Name generation (from Dialect?)

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Name generation (from Dialect?)

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(This is in the Meta section, so we can speak out of character while we make up the name)

I am kind of intimidated by how to do this, so hope someone just randomly chooses one...
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These are pages from Word generation in Dialect the game: https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect
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2nd page...
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Building a new Root
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Step 1: Pick a Phonemic Inventory
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Step 2 & Step 3
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Step 4: Affixes
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lolll do u want us to just choose a random sound from these table
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Rather than constructing a whole new phonological basis for a word, how about just an English word with built-in ambiguity that leaves room for interpretation (or misinterpretation)?
"Instruction Day"
"Arrangement Eve"
"Feast of Circumspection"
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I like a name with ambiguity but that also points in interesting directions. Some more options:

- Pigeon Day
- Reflection Day
- Surveyance
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