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Natterings From Nepantla
Entries tagged with worldbuilding
Fun with names
Jul
.
19th
,
2019
11:20 am
Via a talk at OSCON this week, here's
a survey of ways names are constructed around the world
. A fun resource for sf authors. (A horrifying one if you're a developer.)
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