Name generation (from Dialect?)
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Name generation (from Dialect?)
(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...
I am kind of intimidated by how to do this, so hope someone just randomly chooses one...
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Re: Let's make up a name?
These are pages from Word generation in Dialect the game: https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect
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Re: Let's make up a name?
2nd page...
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Re: Let's make up a name?
Building a new Root
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Re: Let's make up a name?
Step 1: Pick a Phonemic Inventory
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Step 4: Affixes
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Re: Name generation (from Dialect?)
lolll do u want us to just choose a random sound from these table
Re: Name generation (from Dialect?)
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"
"Instruction Day"
"Arrangement Eve"
"Feast of Circumspection"
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Re: Name generation (from Dialect?)
I like a name with ambiguity but that also points in interesting directions. Some more options:
- Pigeon Day
- Reflection Day
- Surveyance
- Pigeon Day
- Reflection Day
- Surveyance