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<blockquote data-quote="Brazeku" data-source="post: 3752703" data-attributes="member: 48916"><p>As long as you can establish a few common phonetic conventions in any given language, you should be able to build a few names that sound appropriate. Take it a little farther, and you can build an accent, and farther than this (grammar) and you can start pinpointing the types of problems a native speaker would have speaking english and develop characteristic NPCs.</p><p></p><p>Shotgun apostrophes: okay if the apostrophe actually means something. Maybe it's a noise that we have no romanization for, like a purr or a chirp.</p><p></p><p>Double vowels/weird dipthongs: not so unusual, just be consistent</p><p></p><p></p><p>You know what, screw it, here's some articles to start with the basics:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phonetics_topics" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phonetics_topics</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The thing that bugs me are names like "The Black Swamp". Oh, we must cross the Black Swamp in order to reach the Temple of Destruction. </p><p></p><p>I like to put names through what I call 'the nasal test'. Say it outloud in a really nasal, obnoxiously nerdy voice. If you feel ashamed enough to punch your own nuts and your dog starts howling, it's time to rethink the name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brazeku, post: 3752703, member: 48916"] As long as you can establish a few common phonetic conventions in any given language, you should be able to build a few names that sound appropriate. Take it a little farther, and you can build an accent, and farther than this (grammar) and you can start pinpointing the types of problems a native speaker would have speaking english and develop characteristic NPCs. Shotgun apostrophes: okay if the apostrophe actually means something. Maybe it's a noise that we have no romanization for, like a purr or a chirp. Double vowels/weird dipthongs: not so unusual, just be consistent You know what, screw it, here's some articles to start with the basics: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phonetics_topics[/url] The thing that bugs me are names like "The Black Swamp". Oh, we must cross the Black Swamp in order to reach the Temple of Destruction. I like to put names through what I call 'the nasal test'. Say it outloud in a really nasal, obnoxiously nerdy voice. If you feel ashamed enough to punch your own nuts and your dog starts howling, it's time to rethink the name. [/QUOTE]
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