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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1927370" data-attributes="member: 99">My recent reading of the Sharn book reminded me of a minor pet peeve:&nbsp; Fantasy places named to sound a lot like real places.I realize this is bound to happen from time to time but it still bugs me when I come across it because every time I see (or worse, say) the names of these places I can't help but visualize the real world place that they sound like.So when I get around to running my Eberron campaign set in Sharn, every time I talk about the University District, I'm going to be thinking about pit barbecue and the blues.&nbsp; And I'm sure that the relentlessly witty players I have will make great fun of this as well.&nbsp; My only saving grace is that the joke will get old quickly and they'll drop it.Does this bug anybody else?And before anybody suggests the obvious, yes I could simply change the name in my campaign.&nbsp; I won't for two reasons.&nbsp; First, while it does bother me, it isn't like it consumes me with the burning fury of a thousand suns.&nbsp; It rises to the level of &quot;I wish they hadn't done that.&quot; but not to &quot;This has to be fixed.&quot;.&nbsp; Secondly, there are so many references to it in the other related material that I'd be bound to slip up and say &quot;Menthis&quot; at some point and then my efforts at changing it would be for naught.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1927370, member: 99"] My recent reading of the Sharn book reminded me of a minor pet peeve: Fantasy places named to sound a lot like real places. I realize this is bound to happen from time to time but it still bugs me when I come across it because every time I see (or worse, say) the names of these places I can't help but visualize the real world place that they sound like. So when I get around to running my Eberron campaign set in Sharn, every time I talk about the University District, I'm going to be thinking about pit barbecue and the blues. And I'm sure that the relentlessly witty players I have will make great fun of this as well. My only saving grace is that the joke will get old quickly and they'll drop it. Does this bug anybody else? And before anybody suggests the obvious, yes I could simply change the name in my campaign. I won't for two reasons. First, while it does bother me, it isn't like it consumes me with the burning fury of a thousand suns. It rises to the level of "I wish they hadn't done that." but not to "This has to be fixed.". Secondly, there are so many references to it in the other related material that I'd be bound to slip up and say "Menthis" at some point and then my efforts at changing it would be for naught. [/QUOTE]

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