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From: Matthew Walker <mwalker@kydance.net>
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Subject: Re: question about names
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:44:15 -0700
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Joe Griffin wrote:
> Huan the hound wrote:
>> Did Anne intentionally make almost all female names end with "a" for
>> the first few books (notable exception being Menolly)?
>
> Brekke ! (but otherwise, yes)
>
> Likewise the Dragons seem to all end with "th"
It's a well established fact that /all/ dragon names end wit 'th'. I don't
think there's any good IC reason for this... But it is a handy way to tell
if a name is referring to a dragon or to a human. I can't recall any humans
with 'th' ending names.
Matthew
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