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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #30 on: June 11, 2004, 08:27:16 AM »
-heim is german.

I say this by dint of some of the cities in the (german influenced) Warhammer Empire ending in -heim. Middenheim, Mordheim, etc.
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #31 on: June 11, 2004, 09:07:28 AM »
actually, -heim is Nordic. Go look up your Norse mythology place names.
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #32 on: June 11, 2004, 12:41:33 PM »
Screw you gramps

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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #33 on: June 11, 2004, 12:49:26 PM »
you're just mad because I'm right and won't shut up about it.
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #34 on: June 11, 2004, 01:28:11 PM »
Sorry, I'mlate with these, but I got a couple of lists.  First, I took antagonistic words and found their Danish counterparts:

sword, svaerd
pike, spyd
evil, onde, ondskab
wicked, slem, modbydelig
terror, skraek, raedsel
oppress, undertrykke, tynge
kill, draebe, odelaegge, sla ihjel
fortress, faestning
castle, slot, borg, tarn
ash, aske
mountain, bjerg
slave, trael
terrible, frygtelig

Next, I just scanned the Danish half of the dictionary for interesting-sounding words:

afsked, dismissal
afskraekke, deter
belemre, encumber
dekret, decree
deslige, such
endda, even
eskadre, squadron
fersk, fresh, insipid
flormelis, icing sugar
gnidret, cramped
gaerde, fence
hvalros, walrus
indromme, admit, confess
jomfru, virgin
kollidere, collide
krakilsk, quarrelsome
laend, loin
medregne, include
menneske, man, human
nekrolog, obituary
oberst, colonel
praksis, practice
regnskab, account
raekvaerk, balustrade
selleri, cellery
skjold, shield
skrot, scrap (iron)
saedvane, custom
talsmand, spokesman, advocate
tjaere, tar
tjorn, hawthorn
udrydde, exterminate
uvejr, storm
videnskab, science
velfaerd, welfare
aevl, rubbish
orkeslos, idle, vain, futile
arvagen, alert, watchful

Of course with the Danish words I had to modify some slightly to accomodate the English lack of certain Scandinavian letters.  I did also find the only "valla" entry in my Hippocrene Practical Danish-English Dictionary:

vallak, gelding
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #35 on: June 11, 2004, 02:03:50 PM »
lol on valla.

faestning would be a cool name.

nekrolog has to share some roots with greco-latin words. Necro=death and log/logos=word/words/writing
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #36 on: June 11, 2004, 02:40:43 PM »
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faestning


That sounds really familiar...
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #37 on: June 14, 2004, 03:32:42 PM »
I really like Vallahal.
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #38 on: June 14, 2004, 04:34:51 PM »
Vallahal is a bit too close to Valhalla, I think.  Right now, however, I'm really leaning toward "Vallakor."  Any thoughts on this name?
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #39 on: June 14, 2004, 04:44:15 PM »
hrm. It's alright. I'm liking some of the other suggestions more, myself. but maybe I'll just use 'em. I don't hate Vallakor, and so I think th big thing is that you are comfortable with it.
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #40 on: June 14, 2004, 06:37:13 PM »
I think I would give "Vallakor" a 3 on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = buy the book on title alone--assuming I didn't already know the author).

I don't generally get excited about one word book titles. And if the book is in a bookstore with only the spine showing, the title is the first contact with a consumer who is unfamiliar with an author. (okay, that a duh moment). Are there any stats about one word versus multi-word titles?
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #41 on: June 14, 2004, 07:52:03 PM »
It sounds good to me.  You're the one whose opinion matters, since we wouldn't want to have you regretting the title of your book.
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #42 on: June 14, 2004, 07:59:06 PM »
Vallakor i do not like.
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #43 on: June 14, 2004, 08:15:29 PM »
Hum.  Everyone seems to agree with you, Entropy.  So, are we back to Vallidor/Vallador?
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Re: Help me name a book
« Reply #44 on: June 14, 2004, 08:42:59 PM »
Vall(a/i)dor does not sound particularly Germanic or Scandinavian to me, but it sounds alright...It doesn't really sound evil or antagonistic, though.  Sounds kind of heroic, now that I think about it.
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