Kat said -
It doesn't have the typical "a" or "y/ie/i" ending that many women's
names have both in RL and SF/F. (Jenna, Cally, Dayna) (One reason for liking my own name and Alison's for that matter.)
In your face Una! :-)
One author I'd recommend who seems to come up with excellent names for her
characters is Sheri Tepper
Douglas Adams said he came up with 'Slartibartfast' by combining all the obscene words he could think of. Huh. I can think of much worse ones than *that*
Alison
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Alison wrote:
Kat said -
It doesn't have the typical "a" or "y/ie/i" ending that many women's
names have both in RL and SF/F. (Jenna, Cally, Dayna) (One reason for liking my own name and Alison's for that matter.)
In your face Una! :-)
Douglas Adams said he came up with 'Slartibartfast' by combining all the obscene words he could think of. Huh. I can think of much worse ones than *that*
me too :P
Una
From: "Alison Page" alison_page@becta.org.uk Subject: [B7L] re: names
Douglas Adams said he came up with 'Slartibartfast' by combining all the obscene words he could think of. Huh. I can think of much worse ones than *that*
Without wishing to cause offence, I reveal that the "obscene" version of Slartibartfast's name was in fact:
Phartiphukborlz
Wildean
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