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What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Topic Start: July 11, 2012, 01:57:53 AM »
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?

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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #1: July 11, 2012, 01:58:50 AM »
I would call them 'Epollyni'. Epollynian or Epollynite seem to be a bit too long.

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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #2: July 11, 2012, 02:01:35 AM »
Epilogueans as they'll soon be the epilogue of Ibaldesh.
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #3: July 11, 2012, 02:19:57 AM »
Eponiards.
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #4: July 11, 2012, 07:50:17 AM »
Eponllese.

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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #5: July 11, 2012, 11:32:38 AM »
Eepple Peeple.
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #6: July 11, 2012, 01:28:19 PM »
Eponies
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #7: July 11, 2012, 02:07:29 PM »
I'd go for Eponli.
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #8: July 11, 2012, 02:11:26 PM »
I would call them 'Epollyni'. Epollynian or Epollynite seem to be a bit too long.

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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #9: July 11, 2012, 02:29:18 PM »
I would call them 'Epollyni'. Epollynian or Epollynite seem to be a bit too long.
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Except that "this" is missing the first "n".  ;)
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #10: July 11, 2012, 06:56:40 PM »
Eepple Peeple.

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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #11: July 12, 2012, 12:25:36 AM »
I call us E-pollinators. Though I fully support Eepple Peeple.
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #12: July 12, 2012, 04:05:57 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"




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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #13: July 12, 2012, 04:11:09 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".
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Re: What do we call Eponllyn people?
« Reply #14: July 13, 2012, 01:27:24 AM »
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".