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MrHobit1234 wrote: 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. Then the name would be a Westron/Sindarin combination not English/Sindarin combination wouldn't it?

Hobit, Chief of the Inquisition (Inform me of heretics) While I disagree that mixed names should be included--for one, they sound awful--Westron should always be translated to English.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)