 The Book Of Names, Lost: one Onomastikon |
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 Nov 19 2004, 10:23 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Loughborough, UK Member No.: 1,321  |
One of the greatest resources I found for both players and GMs was Kate Monk's Onomastikon (FYI, Onomastikon = Dictionary of Names), which used to reside at http://www.gaminggeeks.org/resources/katemonk. It was great- a near-complete list of names for pretty much every nation and culture on the planet present and past, sorted by root origin of the names. For the past month I haven't been able to get access to the site- it just times out. At first I thought it was the site blocker here in the office, but then I stopped being able to get on at home, and now one of my compatriots on a different grid can't find it either. Does anyone know if the Onomastikon has found a new home elsewhere, or if there is another similar resource out there? I will admit that at present my Google-Fu is weak.
-JH. |
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Nov 19 2004, 01:03 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
I just tried www.gaminggeeks.org and followed the links to the Onomastikon, and it seems that some letters in the url were capitalized -- the site is still there, the address is slightly different. You can find it at: http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateM...eMonk/index.htm
I keep getting Error 403: Forbidden for all the articles under England-Firstnames. All the others seem to work fine. |
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Nov 19 2004, 06:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 18-October 04 From: Tujunga, CA Member No.: 6,768 |
Thanks. I need this, I keep naming every one bob or john...
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Nov 19 2004, 10:47 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
I like this one, The Motherlode of Baby Names, due to the ultra contemporary spellings and names.
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Nov 21 2004, 10:17 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Loughborough, UK Member No.: 1,321 |
Whoa. Yeah, I can find it again now, from the same shortcut I was previously using. I guess it just had some downtime or something. At last, I can name NPCs again! :D
-JH. |
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