Re: WoW lang.

Den 28. des. 2006 kl. 13.16 skrev Benct Philip Jonsson:
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> A somewhat intelligent random generator -- i.e. one with
> graphotactic rules built into it -- is in a way pretty
> impressive in the context; if you don't have the time or
> inclination to create an entire lang(*) such a generator is
> in fact the best substitute, or at least a world better than
> completely random letters. Then again the next level of
> sophistication would be different graphotactic rules ==
> different 'languages' for different peoples.
By randomly picking syllables you can construct fairly plausible
names. Once when I had a lot of spare time, I toyed with a game where
I picked names for my characters by omitting various parts of the
alphabet for the various races. For example, if I remember right,
gnomes had only round vowels and no liquids, elves had only front
vowels and no stops, trolls had only one vowel: o. It was fun and
gave each a distinct flavour. I sometimes long for that phase of very
much spare time to come back, but with more money...

LEF

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