D&D General A Rose By Any Other Name: Names in Greyhawk and a Little Judgin'

[Paul Farquhar]

According to Wikipedia, Liverpool is derived from Old English, not Welsh.

However pwll (Welsh) also means pool. But Llan means church, not river.

It's not far from Liverpool to Wales though, we used to go on day trips when I lived in Liverpool.

 

[Mannahnin]

...but I will say that it's always hard to talk about the Grand Duchy of Geoff without tripping up a little. Sure, it has the fancy spelling and all, but it's still, you know .... Jeff. I s'pose you could say ... Ge-off, but would you?

I always pronounced it "joff". I know someone now with that first name and that's how he pronounces it.

 

[Simpletense]

My step-brother is called Geoff, so I could never take it seriously.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

According to Wikipedia, Liverpool is derived from Old English, not Welsh.

I'm sure that's true, I think my point was more that the two used to crossover. Keep in mind that you could walk from one to the other if you were so inclined...

However pwll (Welsh) also means pool. But Llan means church, not river.

It's not far from Liverpool to Wales though, we used to go on day trips when I lived in Liverpool.

Right! I meant that they were using the same style naming convention, not that they were the same place.

 

[haakon1]

I imagine that's where Keoghtom's Ointment comes from as well.

I heard the story that Keoghtom’s Ointment is named after Tom Keough because it cures any disease or injury and Tom Keogh died young. A little wish fulfillment belongs in every D&D campaign.

 

[haakon1]

I'll just stuff Hemponaland down a memory hole as it was originally envisioned.)

It’s retcon named after Erik Mona of Living Greyhawk Gazetteer and PaizoHawk, I say.

 

[Bohandas]

I've made up a lot of names by scrambling the letters of whatever happen to be on hand at the time, and maybe switching some out for others that make the same sound. That's how I got the deities Dephak and Macrax of the city of Pilabum

 

[Bupp]

Had a cleric in the game I ran in high school named Tappan, after the brand of stove that was in his eyeline from the kitchen table he was sitting at during character creation.