I thought of something interesting not too long ago. If the Klyros were a seperate race of people, don't you think they may have their own seperate language? I mean think about it; their biological physiology is completely. Gills, gallbladders, other organs that other races would not have, and that might change their accents of speech.Nice job, Kixie! :) I'll rename the topic to "Klyro's City Lore" because of that :sorcerer:
If they do have their own language, other races are going to have to try and adapt their own language to the klyros language, when it comes to important things, persons and places when they are inable to pronounce the words. That point being made, why don't we have some places or things that are "literal" translations, that are printed in english, used for common term by other races who cannot speak the language so fluently. Pteo fish, and other nouns in this thread can be excepted from this rule because unlike a majority (or perhaps minority, it is up to your choosing) they can be spoken by the common races.
I think this would work, as I believe there has been some talk over different planeshift languages for some time. But, as I posted earlier, we should take these liberties besides how we think the developers will react, and try our best to flesh the Klyros out. Later we can recieve approval.
Some nice common references could be as such, and I'll try to come up with some authentic klyros speech as well thrown in.
Hammerhead bay- Small lagoon in the 6th spiral of Ylakium. Famous for the laid back atmosphere, and a popular tourist attraction for it's signature rum.
Ekeelatojujusmee (Ee-Kee-Lah-Toh-Joo-Joo-SMEE!)- Rum enjoyed by all 8 quarters of Ylakium, and heralded for over 2 ages as the finest all around rum produced. Those uninitiated to the peculiar taste will be pleasantly surprised by it's after effects now famous in the popular tune by Ptarquentro the Bard (thanks Laragorn), "Shakey Rumbley Toppley Fun Time" (it translates alot better into the Klyros language, I promise :P)
Some lyrics to "Shakey Rumbley Toppley Fun Time", because I'm feeling adventurous:
"I headed down to the anvil on the water
Ready to get pallet steady
But as I headed by the ocean's rocky little beddy
Got the feelin' that I should take it steady
Cus I heard that little shakey
I could feel my belly achey
And I knew that it wouldn't be long
'Till I got that little rumbley
All down in my tumbley
So come one everybody
Have Toppley Good time."
Manta Ray Shuffle- Common dance made popular in the bar by the incoming overseas sensation of Klyros folksong.
(Ok here are some more serious ones again :P)
Tigereye- Uncommon jewels found along the beaches of Ylakium. Made famous by their inquisitive prominent "Cat's eye" found in the center of the gem, which reflects light to an unnatural degree. Some say that a mad wizard once obssessed in finding "a secret unharnessed power" found in the Klyros people.
..Or you want to write "Klyros Silmarillion"? :)
Somebody, please , make wise analysis of posted strange names and make a well-founded selection of'em. Before we all drowned in such amount of "ptar-tia-juufgfgf-sds-sorgh-ullalal-sheg-daz' words :DHumuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a ftw!
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..by the funny men in the white suits.Blasphemy! You can't shorten Ekeelatojujusmee. That's the whole point behind the name! The saying goes, if you can't say it 3 times fast, you've had enough and are immediately escorted out of the bar.Quote from: Inca Sator Ekeelatojujusmee (#, if it's a rum then call it just "Ekeel")
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Blasphemy! You can't shorten Ekeelatojujusmee. That's the whole point behind the name! The saying goes, if you can't say it 3 times fast, you've had enough and are immediately escorted out of the bar.Quote from: Inca Sator Ekeelatojujusmee (#, if it's a rum then call it just "Ekeel")
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Next, i will itemize words i don't like (think they are out from klyros language) from each List(i marked with wich part of word i don't agree):
ARANGOL'S LIST:
Erb (it's not name for bird, it's a frog name :) Hey, I just took it from...eh was it Baldur? ;D
Drunk Fisherman (toooo simple). Don't be so harsh. Every town needs a drunk fisherman tavern. :o
ARANGOL'S LIST:
Erb (it's not name for bird, it's a frog name :) Hey, I just took it from...eh was it Baldur? ;D
I'll fix it in an hour.
