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23116622 No.23116622 [Reply] [Original]

>Hmm, I need a name for this city located in the west of the continent...
>...
>Aha, of course! Westeros! You outdid yourself again Martin!
>*sips corn syrup beverage and devours some cheetos*

>> No.23116626
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>>23116622

>> No.23116630

>>23116622
This was how almost all cities in history were named, language difference obscures this but it's true

>> No.23116631

>>23116622
You would shit bricks if you saw the fantasy names I made up. Unfortunately I’m too far in my worldbuilding now to change them

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>>23116630
>lived in a place called Poughquag
>look up what it means
>Wappinger Indian for “round body of water”
>supposedly named off of this “round” lake close by
Naming is retarded. The more you look into it the stupider it gets

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>>23116622
Wait until you find out the names of English towns and locations

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>>23116662

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>>23116662
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>>23116662
..

>> No.23116747

>>23116622
That is realistic tbf

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>>23116662
for me, its cuckolds point. georgie couldnt come up with that one in a million years

>> No.23116826

>>23116631
Post names anon

>> No.23116885
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>>23116622
>Hmm, I need a name for this austral country
>...
>Aha, of course! Australia!

>> No.23116890

>>23116885
>Now what to call the Western portion of this land...
>That's it, I know! 'Western Australia'! Brilliant!

>> No.23116908

>>23116890
>we still need to name this island that is on the Tasman Sea
>hold on! I have an idea! Let's call it "Tasmania"

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>Hmmm, I need a name for this capital located in the north...
>...
>Aha! Beijing!

>> No.23117358

>>23116622
>name for this city
>Westeros
Are you even trying

>> No.23117366

>>23116885
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOBhf8f7cXM

>> No.23117385

>>23116622
doing this is literal cheat mode for worldbuilding
>what do i call this city
>look at the geography
>there's a red clay mountain nearby
>call it redmont

>> No.23117390

>>23117385
Random place names are for, if your work is in english it should have english derived place names

>> No.23117425

>>23116885
Eromanga

>> No.23117442

>>23116622
I lol'd

>> No.23117700

Hmm, I need a name full of violent blacks committing non-stop violent crime... I know! Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd!

>> No.23117721

>>23116622
I just number my cities and then translate the numbers into gaelic/welsh/scot/euskera until I find one that sounds good

>> No.23117762

>>23117721
this but for my alien species but i just translate 'squidman' into korean and gookanese until i find something that sounds neat

>> No.23118131

>>23116683
I used to live opposite there. Many of the residents didn't get the joke. Retards.

>> No.23118259

>>23116622
I think it's funny how butthurt people are about this guy's success. Tolkien fans in particular are eternally ass blasted about it

>> No.23119885

Okay, here's a challenge for anons ITT, come up with a better name!

>> No.23119971

>>23116626
Is that his face in the tree? Lolwut

>> No.23120345

>>23117390
There's still a considerable difference between Old English and Modern English.
There are also the effects of migrations and invasions from foreign places.
Look at a map of England and you'll find that most place names are obscurely derived.

>> No.23120349

>>23118259
His success is fleeting, and it will evaporate when he dies without completing his work.
Tolkien is still successful 50 years after his death.

>> No.23121466

>>23116821
He came up with loads of shit like that

>> No.23121467

>>23117700
Keked and checked

>> No.23121470

>Asia
"c. 1300, from Latin Asia, from Greek Asia, speculated to be from Akkadian asu "to go out, to rise," in reference to the sun, thus "the land of the sunrise." Used by the early Greeks of what later was known as Asia Minor; by Pliny of the whole continent."

>Europe
"Klein (citing Heinrich Lewy) suggests a possible Semitic origin in Akkad. erebu "to go down, set" (in reference to the sun) which would parallel occident. Another suggestion along those lines is Phoenician 'ereb "evening," hence "west."

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>>23116622
>Hmmm I need a name for this Newly Found Land that I've discovered
don't pretend IRL names of places are any better