I follow quite a lot of blogs and I love commenting. For a while I was very annoyed that word verification was necessary every time but then I figured out that the sometimes hilarious nonsense-words make great names for stuff in my Fantasy and SciFi novels. I named plants, animals and even characters with them, sometimes changing the word a bit to make it easier to pronounce. I have a volyp (an oceanic being with five tentacles), a pinti (1/2 a pint or 1/4 l), a porsork (a meat animal the size of a dog with green hair, four legs that makes noises like a pig), a character named Shetri and many other fun elements.
Love this, Cat! I've definitely seen and typed some great ones while out commenting on posts. I should start writing them down. I particularly love porsork from your list of names!
16 comments:
LOL! I never thought of this, but it is SUCH a great idea! Thanks for the tip!
What a great idea! I usually curse word verification, but now I will look at it in a whole new light! Thanks!
What a fun idea! I love it!
Have you seen this before? Some of these had me rolling with laughter.
http://rhizome.org/editorial/3739
Great tip. It is amazing where you can get ideas if you look.
LOL!! Way to use it for good ;o) Great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Ha! Oh man, nice thinking.
Well, there's a way to make lemonade out of lemons. :)
Such a clever idea! Thanks for sharing.
Had a weird one just today but I can't think of it now. I'll have to start paying better attention!
I love it! LOL.
I write them in a little notebook, and when I need a name, I'll flip through it.
wow thats a neat idea! might have to start paying attention to it now.
ha! Wished I wrote a genre that was more conducive to this! :)
This is great! Those things drive me crazy, so it's nice to find a purpose!
What a wonderful idea! Loved it!
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