Erunion Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Pretty self-explanatory. Do we have standardized names for the people from different planets? (IE: people from Earth are often called Terrans in sci-fi). So what do we call the people of the different cosmere worlds? Sel: Selites? Selians? Selish? Roshar: Rosharans. Scadrial: Scadrians. Threnody: Threnodites.Nalthis: Nalthians. Yolen: Yolenites? Yolens? Yolenii? Ashyn: Ashthities? Ashyrii? Ashyn? Braize: Braizians? Braizites? Taldain: Taldites? Taldanians? Talithites? This is an important topic! We need standardization across the 17th shard! (Also, with the plethora of topics discussing peoples from the different worlds right now *cough* Roshar vs. Scadrial *cough*, knowing what to refer to the people as will help). EDITED: Confirmed names are in BOLD. Edited April 9, 2016 by Erunion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eki Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 I think most of these are on the Coppermind with WoBs to back them up. For example, it mentions that people from Sel are Selish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) There are some standard demonyms. Rosharans, Scadrians, Nalthians, Threnodites are all canonical (with Threnodite coming from Secret History). Brandon previously on that Q&A has said "Selish" was the demonym for Sel, but in later Q&As he has said "Selian," if I recall correctly. No other planet has known demonyms. Brandon will probably answer that when we get books on those worlds. I think Sharders have asked about a few others and he is hesitant to canonize them yet. I think people from Yolen are Yolish, but don't have an immediate link for that, so I might be imagining that. EDIT: Indeed, on the Coppermind we get the WoB'd demonym at all costs, haha. Edited April 8, 2016 by Chaos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Not sure how canonical some of these are but the most common uses on the forums areSel: SelishRoshar: RosharansScadrial: ScadriansThrenody: ThrenoditesNalthis: Nalthian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Not sure how canonical some of these are but the most common uses on the forums are Sel: Selish Roshar: Rosharans Scadrial: Scadrians Threnody: Threnodites Nalthis: Nalthian All of those are canonical! My link links to Brandon himself The only one that is weird is Sel, because Brandon can't seem to make up his mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowiespoon Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 it mentions that people from Sel are Selish. Pretty sure they're people, not crustaceans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaDad Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 I vote for calling people of Sel "Selfies". All in favor... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Thanks for the replies! I put the ones that are confirmed in Bold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 All of those are canonical! My link links to Brandon himself The only one that is weird is Sel, because Brandon can't seem to make up his mind... Yeah that was the one I was unsure of, and Yolish but I was so unsure on that I didn't even mention it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blightsong Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 I think I would like Nalthesean better that Nalthian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Moridin Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Yolish has been used to refer to the variety of a thing from Yolen (Yolish Lightweaving), but I think that's the only time we've seen it so hard to tell if it's also supposed to be the demonym, though it'd make sense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) My mobile is being silly, I will edit and correct later on my iPad. Edited April 8, 2016 by Iron Eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasSheep Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Brandon previously on that Q&A has said "Selish" was the demonym for Sel, but in later Q&As he has said "Selian," if I recall correctly. They could both be right, I think. As in, Selians are Selish (with Selian being the noun and Selish the adjective). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasSheep Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Pretty self-explanatory. Do we have standardized names for the people from different planets? (IE: people from Earth are often called Terrans in sci-fi). So what do we call the people of the different cosmere worlds? Sel: Selites? Selians? Selish? Roshar: Rosharans. Scadrial: Scadrians. Threnody: Threnodites. Nalthis: Nalthians. Yolen: Yolenites? Yolens? Yolenii? Ashyn: Ashthities? Ashyrii? Ashyn? Braize: Braizians? Braizites? Taldain: Taldites? Taldanians? Talithites? Yolen: Yolites? Yolenii? This is an important topic! We need standardization across the 17th shard! (Also, with the plethora of topics discussing peoples from the different worlds right now *cough* Roshar vs. Scadrial *cough*, knowing what to refer to the people as will help). EDITED: Confirmed names are in BOLD. Just wanna say, you've put Yolen twice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted April 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Just wanna say, you've put Yolen twice Thanks, and fixed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Aye, Sel is the odd one as I go between Selian and Selish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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