Exian or Tech?
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 9, 2002, 7:53 |
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--- Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Danny Wier wrote:
> > The elf language Exian (or maybe I'll go back to
> > calling it Tech; whaddya'll prefer?)
>
> Prefer Tech. The name Exian is to remicent of
> Ecksian (mock-australian from Pratchett's _The Last
> Continent_), and looks too much like a play on
> unknown-ese (unless that's a desired effect).
I'm not quite sure. "Tech" does not exactly sound like
the name of an elf language, but rather like the
"metallic" language of a bunch of mindless killer
bots. I'm not saying that a beautiful language (which
is definitely the case here) must necessarily have a
beautiful name, but if you want the name to cover its
load somehow, I believe "Exian" would fit better.
Jan
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happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
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Michael Straczynski
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