Gambit on 31/12/2008 at 23:26
Quince and Jacow = Quiver and Arrow ?
Caduca is a funny name. It means "crazy" in portuguese.
Herr_Garrett on 1/1/2009 at 12:24
Quote Posted by Petike the Taffer
...and is therefore similiar to it's Slovakian version, hehe... ;) Minus the "acute accent" diacritic mark on the "o"... :p :cheeky:
Yeah, and the Hungarian, too. So now we know for certain that Viktoria hails from the Carpathian Basin :cheeky:
Gambit: have you ever heard the word 'caducous'?
The worst name? Gamall, for sure. Since it means in Icelandic 'venerable'. And Gamall, I wouldn't really call her venerable... :cheeky:
Petike the Taffer on 1/1/2009 at 15:39
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Yeah, and the Hungarian, too. So now we know for certain that Viktoria hails from the Carpathian Basin :cheeky:
Az biztos. :) As for Viktoria : Who knows... Are there any plant-like fairies in old Hungarian myths ? I don't recall any... ;)
Quote Posted by Herr_Garrett
The worst name? Gamall, for sure. Since it means in Icelandic 'venerablee'. And Gamall, I wouldn't really call her venerable... :cheeky:
I knew it's from some Scandinavian language, but thought it meant "old"... :weird: :erg:
Herr_Garrett on 1/1/2009 at 16:31
Quote Posted by Petike the Taffer
Az biztos. :) As for Viktoria : Who knows... Are there any plant-like fairies in old Hungarian myths ? I don't recall any... ;)
Viktoria is not your basic folk-story stuff... Apart from Greek and Roman dryads and nymphs and stuff like that. So the answer you seek is no:D
P.S. How do you like the euro?:cheeky:
seventyfour on 1/1/2009 at 17:42
Quote Posted by Petike the Taffer
I knew it's from some Scandinavian language, but thought it meant "old"... :weird: :erg:
"Old" means "gammal" in swedish, so it maybe isn't directly translated...
( I've also heard about that.)
Petike the Taffer on 1/1/2009 at 18:03
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P.S. How do you like the euro?:cheeky:
Nemtudom, még nemhasználtam. :D :cheeky:
But I'm preparing a small collection of all the banknotes of the Slovak Crown. Just to keep some specimens for fond memories... ;)
Herr_Garrett on 2/1/2009 at 20:04
Quote Posted by Petike the Taffer
Nemtudom, még nemhasználtam. :D
Where do you get these? :cheeky: Actually, it's nem _ tudom, nem _ használtam, since Hungarian does not have contracted negation forms, not even such as 'unintelligent' - if one uses it like that, it sounds extremely unnatural :p
Szóval van néked esetleg magyar rokonod, tefför? :cheeky:
Vigo on 2/1/2009 at 20:10
Does anyone know if there was a particular naming convention for Thief names? Imo a lot of them had a really neat style to them that was neither modern nor typical fantasy.
jtr7 on 2/1/2009 at 20:21
Nothing specific. Many names were chosen for their old world European feel, such as Latin, Greek, Phoenician, Roman, Norse, Celtic, English, and others, especially if it sounded like it had a history, or was quite steeped in real history. Many names were built up from from the etymologies of modern words (Dreckboun), while others were nods to literary and motion picture sources. But yeah, just rich and old world seemed to be most of it, but the devs own names and names of people they knew are in there, as well.
sNeaksieGarrett on 2/1/2009 at 20:49
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The only names I have trouble liking are thankfully behind-the-scenes, found through DromEd:
Egbert ("Dumb Guard")
Ethelbert
DrkEthelbert
Philbert
All Shoalsgate guards along with Albert ("Smart Guard").
Where did you find those names?:confused: :o
