Question
What shall we name the unnamed continent?
Background
For further information, please refer to the "Naming the unnamed continent" thread:
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The Finalists!
Emanon
- "no name" in reverse, reminiscent of Erewhon
Nonnomen
- Latin for "no name"
Satori
- from Buddhism, "a sudden indescribable and uncommunicable inner experience of enlightenment"
Steve
- it's a pretty name
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Ava Glasgow
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10-15-2007 12:08
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Trout Recreant
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10-15-2007 12:11
So I guess Troutland didn't catch on.
OK, I vote for Satori. I like the way it sounds and the meaning appeals to me - it sort of fits right, if that makes any sense. _____________________
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Alicia Sautereau
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10-15-2007 12:14
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poll with no pie or cake...no way  _____________________
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Ava Glasgow
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10-15-2007 12:19
ur fired poll with no pie or cake...no way I beg your pardon, Alicia, but there is most certainly pie in this poll. How dare you suggest otherwise! |
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Nika Talaj
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10-15-2007 12:23
Guess I'll have to go with satori, because at least its a word i sorta know. I have no clue why the tradition of naming SL continents with made-up multisyllabic vaguely elven names got started. Using bizarre words that cannot be remembered works against the purpose of having a name.
I still think continents should be named with something that relates to their shape or map position. That way, when you LOOK at them, you have a prayer of remembering their name. _____________________
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Bree Giffen
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10-15-2007 12:30
I chose Steve.
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Alicia Sautereau
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10-15-2007 12:33
I beg your pardon, Alicia, but there is most certainly pie in this poll. How dare you suggest otherwise! /me doesn`t see an voting option to name it Pie or Cake  _____________________
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Marianne McCann
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10-15-2007 12:33
I chose Steve. Eh! Steve! (I voted for Emanon) _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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10-15-2007 12:36
I chose Steve. I chose Steve as well. But I don't have to live there. _____________________
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Travis Lambert
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10-15-2007 12:54
Steve - it's a pretty name Considering that 'Steve' is my RL first name, I take great umbrage at it being referred to as 'pretty'  _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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10-15-2007 12:57
Considering that 'Steve' is my RL first name, I take great umbrage at it being referred to as 'pretty' You guys really have to learn to get in touch with your feminine sides more often. _____________________
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Travis Lambert
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10-15-2007 12:58
lol!
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Oryx Tempel
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10-15-2007 12:59
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with having a pretty name. Heck you could be named Beowulf or something. "Steve" just rolls off the tongue.
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Nika Talaj
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10-15-2007 13:02
"Steve" just rolls off the tongue.  _____________________
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Oryx Tempel
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10-15-2007 13:18
LOL! Nika, you dirty dirty girl. I honestly can't think of a good response, except to say that your mind is in the gutter, young lady!
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Sally Silvera
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10-15-2007 13:43
I'm really in the mood for pie, but voted Emanon, though George would be cool too
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Lexxi Gynoid
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10-15-2007 13:43
/me doesn`t see an voting option to name it Pie or Cake Last option mentions pie. |
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Brenda Connolly
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10-15-2007 13:46
LOL! Nika, you dirty dirty girl. I honestly can't think of a good response, except to say that your mind is in the gutter, young lady! Oh listen to you. Just because there already is a sim named after you...... _____________________
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Ava Glasgow
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10-15-2007 14:17
/me doesn`t see an voting option to name it Pie or Cake Well, I had actually suggested Pie as a name, but it did not get a single vote of support, so it did not make it into the finals. There IS, however, the traditional "I reject your poll options and choose instead to declare my fondness of sweet pastry goodness" pie option. Guess I'll have to go with satori, because at least its a word i sorta know. I have no clue why the tradition of naming SL continents with made-up multisyllabic vaguely elven names got started. To date, there is not a single made-up or elven name. Sansara - Hindu concept, "The sansara, simply put is the world, or used more broadly it relates to the universe, i.e. all that which is material. So the sansara is the stage where the performance of life takes place." This name was one considered by LL before they settled on "Second Life". Heterocera - Taxonomical term for moths. Official name given by LL. Jeogeot - Korean word meaning "that", in reference to a thing that is not close to the speaker or listener. Often translated as "that thing over there". The partially-built continent was composed entirely of sims with Korean place names at the time this name was used on a map by Dyne Talamasca. Nautilus - Common name for a group of marine cephalopods known for their spiral shells. Also the famous fictional submarine in Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". Official name given by LL. Corsica - The fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte. Official name given by LL. Out of the current options, only Emanon is made up. Even so, its derivation is a sly reference to a famous fictional dystopia rather than anything elven. Oh, lord, Oryx ... care to rephrase? LOL! You actually made me spit on my keyboard! |
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KC Despres
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10-15-2007 18:10
I voted for Satori if only because it's already being called that somewhere. The truth is, with teleportation I never know where I am anyway. -- KC
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Bradley Bracken
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10-15-2007 18:13
Out of the current options, only Emanon is made up. Even so, its derivation is a sly reference to a famous fictional dystopia rather than anything elven. It also just happens to be No Name spelled backwards, which is why I suggested it in the first place. |
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Gaybot Blessed
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10-15-2007 18:15
Pie would be a great name for the new continent.
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Darkpoet Magne
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10-15-2007 19:02
I voted for 'Steve' bacause my name in RL is Steven.
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Bree Giffen
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10-15-2007 19:04
Wow. As of this post it's tied at 7 apiece for Emanon, Satori and Steve!!! Close race!
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Perre Anatine
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10-15-2007 19:44
Pie would be a great name for the new continent. For a new continent maybe..however this continent is of course far from new. I would be happier if it were 'Pi'..as in the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet..or numerical association 3.141592. 'Steve'..oh good lord..you cannot be serious (lol anything but..). Steve means to 'pack or stow away, as carge in a ship's hold (gee I didn't know that..). I'm going with Satori...I'm desperately trying to think of a good reason why though... Of course it did occur to me that we who do not actually live on the 'Un-named Continent' (a truly wonderful name ..coff..coff..sadly ignored by the organiser of the poll)..really are not the people who should be naming this continent (ducks as Ava lobs a kelp in his direction..). Especially if it ends up as 'Steve'.."Hey there..guess what your continent's been called.....? Perre Anatine 'Have you any idea how much damage can be caused by a kelp hitting an LCD screen..its the salt water that does it...  "_____________________
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