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Yes, that one is quite evil Camilla Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 01:19:16 PM
-What is your favourite made-up name in a work of fiction?

Dunno, really. never thought of favourite names like that.


Do you have favourite words? Or am I in a crazy minority group all by myself here?

-What is the worst example you can think of?

I hate it when the letters are combined in an unnatural way... Mostly to my swedish ear, but I am willing to forgive unnatural names which are decent in english. Two or more unconnected consonants without any clear vowels involved is a particularly hated thing. Ending a name with tl or somesuch. At least the icelanders hide that fact by creative spelling.


I agree. Although I don't have the aversion to "tl". I kind of fell in love with it in my "weird Indian languages of Mexico" period. There are few cooler names than Popocatepetl.
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