Re: [wolfrunners] Languages & SF/F (fwd)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Also, the advice I've heard given for made-up names is: if it fulfills
>the same ecological/cultural function as Earth creature X, for pity's
>sake *call* it that.
Don't cultures on earth that encounter new ecosystems do the same thing? I
recall hearing that the reason a native plant called "manzanita"
(Arctostaphylos) was named that, was because the berries reminded the
Spanish of small apples. There's also a pronghorn antelope that isnt
really an antelope, but resembles one.

of course........i may be wrong :)

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