Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-35283741-20180416093135/@comment-35283741-20180417004457

Recneps wrote: Honestly, I think that these blended names could be a good thing, if they only apply to the small villages. Gondor is a fading empire. The common people don't speak Sindarin, and it's doubtful all the nobility knows as much as they claim. Recently founded settlements(i.e. the small villages) might well be named by someone who isn't truly an expert, and only uses what little they know.. Names composed of more than 1 language aren't truly an unusual concept. It happens in reality. Languages aren't something which everybody always keeps separate.. Linguistic drift happens all the time between them. A nation with a Higher Language, such as Sindarin, still being maintained separate from a Lower Language, like Westron, would be peculiar. Sure, it happened across Europe with Latin.. Except Latin also bled into all of the lower languages. I don't suppose that a village should receive a name like "Baranfield", even if it is founded recently.

But I agree that Gondor villages' names should mostly be in English, "the lower language". Maybe Gondor villages should have less chances (maybe around 10%) to receive Sindarin names.