Naming Convention - General - The Eldraeverse

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Ru <shearwater+eldraeverse@gmail.com> on 2019-04-18 05:19:14 wrote:

Harbinger-class diplomatic cruiser

With a name like that, it sounds a little more like a continuation-of-diplomacy-by-other-means cruiser. I guess it saves on velvet gloves, etc.

driagledd <driagledd@aim.com> on 2019-04-20 09:32:23 wrote:

“Alkahest” is a hypothetical universal solvent, so presumably it’s supposed ‘dissolve’ any conflict. Dissolving with a judicious application of firepower would be one way

Specialist290 <carpentereli@outlook.com> on 2019-04-18 21:05:21 wrote:

CS State Sensor-Ship

Does this pun actually work in Eldraeic the same way it does in English?

Alistair Young <us@arkane-systems.net> on 2019-04-20 11:09:33 wrote:

As Iain Banks said about a couple of his ship names, sometimes the cultural translation is very approximate.

Scott <scott.kenny@gmail.com> on 2019-04-24 01:26:55 wrote:

Translation is an art, not a science.

Translating puns is brutal.

Jade Nekotenshi <nekotenshi0@gmail.com> on 2019-05-03 20:34:40 wrote:

No, no, no!

Translating puns is punishing, of course.

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