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Name generation (from Dialect?)
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:59 pm
by dustinfreeman
(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...
Re: Let's make up a name?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:23 am
by dustinfreeman
These are pages from Word generation in Dialect the game:
https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect
Re: Let's make up a name?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:25 am
by dustinfreeman
2nd page...
Re: Let's make up a name?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:27 am
by dustinfreeman
Building a new Root
Re: Let's make up a name?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:28 am
by dustinfreeman
Step 1: Pick a Phonemic Inventory
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:29 am
by dustinfreeman
Step 2 & Step 3
Re: Let's make up a name?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:30 am
by dustinfreeman
Step 4: Affixes
Re: Name generation (from Dialect?)
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 4:48 am
by its-a-mi
lolll do u want us to just choose a random sound from these table
Re: Name generation (from Dialect?)
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 5:45 am
by asquare
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"
Re: Name generation (from Dialect?)
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 4:45 pm
by randylubin
I like a name with ambiguity but that also points in interesting directions. Some more options:
- Pigeon Day
- Reflection Day
- Surveyance