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Old 11-28-05, 03:37 PM #1
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Alright, this was bothering me when two others were talking about Jet right in front of him, but they were speaking elvish. Since Jet does not understand elvish, he could not understand what they were saying. Makes sense, right?

But then again, if they used his name, it should have stood out. I mean, your name doesn't change just because you are introducing yourself in a different languauge, right? Like, if I was speaking Spanish, my name would not be Esteban, it would still be Steve. So if your name is said in a conversation it should be at least recognizable, right? I understand it would be impossible to adjust the ears to do that, I just wanted to draw attention to that.
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For that reason, I always put names between asterisks so that its not translated. Ie Yes we are going to *Town* to pick up supplies from *Name* in the name of *Deity*.

Elves may have their own names for places that would be translated, but I leave a lot of stuff in Common. Because. The name thing bugs me, too. :P
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Which is why my character's elvish name is an actual word in common, so that when using the common name with the elvish ear it spits out my character's elvish name. But, that took some work IG before creating the character too.
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What Acacea stated.
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