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From:  bobill |
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September 7th, 2006 10:55 pm (UTC)
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Ok let's analyze this. Maul is like, what, claw? So that works for a guy that looks like a giant claw. Vader is like father in swedish which is his secret-ness. Palpatine is just cool to say. You can connect that with palpable, which is like obvious. He's everyone's choice for the obvious bad guy in the OT, so that works.
So Luke is what, the innocent little farmboy who becomes evil? So some name that evokes tragedy... um... looking at the etymology, I see tragos, which also means goat. Which works for Luke; does he not remind you of a goat? sparagmos is also some word that means ritual death, which could work; the death of Luke. Only thing with that is that it reminds me of asparagus, which is so not a cool Sith name.
Darth Tragos. Does that sound too obvious? hmmm... Reihla has a nice list
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| From: bobill |
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September 8th, 2006 09:42 pm (UTC)
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The nerd in me breaks free.
From etymoline.com:
worm
O.E. wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, dragon," also in later O.E. "earthworm," from P.Gmc. *wurmiz (cf. O.S., O.H.G., Ger. wurm, O.Fris., Du. worm, O.N. ormr, Goth. waurms "serpent, worm"), from PIE *wrmi-/*wrmo- "worm" (cf. Gk. rhomos, L. vermis "worm," O.Rus. vermie "insects," Lith. varmas "insect, gnat"), possibly from base *wer- "turn" (see versus). The ancient category of these was much more extensive than the modern, scientific, one and included serpents, scorpions, maggots, and the supposed causes of certain diseases. In Eng., the -o- was a scribal substitution to avoid confusion of -u- and -r- (as also in some, come, monk etc.). As an insult meaning "abject, miserable person" it dates from O.E. The verb meaning "to move like a worm" is recorded from 1610, in fig. senses (attested from 1627) suggesting patient, sinuous progress.
Darth Wyrm. Darth Ormr. Darth Waurms. Darth Vermis. Mmmm...
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