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Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 12:44 pm
by alice
The first named storm of the winter is called
Arwen, which is probably the first time a name in a conlang has been used for such a purpose. Coincidentally, the original Arwen had the epithet
Evenstar, and Venus has begun to be visible in the evenings.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/p ... rwen-named
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:38 pm
by Raphael
Great thread idea!
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 3:09 pm
by Richard W
Well, it is typically the 8,770th most common girls' name in the USA, much commoner than Galadriel, which has shown up as an adopted name in a novel.
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:07 am
by hwhatting
Richard W wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 3:09 pm
Galadriel, which has shown up as an adopted name in a novel.
Do you refer to "Good Omens"? Although there it wasn't an adopted name, but a case of "parents give their children embarassing names". Or do you have a different novel in mind?
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:11 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
I recollect reading a book when I was something like eleven or twelve called The Great Gilly Hopkins, whose main character (usually called "Gilly") was named Galadriel (I believe her mother had been a hippie). I didn't quite get the reference at the time, though, and just thought it was a fancy-sounding name.
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:00 pm
by Richard W
hwhatting wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:07 am
Do you refer to "Good Omens"? Although there it wasn't an adopted name, but a case of "parents give their children embarassing names". Or do you have a different novel in mind?
The one I had in mind was a hippie in
Lucifer's Hammer.
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:29 am
by hwhatting
Richard W wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:00 pm
The one I had in mind was a hippie in
Lucifer's Hammer.
Ok, Thanks. I never heard about "Lucifer's Hammer", would you recommend it?
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:15 am
by Raphael
I haven't read it, but judging from some things I've heard about it, it seems to be at least partly an ultra-reactionary revenge fantasy.
Re: Sightings of conlangs in the wild
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:38 pm
by Richard W
Raphael wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:15 am
I haven't read it, but judging from some things I've heard
about it, it seems to be at least partly an ultra-reactionary revenge fantasy.
It's a good solid read; if you generally like Niven and Pournelle, you'll like it. It didn't come across as a revenge fantasy; the only pure revenge is very much in the background.