Re: lunar names

From: Andrew Barton <AndrewBarton_at_...>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:02:42 -0500

> such created names as Vladlen (from 'Vladimir Lenin'), Pobeda
> ('Victory') or, later, Kapa (from 'Ka Pa Ess Ess', or CPSU, Communist
> Part of the Soviet Union).

And Pyatilyetka ('Five Year Plan'). Compare Puritan names such as Praise-God and his less often referred to brother Unless-Thou-Believe-In-The-Lord-Thou-Shalt-Surely-Be-Damned.

In one of my game worlds there's a 21st century forename Tafka, from The Artist Formerly Known As.

Andrew