tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28436164.post7447304637852174732..comments2024-03-22T18:03:13.028+07:00Comments on Chord Gitar: Smurfish, Mother-Smurfer...Do You Smurf It?Yuki Rijkiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10334294289608982794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28436164.post-54640474187872132732007-03-12T02:16:00.000+07:002007-03-12T02:16:00.000+07:00Xandra, I did something similar with names in Hear...Xandra, I did something similar with names in Heartstone. Though I never actually spell it out, there's a 'honorific' for the last names of the Antiari which is used to denote class distinctions. For Eric, being of a so-called new money clan, it's d'Ebrur. For Keriam, from an old and distinguished house, it's I'sadhe.<BR/><BR/>Basically, new bloods = lower case honorifics, upper case on the last name. Old bloods = upper case honorifics, lower case on the last name.<BR/> Then we have a later appearance of a Trader who doesn't have a last name at all because he's illegitimate.Lynda K. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359454130425927874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28436164.post-44328312272610422192007-03-11T16:10:00.000+07:002007-03-11T16:10:00.000+07:00I wrote a scene in a fantasy novel where the hero ...I wrote a scene in a fantasy novel where the hero and heroine do not speak the same language but use jestures to communicate. When he comes across her mangling his mother tongue by trying to sound out the words in a language primer, he take the book from her and throws it across the room, then sits down and pronounces the words while holding her hand to his throat so she can feel the vibrations of the sound. As a tool for learning it worked well. As a tool for seduction, it worked even better...hehehehhehee...It is possible to make those language barriers work for you. : )<BR/><BR/>-KatKathleen Scott/MK Mancoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872072913152568070noreply@blogger.com