Hi EvilAuthor,
Given the shifts in English pronunciation and grammar just from Bede [7th-8th century] to Chaucer [14th century] to Shakespeare etc [16th to 17th], then to the much wider literature we have of the 18th century, and again to the more informal spelling of the 19th century, the 20th century as we have recorded in literature, then somewhat frozen by the 20th century's recording media, until the US parental unique naming and spelling mania from the 70's that makes almost every kid in an elementary school class today have a different spelling, if not a unique pronunciation independent of the spelling are tokens of the pronunciation and spelling shifts in English compared to the more rigid grammar and spelling forms of Spanish.
There are many cultures today that change their names after significant events, including those based on the bible.
The fact that so many Safehold names are recognizably ethnic in their origin only adds to the potential shifts one should expect in almost a thousand years of amalgamating them all.
We have no indication the church has ever tracked, or ever considered tracking the potential generation of names as different folks integrated differently named persons into their family naming traditions.
Do you remember the Dick Van Dyke Show episode where he explains to his son that his middle name uses all the initials of family members they wanted to commemorate?
Then there's 'States Right Gist', a ACW confederate general so named by his father, a supporter and admirer of Calhoun.
Given the whims of less literate peasants to choose imposing names, its surprising we've seen only one person named after Seijin KHody IIRC.
The fact the archangels didn't eliminate non English names when the created the Adams implies considerable ignorance about culture as well as psychology given how much memory had to be left for the colonists to use to survive; yet they expected their god endorsed mandate to prevent all questioning, which indicates they had very little experience with young children, even if many Terrans were still having children, which may say more about their mental state and outlook.
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evilauthor wrote:PeterZ wrote:Or aviation IC engines for me
Most people think King Arthur before obscure aviation trivia. Merlin's a central character of the King Arthur mythos. You'd be LUCKY if a WWII story even mentions a Merlin engine.
In the modern day, the name "Merlin" is instantly recognizable. Given how old the King Arthur legend is (and how much the King Arthur story gets recycled in some form by modern media), it wouldn't be surprising if everyone in the Gbaba war was also familiar with the name Merlin.
Hell, one of the exodus ships was named
Excalibur for crying out loud!