Re: Universe names, was Re: Kalieda climate

Padraic Brown wrote:
> >
> > >Speaking of which, I really should think up something brainier than
> > >"Tairezazh Universe" to refer to the relevant coniverse - it  makes
about as
> > >much sense as refering the our universe as the "English  Universe",
except
> > >that Tairezazh isn't an international language in the way English is.
> >
> > Well, my coniverse (nice word) was originally called the  Olaetian
Universe,
> > which is pretty much the same problem, although at the time  Olaetian
_was_
> > a sort of interplanetary lingua franca (a role later filled by
Deverrin).

First of all, the word "universe" in itself implies that there is no other,
since everything is contained in it implicitly. However, on my conworld
Almaran they distinguish (in the Romal language) two different universes:
the Almaran-Chui is the real and current universe. But there is also the
araka-chui, or "ancient universe", where, according to the first of the
three Cronarian scrolls, the first god escaped from, to create this world.

Maarten