Shinwarrior Posted October 12, 2021 Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) I've been seeing a lot of people on the shard and on Reddit who (by their spelling) appear to be listening to the audio books. While this may be a good Vorin practice it does leave lots of interesting spellings. It may also leave them susceptible to influence from the shard of Invention. Some are close, others are not. Comment or respond with any that you might find! These are a few that I've seen recently. I'll update as I find more. The Wall of Invention Maracie New Sarin Kalidan - Kaliden - Caladin Updates Lyft Cet Coloss Sadius - Saddeus Jashna - Jasna - Yasnah - Yashnah Zeth - Seth Kondra - Chandra The Sybling Docksin Shallon Knightblood Vyn Nivani - Nervani Kai (the city) Rheoden Sorini Scion Teravangion Whit Edited November 18, 2021 by Shinwarrior 2
AquaRegia he/him Posted October 12, 2021 Posted October 12, 2021 It can be amusing or infuriating, depending on my mood. I've seen so many different awful attempts at "Taravangian" that I can't even bring myself to repeat them. 1
Frustration Posted October 12, 2021 Posted October 12, 2021 I've seen Lyft Cet Coloss I'll see if I find any more 1
Honorless he/him Posted October 12, 2021 Posted October 12, 2021 "Vorin man spellings", that's a good one, lol 2
Shinwarrior Posted October 19, 2021 Author Posted October 19, 2021 It's been a minute and this one might just be a misspell but it fits. Jashna
Shinwarrior Posted November 1, 2021 Author Posted November 1, 2021 They just keep coming. Keep posting them, and I'll edit the first post and include them all. New one I found. Docksin
spaidapig he/him Posted November 2, 2021 Posted November 2, 2021 The most infurating to me is Shallon. 2
Frustration Posted November 2, 2021 Posted November 2, 2021 (edited) Apparently Knightblood is a thing. Edited November 2, 2021 by Frustration 1
Knight of Iron she/they Posted November 2, 2021 Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Frustration said: Apparently Knightblood is a thing. I am pleased. 1
Mat he/him Posted November 2, 2021 Posted November 2, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 6:05 PM, Frustration said: The Sybling How does this even happen xD 'Sibling' is an actual word and the context in which it's used in 'The Sibling' is the same as in the definition of 'sibling'
Shinwarrior Posted November 5, 2021 Author Posted November 5, 2021 Saw Jasna… while I can’t blame them too much it’s still getting put on the wall of shame.
nerpspren Posted November 6, 2021 Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) Lol as an audiobook listener, I've certainly been surprised at the spelling of some names. I usually check before I post so I don't look doofy, but here are some of the Vorin Man Spellings in my head: Caladin Chandra Kai (the city) Rheoden Sorini Scion ... I'm sure there are plenty more, but those are what I can think of. I have to say the Elantris ones are the worst because you don't expect the long vowel Aon spelling when you're listening to it. Edited November 6, 2021 by nerpspren 1
Shinwarrior Posted November 9, 2021 Author Posted November 9, 2021 Adding these to the wall Teravangion Seth Yashnah Nervani Saddeus
Frustration Posted November 11, 2021 Posted November 11, 2021 34 minutes ago, Shinwarrior said: This one was new.. Whit How? The number of puns unto itself should have made the spelling obvious.
AonEne he/him Posted November 18, 2021 Posted November 18, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 8:15 AM, Shinwarrior said: while I can’t blame them too much it’s still getting put on the wall of shame. Hey, just want to note that while it's fine to laugh a little about people not knowing how to spell fantasy names, and it can be annoying to see people constantly do it if you're a book reader and not audiobook listener, they're honest mistakes and not something we want to encourage feeling ashamed over. I've been keeping an eye on this thread and it seems mostly all right, but there is a line where it becomes mocking people for something that is relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of things and we want to foster an environment that welcomes everybody - including those who listen to the books and don't know how to spell stuff at first, or whose autocorrect caught them. So let's all just keep that in mind as we joke here 2
Shinwarrior Posted November 18, 2021 Author Posted November 18, 2021 10 hours ago, AonEne said: Hey, just want to note that while it's fine to laugh a little about people not knowing how to spell fantasy names, and it can be annoying to see people constantly do it if you're a book reader and not audiobook listener, they're honest mistakes and not something we want to encourage feeling ashamed over. I've been keeping an eye on this thread and it seems mostly all right, but there is a line where it becomes mocking people for something that is relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of things and we want to foster an environment that welcomes everybody - including those who listen to the books and don't know how to spell stuff at first, or whose autocorrect caught them. So let's all just keep that in mind as we joke here This has some very good points, and I don't think the intention here was to be a sarcastic/ annoying Vorin women who is mocking from the undertext. Rather a place to collect the many different attempts to spell the names of those from the Cosmere. It's good to note that autocorrect, pronouncing the name differently in your head, and influences from the shard of Invention could all be factors for misspelled names in addition to audiobook readers never seeing the names. (Even after reading the books I still mistake Syl and Sly all the time). Nothing is wrong with listening to the books instead of reading them, so maybe it will help if we have a wall of 'Invention' instead of a wall of 'shame'.
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