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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by cthia   » Mon Dec 22, 2014 4:46 am

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I like Alice Truman, but more for her last name. Alice is okay, but it evokes a wonderland.

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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by cthia   » Mon Dec 22, 2014 5:26 am

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I like Estelle Matsuko. It sounds powerful, and ripe with history, probably playing on some Freudian influence with my sensibilities and my respect for the Japanese culture.

And Estelle didn't disappoint.

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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by Hutch   » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:51 am

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Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov.

There is something rather majestic in three-word names that fit just right together (see John Chandler Simpson in the RoF series).

And can't you just imagine what pictures that name paints in Sollie minds when they hear it over their comms.

Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov. Great name.
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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by roseandheather   » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:12 am

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Hutch wrote:Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov.

There is something rather majestic in three-word names that fit just right together (see John Chandler Simpson in the RoF series).

And can't you just imagine what pictures that name paints in Sollie minds when they hear it over their comms.

Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov. Great name.


It gets even better with the "Sir". :mrgreen:

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While Eloise is a nice name, from the French meaning "famous in war", Amandine is not related to Amanda. Amanda is Latin for "must be loved" while amandine means "garnished with sliced almonds." Not the best name I could think of.


Not quite - "Amandine" is a French diminutive of "Amanda". The association with almonds is a coincidence, as the French for almond is "amande". (Though I will admit that the association is a bit unfortunate - doesn't stop the name from hovering just outside the top 100 in France! :D )
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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by cthia   » Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:37 pm

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Hutch wrote:Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov.

There is something rather majestic in three-word names that fit just right together (see John Chandler Simpson in the RoF series).

And can't you just imagine what pictures that name paints in Sollie minds when they hear it over their comms.

Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov. Great name.

Good one Hutch, and, as Rose said, even better with Sir.

I really like Helga Boltitz' character, but for me her name conjures up the evil daughter of Cinderella's even more evil stepmother.

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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by phillies   » Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:10 pm

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The wise man, attached to continued good health, will of course note "Rose" and "Heather".

The author really does a very nice job with names. We have not seen large numbers of names that really do appear to be distinguished SF authors in slight disguise, though Izek Amizov if it is ever used is not the disguise you might think: It is the late author's name as it appeared 40 years ago on the Lithuanian Pirate edition of "I, Robot".

Edit: Fixed spieling of "if".
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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by George J. Smith   » Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:14 am

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From SVW;
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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by Howard T. Map-addict   » Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:40 pm

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In India, a couple may have a girl and a boy,
and give them the names "Love" and Learning."
"Prem" and "Vidya."

"Learning" is the girl!

A girl named "Love" (= Amy) will be Priya, or Preity.

Don't confuse "Amanda" with "Priyanka" which means
"favorite" whether she is worthy or not!

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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by cthia   » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:50 am

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Solange Winton.

Solange Winton, née Chabala, was a Manticoran citizen and Queen Consort of King Roger II.

Solange Chabala was born a commoner. She later married King Roger II and became the mother of Crown Princess Adrienne, the later Queen Adrienne. Although a plain-looking woman, sometimes called the "poor little beggar maid" by members of the nobility, she won the hearts of the common people of the Star Kingdom by storm.

Queen Solange was killed when the inertial compensator of the royal yacht, HMS Queen Elizabeth I, failed as the result of sabotage. Her loss was greatly mourned in all of Manticore, and the King's inability to cope with it drove a rift between him and his daughter that took years to heal. (HHA2.2: WPD)

I cannot believe they called her the "poor little beggar maid."

Her name rings of an African Queen.

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Re: Names: Which Do You Most Like?
Post by Vince   » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:39 am

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cthia wrote:Solange Winton.

Solange Winton, née Chabala, was a Manticoran citizen and Queen Consort of King Roger II.

Solange Chabala was born a commoner. She later married King Roger II and became the mother of Crown Princess Adrienne, the later Queen Adrienne. Although a plain-looking woman, sometimes called the "poor little beggar maid" by members of the nobility, she won the hearts of the common people of the Star Kingdom by storm.

Queen Solange was killed when the inertial compensator of the royal yacht, HMS Queen Elizabeth I, failed as the result of sabotage. Her loss was greatly mourned in all of Manticore, and the King's inability to cope with it drove a rift between him and his daughter that took years to heal. (HHA2.2: WPD)

I cannot believe they called her the "poor little beggar maid."

Her name rings of an African Queen.

Note: Manticoran society gossip referred to Angelique Adcock (married King Roger III) as the "Poor Little Beggar Maid", per House of Steel.

What Price Dreams does not refer to Queen Solange as the "poor little beggar maid."

I think you may be mixing up Queen Consort Angelique with Queen Consort Solange, who married King Roger III and II, respectively. Both were from Gryphon in the Star Kingdom, Solange being born as a yeoman there, Angelique was an immigrant from the Maslow system who settled there.
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