I would still like everyone’s top three pick for the “City name”, then Arangol and I can narrow them down to 2 or 3, so we have a better chance at picking the right one.Tealk
What we shouldn't to try, Arangol?
If you insist, in the name of Laanx, Goddees blesses the name "Drunk Fisherman" and gives a behest to name even though one bar or tavern with such title in every town. Ta-da!!! :D
Whithout joking, i prefer more creative style, for example title "Drunk Fisherman Woody" or "The Last Drunk Fisherman" or "Drunk Fisherman Hospice" or "Frunk Disherman" :D What do you think, friend?
@ Arangol; Inca gave the :thumbup: to the drunk fisherman.
First or Last names carried onto decendents? Sons and fathers (or even some other radically different form with a patriarchal society?) share which name, if any?maybe we could use the "arto" and "tor" to be "son of"
Blitzkrieg was the name of plan accordingly wich the german fascists armies supposed to conquer Russia at the beginning of WW2, it started at 22 of july of 1941 and Hytler thought that he capture my Motherland at two-three weeks. It was elaborate plan of instantaneous war, but it was broken because of heroic and selfless resistance of russian frontier troops and our western armies. We lost hundreds of thousands people during this operation (and it was mainly fault of leadership of Russia, cause their were not prepare for evident German attack)....
Ok, it was just history enquiry. As intention "Blitzkrieg" matched the Sentinell attack plan, but how it can be connected to floating island which is the part of Sentinel head,Laragorn?
About the name of ocean. This ocean was evidently named long before klyros entered the Yliakim by other race (Nolthrir, Ylians, Diaboly,Krans or others), so don't even try to invent klyros name for it. Nibenay was very beautifull and universal name, so we must to think up of such functional and flexible name.
--Medllaquion ocean
Tirigadnon Ocean."In the Hobbit ocean rose a giant" ;D
Mosairon Ocean.
Heiranid Ocean.
Qironan Ocean.
Piaqanon Ocean.
Baldurion Ocean.
Damn you Tolkien! You took all the good names!
I wanted it to be Hobbit Ocean.
Updated my list aswell.But i though that was your fave :))
EDIT: I didn't take all the names here, but I tried to take all the names I could say loud.
And Laragorn, please don't include Hobbit Ocean in your list.
Bondorian me likes!
You could always convince us by coming up with a good and original name :)
Lol. then that's not it ;DYou could always convince us by coming up with a good and original name :)
Bffff, U talking to the wrong person then :)
Let me think. I can only try to give a Spanish Flavour to your last recommendation
Bondorrio (Bodorrio means very big/expensive wedding in spanish)
Will get more serious now.
Been reading the 7 pages of the thread and I'm a bit lost here. I know some stuff has gone trough but other hasn't. What's left ? Just the Ocean ?
Also, what's this ocean supposed to be like ? big, small ? where abouts ? Sorry for repeated questions. If u can point a finger in where to look at I'll have a look.
Will get more serious now.
Been reading the 7 pages of the thread and I'm a bit lost here. I know some stuff has gone trough but other hasn't. What's left ? Just the Ocean ?
Also, what's this ocean supposed to be like ? big, small ? where abouts ? Sorry for repeated questions. If u can point a finger in where to look at I'll have a look.
Yup, I just added the Ocean names that SOUNDED good.Coming to think of it, I know we can do better. We already have a nice name, let's see if we can make it better by remaking it once more. Any suggestions to how we should change Bondorian Sea into something beautiful?
Bondorian Ocean? I think we'll have to ask Inca here (as always...) but it sounds good and I think we could add a nice meaning to it like, Bondorian Ocean = The ocean of fish.
Not sure about it.Will get more serious now.
Been reading the 7 pages of the thread and I'm a bit lost here. I know some stuff has gone trough but other hasn't. What's left ? Just the Ocean ?
Also, what's this ocean supposed to be like ? big, small ? where abouts ? Sorry for repeated questions. If u can point a finger in where to look at I'll have a look.
