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What do we call Eponllyn people?

Started by Bendix, July 11, 2012, 01:57:53 AM

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Bendix

Now that there's a war on, I'm havin' trouble figurin' out what to call Eponllyn's people. I mean, I'm no etymologist, so maybe someone could present a historically-supported term that would be correct for the spelling?

Zakilevo

I would call them 'Epollyni'. Epollynian or Epollynite seem to be a bit too long.

Foundation

Epilogueans as they'll soon be the epilogue of Ibaldesh.
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Anaris

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Sonya

Quote from: Zakilevo on July 11, 2012, 01:58:50 AM
I would call them 'Epollyni'. Epollynian or Epollynite seem to be a bit too long.

This.



peace!

Anaris

Quote from: Sonya on July 11, 2012, 02:11:26 PM
Quote from: Zakilevo on July 11, 2012, 01:58:50 AM
I would call them 'Epollyni'. Epollynian or Epollynite seem to be a bit too long.
This.


Except that "this" is missing the first "n".  ;)
Timothy Collett

"The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire...is your heart." "You are what you do.  Choose again, and change." "One of these days, someone's gonna plug you, and you're going to die saying, 'What did I say? What did I say?'"  ~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan

Bendix


JPierreD

I call us E-pollinators. Though I fully support Eepple Peeple.
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Sonya

Quote from: Anaris on July 11, 2012, 02:29:18 PM

Except that "this" is missing the first "n".  ;)

Ok i notice....but is the one with best sound and easy to remember, not all Etymology are alike the realm names, i was reading some on this website.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?

As far i could understand, the etymology isn't born with the realm, but how others name them, at the beginning there are many variations but sooner or later one remains, specially those easy to pronounce.

In some cases (remember is just my opinion) maybe the people accepted those who are more pretty, ex:

On England, Instead of being called Englanians, or Englanders, they accepted "English"




These were suppose to be my 2 cents, but since i was taxed a 15% of my income only have ¢1.70....sorry..


Peace

Anaris

Quote from: Sonya on July 12, 2012, 04:05:57 PM
On England, Instead of being called Englanians, or Englanders, they accepted "English"

But England and the English were both named after the "Angles", which is the "Anglo" in "Anglo-Saxon". So "Anglish" is much closer to the root of both. It's not that the land was named "England" and then the English were named after it, it's the reverse; the land is "Angle-land".
Timothy Collett

"The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire...is your heart." "You are what you do.  Choose again, and change." "One of these days, someone's gonna plug you, and you're going to die saying, 'What did I say? What did I say?'"  ~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan

Bendix

So maybe it is dependent on the suffix... is the suffix "-llyn" a variation (or origination) of the word "land"? In that case, we might simply call them "Epons".