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Old 02-01-2011, 05:51 PM   #38
Ktulu
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I've been using the latest version in this thread and it works great. Nice job. It's especially good at creating a lot of cities which you can use to fill out your fictional worlds even though you may not use them as actual cities with baseball teams.

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Originally Posted by Muzamba View Post
I think for the nouns, we need to look at the types of words that were in common use in the 18th and 19th centuries, when most US and Canadian towns were settled. Many were translations of Native American words, which is why there are a lot of animals and other terms pertaining to nature. Pioneers also seemed to name landforms after objects that they resembled and subsequently named adjacent settlements likewise.
One of the things I'm noticing is that most of the names sound like they come from a "Western" movie and it's hard to find ones that sound modern. Just something to keep in mind.
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