So to summarize the Provincial Name Change Discuss

[Vitxalmour Conductour]

Out of a sense of fairness, I tried to throw in every suggestion (even the obviously not serious ones) in the thread (intentionally omitting only Taiwos' split province names and a few of Grischun's Garibaldi translations because of space, apologies for any unintentional omissions, though I at least think I got all the ones that seemed to have any support.)

I, at least, wanted to see where the broad consensus was on this before I support any changes.

[Eðo Grischun]

I should say my translations were iffy at best. Advice from language experts should be sought. Is it just me or does Dixhetcorax look like the name of a medicine?

Anyway, Garibaldi is my pick... even though it has nothing at all to do with me. (and I choose Garibaldi not because of any Italian stuff, but solely because of the garibaldi biscuit which was my childhood favourite. Good old Granny Grice always had them for when we came over. These days it's p-p-pick up a Penguin.

[Vitxalmour Conductour]

It looks entitirely like a medicine.

[EM Vürinalt]

If we Talossify the name Garibaldi we don't need to take its literal meaning and change it to Talossan roots. The word already originates in a romance language, we could just easily respell it as it fits Talossan phonology and phonetics.

It'd still look like Garibaldi, just changed slightly.

I personally also think we should change it into the name of a country even if we don't want to Talossify the phonetics, and make it Garibaldia or something like that.

America isn't named Amerigo even though the guy that discovered it was named that- they made it feminine to change it into a land.

Just an idea.

[Istefan Perþonest]

Aug 6, 2012 11:58:40 GMT -6 Vitxalmour Conductour said:

Out of a sense of fairness, I tried to throw in every suggestion (even the obviously not serious ones)

Yeah, please nobody vote for Lenin-Hitler-Stalin-Amin Province, okay? Even if I did obscure it a bit by using their fathers' birth names.

[Suischadna Margreta Blasiüs]

Still think Cjarcosta or something of the like is more euphonic and evocative. Just my $.02.

[Lüc da Schir]

Lorentzio is winning, and guess who proposed it?

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Given the number of options, this could be an opportunity for an interesting demonstration of preference voting.

[EM Vürinalt]

Aug 11, 2012 5:59:40 GMT -6 Sir C. M. Siervicül said:

Given the number of options, this could be an opportunity for an interesting demonstration of preference voting.

Very true!

I still personally think that if we go with Lorentzio or Garibaldi, we should feminize the names to Lorentzia or Garibaldia, as most Romance languages do with placenames.

[Deleted]

Can I just say that I like the idea of Garibaldia?

[Owen Edwards]

Versions of Ben are coming joint second though .

[Lüc da Schir]

Lorentzio 5 votes
Garibaldi 4 votes
Benito 3 votes
Linceo 2 votes
Tesla 1 vote
Savoia 1 vote
Cjarcosta 1 vote
Cjartzara 1 vote
Benedetto 1 vote

Anyway, after this poll, a bill will be submitted to the Chancellery (before the end of this Cosa, please, otherwise it will be a Benitian 2013), so let's decide calmly our best choice.

[Eldsfäts Blasiüs]

Since Tesla is getting so little support sniffsniff, I will happily support any reasonable alternative to Benito.

[Béneditsch Ardpresteir, O.SPM.]

I am not a Benetian... but may I suggest something?

After a cut off date, let those who have voted for the 'names' receiving only one vote, vote for the other names that have received more than one vote... thereby you'll have a smaller list of names, and it may be so that you'll have an entirely different scenario...

[Lüc da Schir]

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Yes, I have already thought about a similar stuff. Now the names with at least a vote will be reproposed in another poll.