tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964994467710981244.post1571687423718208639..comments2012-08-21T07:19:19.160-07:00Comments on <center>The Inkblots</center>: The Anatomy of a NameEllynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01902646780678873511noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964994467710981244.post-43445982169580071072012-03-12T16:25:02.135-07:002012-03-12T16:25:02.135-07:00I saw this today and instantly thought of this pos...I saw this today and instantly thought of this post:<br /><br />http://hungernames.com/<br /><br />Verrrry entertaining! x)Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15893938894104396705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964994467710981244.post-91732830966788273822012-02-21T14:46:59.156-08:002012-02-21T14:46:59.156-08:00Great post, Evergreena! I don't really think a...Great post, Evergreena! I don't really think about name meanings as often as I should because I make up a lot of the names, so they don't have specific meanings.<br /><br />We did an exercise in the club once for how we naturally interpret names, from sound and what not. So I would say a name of one of my characters, and simply from the name, people would write down how they thought the character looked / acted. It was pretty fun, and helped me get "meanings" for my fantasy names.Ellynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902646780678873511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964994467710981244.post-30171113489727112202012-02-21T06:51:32.587-08:002012-02-21T06:51:32.587-08:00I was so excited when I saw this post! I love nam...I was so excited when I saw this post! I love naming! I think that was the reason I started writing when I was little- I ran out of dolls to name so I moved on to characters. I always look at the meaning of the name in a story. In my latest endeavor, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, instead of naming the titular characters Belle and Beast, or worse, Beauty and Beast, I've named them Calista (which means beauty) and Damien (ironically means 'to tame')<br />My NaNoWriMo novel's main character was named Halyn Mugarson. Her mom calls her Lynnie, her dad calls her Hal. Mom wanted a Lyn, Dad wanted a Hal (boy), and that's how they came up with her name. It means 'special, unique, unlike any other' which is the exact opposite of how she feels. Her last name, Mugarson, comes from the name Muga, which means 'nothing' She got the name from her dad, and her dad is the one who makes her feel as if she's nothing. And now her name means 'special nothing' which is an oxymoron. But no one would get it unless I told them...<br /><br />Adam means 'of the Earth' or 'man' (did you know that was the Beast's name in the Disney version? A little known trivia fact I've come across in my research for the retelling)<br />Naming is such a personal, intimate thing. When you name your kid, you're giving them the word by which they will be called for the rest of their lives. That's why people spend so much time figuring out what to name their babies. With characters, it's not quite so big of a deal, since they're not real people who have to deal with a name like 'If' in real life (I did name a character If, but in my defense, she named herself) You can change charater's names, but it's really hard to start thinking of them by their new name. I once changed a spelling from Allie to Ally and even that was hard for me to remember.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14534957439950678273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964994467710981244.post-45356793453386382872012-02-20T19:13:52.344-08:002012-02-20T19:13:52.344-08:00Have you read the parts about naming in The Time Q...Have you read the parts about naming in The Time Quartet by Madeline L'Engle? It sets Naming as the opposite of Destruction.Galadrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993204559713347090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964994467710981244.post-18932540172474623552012-02-18T19:19:36.141-08:002012-02-18T19:19:36.141-08:00Great post!
We tend to create a more emotional bo...Great post!<br /><br />We tend to create a more emotional bond to things when we name them. I imagine if we called the main character simply "the hero" it is very possibly we wouldn't feel any bond to our character either. I think God gave the job of naming the animals to Adam, so as to forge an emotional connection between him and the animals.ashley tahghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995046172185384734noreply@blogger.com