This ocean is an ocean where a colossus/giant fell in, Talad appeared, world was changed, blahblahbla, that kinda stuff. Look at this section of our project:
Klyros City Project: The Klyros Tale
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=23739.0
Here is the whole story written by Kixie.
Hello, guys :D!!! Can't keep silence cause you are tooGood start... ;D
Baldur,Very good, you're welcome to develop more of your ideas, they seem very interesting. Laragorn, Inca and Arangol could help you and discuss you'v brought up. To not make the thread too big you might convert to PM's if it's common compliments. Serious feedback is permitted to this thread.
The fragmentation of the original language could be simply from occupation and assocation with these other languages. Like many languages, including english, some words just are not explainable in one language and must tap into an older language to facilitate the understanding.
Possible Example in Klyron:
Dsthenduso "Meeting place"
'ei "At, or There"
Elthurian (a random river)
In klyron: You and I will go to Dsthenduso 'eiElthurian River
In old tounge (unfragmented and held intact by a few elders) could be something like this:
"Incandis dsthenduso'eiElthurian ianc'alhana"
Together At River Elthurian meeting place we join.
Cracking crucial ties between words is important. like 'Incandis' and 'Ianc', both pertaining to us, we, together, connected, ect If you want to really break it down you could say they derive from 'an' (which is in both words and alhana (join)), meaning 'bound' or 'parts of'. Keeping that stream of thought you could apply it to anything and then just branch forward and backward in old tounge and 'new tounge' and discover thier roots and thier new counterparts in the current dialect.
It could also be assumed that after enough exposure there would surely be new generations that have but completely parted from the old language, hanging on to bits and pieces they hear in every day conversation, not really knowing what the names of the places really mean in thier native language.
tired. must rest.
fair well,
k-
Nibenay (Ocean)
Nibenay Valley, Nibanese Bay
As for me, i think this is wasting of money - proposing 40 THOUSANDS TRIAS for ONLY TWO NAMES. Look at your Lists of klyros words, Laragorn (and Arangol) - you (and the rest of our team) invented about 200 original names without any rewards and prizes :'( I think you are too generous.
@XillixAdraac sounds nice, what do the rest of you think?
Exellent work Xillix \\o//
A great variety of linguistic styles.
I am sure there are a lot there we can use right away.
One of my favorites is Adraac {kelp wine?} But i like the name for something bigger maybe.
The Gran city of AdRaaC
I will start sifting through your list and adding them to the main page.
Nice work Xillix.I think Laragorn meant to extinguish where he put more weight on pronounciation of those letters.
Adraac is a good name. But not with a big C in the end. :)
I have some concensus now, I will give inca a last shot before making alterations.Oh, and could you move this to the storywriting section, or maybe you could create a seperate thread like Kixie did. We'll need to sort things out on where what is but this could both fit into the names section and the storytelling, although it's a story X-/*twitch**twitch*
I tried to post this story here but i cant access it nowTry this
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=23664.0
I was aiming for the lore thread with the story post . . .
/me looks lost
Thank you for the names. This is very helpful. You've done alot of work in my absense, which proves beyond a doubt the dedication you have with this project. I'm going to go dive into my work now. If Xilix wants to contact me (or if anyone needs to contact me, really) I have all my emails, messenger names, and irc contacts here in my profile. I use AIM frequently now, as the computer I am using has very low performance, and AIM uses less memory than other devices.Yay, that-guy-we've-been talking-'bout is back! Welcome home , Kixie.
Thanks again, I'm off.
Greetings fellow Klyrophiles ;DQheronner= The grammar's correct, though maybe too long underwater. It could be a rest from a time in which they flew.
I still have Xillix's second list of names to add to the main list. Before i do that, I would like you all to go over the list and make some suggestions for meanings.
I feel there are many on the list that are an exellent fit, but want input from the rest of the team.
Thanks everyone :thumbup:
gave some suggestions to my names change what you wish.
What still needs to be named, and where are the lists?First post. Right now we're in no demand of names but if you can find a witty name and description to an animal or local site/building, be my guest.
~~Datruth