan su'lani'
> > Dan Seriff
EL: dan zeriba (Dan at-the-Zeri)
> > Dirk Elzinga
EL: darkhe alazi'na CL: darkh alzi'na
> > Taliesin
EL: tali'e'zin CL: tali'e'sin
> > Marcus Smith
EL: maratuz (from 'I begin to sand with a purpose in mind';)) zimiz CL: maratus simis
> > Jonathan Chang
EL: zanazan zen CL: zanasan sen (a Maradic merchant's name, perhaps - it sounds like their "horrible, hissing language" (Voyages of the Admiral, Book Sixteen)
> > Nicole Perrin
EL/CL: niko'l perin (or peru'n 'name') CL: niko'l perin (or peru'en) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.