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Nika Talaj
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Join date: 2 Jan 2007
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09-29-2007 09:28
This is a followon to the "Naming the New Continent" thread.
Obviously no one can remember any of the current continent names, they always have to be looked up. They're pretty words, but hopelessly high-falutin'. Maybe everyone early on was elvish, but I certainly don't feel the spirit of Tolkien hovering over SL nowadays.
Let's make nicknames for them all!! If they're memorable, maybe they'll catch on! Ideally, the name should be something that relates to the shape or something else unique about them, so that when you look at the map you can easily remember the name. Otherwise we could name them all Lagistan (I love that) and be done.
By that criteria, Las Grandes Bragas is the best name I've heard so far *grin*.
Take a serious look at the map and let's name each of them something relevant. Oh, except that whichever one was first, I think should be named something like ... oh ... First Land. Just to confuse the noobs further (ok, time for coffee).
Ready ... set ... go!
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Felix Oxide
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09-29-2007 10:04
Hmm how about... -Ad Farm Isle -Crashtastica -Lagland Well I could only think up three for now.  |
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KC Despres
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Join date: 7 Apr 2007
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09-29-2007 10:36
I would have thought more people would want to play along. Hmmm . . .
Can't go with North, East, etc. because SL could expand and make them obsolete. So -
Sansera/Old Continent - "Oldest"
Heterocera Atoll / Patagonia - "Atoll" (It even looks like one)
Jeogeot (?) - "Unfinished" because of the big rectangular channel in the middle
Corsica - That one is really a bunch of islets strung together. "Bunch?"
Nautilus - "Between"
Unnamed - "Ann Ominous" in lieu of my more high faultin' "Delphi" or someone's "Satori." Or maybe just "Anon."
I predict that expansion will run the three northeasterly continents together someday and if that happens they should of course be whatever that name was for the prehistoric continents that were all connected -- or maybe not since I can't seem to remember it.
I realize these are not very clever or funny names - just simple. --KC
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Desmond Shang
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Join date: 14 Mar 2005
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09-29-2007 11:12
From: KC Despres Sansera/Old Continent - "Oldest"
Heterocera Atoll / Patagonia - "Atoll" (It even looks like one)
Jeogeot (?) - "Unfinished" because of the big rectangular channel in the middle
Corsica - That one is really a bunch of islets strung together. "Bunch?"
Nautilus - "Between"
Unnamed - "Ann Ominous" in lieu of my more high faultin' "Delphi" or someone's "Satori." Or maybe just "Anon." Old mainland - FICtopia Atoll - ... just... Atoll. Nothing terribly nicknameable about it. Jeogeot - Kimjongilia Corsica - Nooblandia Nautilus - Splatland (seriously, how DID they come up with that terrain?) north america lookin' one - Idunnough ("What's the name of this continent?" "I dunno..." 
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scruffy09 Xi
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09-29-2007 12:05
For all the people on the other thread who think LL is going Disney:
Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey (reserved for Lindens).
For all the people in the other thread who hate numbers in avatar's names:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ( leaves room for expansion).
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Conifer Dada
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Join date: 6 Oct 2006
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09-29-2007 12:49
I'm a proud resident of the southern continent, which I call 'Wootonia'.
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