Hurricane Sandy

[1221bookworm.livejournal.com]

As we prepare for Hurricane Sandy's impact, we hope that allowing her to blow out her frustrations on the Eastern seaboard will allow her to calm down, and perhaps begin to see Eugenides in a new, better light. (Or at least give him a few sand free days as she is busy elsewhere!!:)

Hurricanes Sandy and Irene got us thinking about Hurricane names, so we came up with a game: naming hurricanes after QT characters! Books and I started 2 lists, so that there could be one boy and one girl's name for each list. However, we quickly got stumped, so we're asking you guys for help!! I'll start with some of the ones we came up, and then let's try to fill in the blanks!! :)

Ladies first:                 Gentlemen:
Agape                          Aris
Boagus                        Berrone
Chloe                           Costis
Dite                             D(girl)
Eurydice                      Eugenides
F(boy)                         F(girl)
G (girl)                        Galen
Hilarion                       Helen
Irene                            Ion
J(boy)                          J(girl)
K(girl)                         Kamet
Legarus                       L(girl)
Moira                           MoW
Nahuserish                  N(girl)
O(girl)                         Ornon
Philologos                   Phresine
R(girl)                          Relius
Sophos                         S(girl)
Themis                         Teleus
V(boy)                         V(girl)
W(girl)                         W(boy)

All right, Sounisians, the rest is up to you! We're missing a total of 16 names - 12 girl's names and four boy's names. Any other names you can think of for letters that are already taken are great, too.  List away!

~Bookworm

Comments

[kaeyko.livejournal.com]

For V (boy), I remember one of the attendants that Gen assigned to Sophos was a man named "Verix." For J (boy), the "Eddis" short story names Helen's younger brother "Janus."

For L (girl), The King of Attolia mentions that one of the queen's attendants happens to be named "Luria;" the "Thief!" short story also names one of Gen's aunts "Livia."

(Too bad for the exclusion of names for "X" - there's Xenophon and Xanthe.)

[(Anonymous)]

Hey! Can we add the names of the goats in the story about Polystrictes? If so, we've got 2 more N names for girls, Nigella and Nogasta. :-)
~deirdrej

[(Anonymous)]

BTW, Z is easy, too -- Zecush (yay!) and Zenia.

~deirdrej

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Yes! The goats!

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

I vote 'Yea' on the inclusion of goats...otherwse they might get mad and eat my socks or somthing XD

[kaeyko.livejournal.com]

I'd like to suggest Melheret (another Mede ambassador) for M (boy).

The Minister of War is awesome, but it isn't exactly a name so much as a title. Otherwise, the Magus is fair game, isn't he?

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

Haha, we were being silly when we put the MoW...We figured he had no other name anyway XD So yea, I guess Magus counts too, but Melhre isagreat suggestion.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Ortia for (O) girl. That's actually a place in Attolia, but who said we were limited to human names! XD

I'm afraid you're not going to find anything for "F" and "W." I believe we get those from our German friends (but don't quote me on that, I'm not a linguist!), and they are not found in the Greek alphabet. Since Mrs. Turner uses Greek names in her series... You see where I'm going with this?

You could try doing a list according to the Greek alphabet, but that might get too confusing. I'd recommend removing the letters that have no Greek equivalent. From what I can tell that's just "F" and "W." I know there are some Sounisians who speak Greek, so hopefully they can help you out some more. :)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Ow! It just occurred to me that you could do a "Ph" substitute for "F." You'd just have to find some more "P" names.

Pol and Periphys (Eddisian goddess of wind)! There you go! ;)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Looking at the Greek alphabet some more, it looks like there is no "V" either. There is however an "X" (chi) and a "Y" (upsilon). You could substitute those letters for "V" and "W." :)

[kaeyko.livejournal.com]

Since Mrs. Turner uses Greek names in her series...

If I may humbly add, I've noticed that the later books have used Latin names as well as Greek ones. Either Boagus or Aulus, I forget which, I've seen in some Roman related literature, and I think that names like Livia, Janus, and Sejanus illustrate the use of Latin names somewhat. I always did think the name "Verix" was a little odd until I noticed the Latin-ish names creeping in.

but who said we were limited to human names! XD

How about the country (?) of Feria, where Dite goes after he's exiled, for F (girl), in that case? That gives us one F.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are absolutely right! I forgot about Verix and the other Latin names. We'll have to see if there are any more Latin or other non-Greek names that can fill in for the "F's," "W's," and "V's" so the list doesn't have to be changed. Most of the names are Greek though, so that does pose a challenge.

Hmm... We could do Philologos and Feria if there are no other "F's" available for F (boy).

[booksrgood4u.livejournal.com]

I want Philo to go on the list!! I love his line "I'm not as dumb as you think I am, even if you are." He doesn't get enough love. <3

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I have nothing to add, except to say that when I saw the email announcing a new post in Sounis, with all those delightful tags listed, I couldn't imagine what in the world the post would actually be about. :)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I added the "names" tag, ;-)

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

A massive wedding or coronation, probably, where even the gods showed up and Nahuseresh crashed.


I hope all you East Coast people are doing alright!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks! I'm a couple of hours inland and it's missing us completely.

[(Anonymous)]

Anyone in the Sandy's way... stay safe!!!

Elle

[deirdrej.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Elle, and everybody!

It's a major mess around here -- but not nearly as bad as it is further south.

I'm sending good wishes that way...hope everybody is OK!!