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LizW65:
I have an out-of-state family commitment this Sunday and won't be available to chat (or try to chat, based on what happened last time. :()
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 25, 2010, 03:46:27 AM ---What cultures have prevailed well in you world ie which from our time have survived into this far future?
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There's about as much cultural continuity between then and now as there is between now and two thousand years ago, except distributed slightly differently because on the one hand, they have continuity of media and records (Large numbers of them think they are still speaking English.) and on the other, there's been a millennium and a half fo separate colonised planets having very limited contacts each with each. And if a colony ship was launched in 2200 and did not land on its target and thaw out its passengers until 4700, it's had a lot less time for cultural drift than the dates alone suggest.
jeno:
I'd play it safe and stick with short, one syllable names when possible, honestly. I don't think the tradition of nicknames can ever go out of style - people are too lazy. ;)
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: jeno on June 25, 2010, 02:37:50 PM ---I'd play it safe and stick with short, one syllable names when possible, honestly. I don't think the tradition of nicknames can ever go out of style - people are too lazy. ;)
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One thing that does happen in real life and does not happen enough in SF is some name becoming extremely popular and getting three people in one class at school with the same name and the sorts of nicknames and contractions that develop to work with this; I am aiming to do something of that sort later in this project, though not in the first story in the setting.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: jeno on June 25, 2010, 02:37:50 PM ---I'd play it safe and stick with short, one syllable names when possible, honestly. I don't think the tradition of nicknames can ever go out of style - people are too lazy. ;)
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Also, fionding short, one-syllable names that let you have a cast of dozens who are suitably distinct each from each and are not rude words in any language ? Not easy.
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