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====== Resources - Language ======

//Origins/Classification//

  * [[http://www.languagesandpeoples.com/|Languages & Origins in Europe: Historical linguistics with prehistoric archaeology]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/24177.html?thread=107806065#t107806065|History and classification of Celtic languages]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm|Omniglot: Guide to Writing Systems and Languages of the World]]
  * [[http://anomalously-written.tumblr.com/post/96982193662/you-know-what-i-love-names-you-know-what-i|Geographically accurate names]]

//Grammar//

  * [[http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm|Notre Dame's Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid]]
  * [[http://classics.uchicago.edu/faculty/dik/niftygreek|Nifty Greek Handouts]]
  * [[http://www.etoncollege.com/GreekProject.aspx?nid=e19484e6-707c-44d4-a3d7-f8b93df8751f|The Eton Greek Project]]
  * [[http://logodaedalic.blogspot.com/2011/01/gallo-brittonic-grammar.html|A Gallo-Brittonic Grammar]]
  * Welsh: [[http://dysgu-cymraeg.livejournal.com/|dysgu-cymraeg]] and [[http://www.saysomethinginwelsh.com/|Say Something in Welsh]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/24177.html?thread=107808881#t107808881|Gender and formality in Polish grammar]] (FFA thread)

//Dialects//

  * [[http://aschmann.net/AmEng/|Map of North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns]]
  * [[http://www.soundcomparisons.com/|Sound comparisons for different varieties of English]]
  * [[http://web.ku.edu/~idea/index.htm|International Dialects of English Archive]]
  * [[http://accent.gmu.edu/howto.php|Speech Accent Archive]]

//Slang//

  * [[http://www.fastcodesign.com/3033392/infographic-of-the-day/a-guide-to-talking-dirty-throughout-history|Dirty talk through history]]
  * [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/42448462/Williams-Shakespeare-s-Sexual-Language-a-Glossary|William Shakespeare's Sexual Language: a Glossary]]
  * [[http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/|Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of the Slang of the British Underworld (1811)]]
  * [[http://www.victorianlondon.org/|Dictionary of Victorian London]]
  * Two papers on use of language in the HBO series //Deadwood//: [[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2428&context=greatplainsquarterly|“//Deadwood// and the English Language”]] and [[http://www.academia.edu/4757292/Profanity_Politics_of_the_HBOs_Series_Deadwood_Authenticity_Lawlessness_and_Living_Outside_Civil_Society|“Profanity Politics of the HBO's Series //Deadwood//: Authenticity, Lawlessness, and Living Outside Civil Society”]]
  * [[http://www.archive.org/details/passingenglishof00wareuoft|Passing English of the Victorian Era: A Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang and Phrase (1909)]]
  * [[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-slang.html|Old West Slang]]
  * [[http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm|Jazz Age Slang]]
  * [[http://freaky_freya.tripod.com/Drunktionary/A-B.html|Drunktionary]]
  * [[http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm|British slang/sayings dictionary]]
  * [[http://doomcanary.livejournal.com/32826.html|On the finer points of English swearing]]
  * [[http://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A753527|The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/179789.html?thread=978944589#cmt978944589|Gendered curses for men in various languages]] (FFA thread) 

//Personal Names//

  * [[http://www.behindthename.com/|Behind The Name]]
  * [[http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/|Kate Monk's Onomastikon (Dictionary of Names)]]
  * [[http://tekeli.li/onomastikon/|Names from all around the world, sorted by region]]
  * [[http://hearnames.com/|HearNames]]: Pronunciations of various names
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181914.html?thread=988188058#cmt988188058|Naming customs in your country]] (FFA thread) 
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions|Roman naming conventions]]
  * [[http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/phoenician-names-1.html|Phoenician names]]
  * [[http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/personalnames/|Celtic Personal Names of Roman Britain]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/161656.html?thread=867480184#cmt867480184|Welsh names]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/category-old-english-names-1.html|Old English Names]]
  * [[http://cunnan.sca.org.au/wiki/Byzantine_Names|Byzantine names]]
  * [[http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/names.html|A Small Collection of Medieval Onomastic Articles]] by Sara L. Uckelman (it's actually not that small)
  * [[http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/|Medieval Names Archive]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/173648.html?thread=941269840#cmt941269840|14th-century Persian male names]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/172624.html?thread=934675792#cmt934675792|Danish]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/172624.html?thread=934675792#cmt934675792|19th-century upper-class names]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/174341.html?thread=945921541#cmt945921541|E]][[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/174341.html?thread=945921541#cmt945921541|arly 20th-c. male French names]] (FFA thread) 
  * Anglo-Catholic aristocratic naming conventions: see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recusancy#Recusant_families|Recusant Families]]; [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_family|Howard Family]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/28299.html?thread=125275019#t125275019|Source for absurd, yet very English names]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://www.nom-famille.com/|French family names]]
  * [[http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/commun.htm|The American Name Society: Related Web Links]]
  * [[http://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf|A Guide to Names and Naming Practices]], published March 2006 by the United Kingdom/Interpol.
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/9278.html?thread=39294782#t39294782|Meanings of some common Swedish name-elements]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/147334.html?thread=780113798#cmt780113798|German names]] (FFA thread)
  * [[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Sweden_Soldier_Names|Swedish soldier names]]
  * [[http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/#comment-2840|Swedish //tilltalsnamn//]]
  * [[http://uminoko.tumblr.com/post/44789097587/myjusticecake-none-of-your-freaking-movies-get-it|None of your freaking movies get it right: A guide to Russian names]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181614.html?thread=987596654#cmt987596654|Picking a Slavic-sounding name for a male character]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/150744.html?thread=800560088#cmt800560088|Female]] [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/150744.html?thread=800560088#cmt800560088|equivalent of the Russian name Sergei]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/171364.html?thread=927117924#cmt927117924|Polish nicknames]] (FFA thread)  
  * [[http://www.mingtou.com/xiaoshuo.php|Chinese naming conventions]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/173312.html?thread=939462400#cmt939462400|Japanese names that are also names in other cultures]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/62938.html?thread=294300890#t294300890|Naming conventions in your culture]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://name.renren.com|Renren.com]] — Chinese equivalent of Facebook. If a name exists in its system, you can get an idea of whether it's considered male or female.
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/40034.html?thread=181788258#t181788258|International Naming Conventions]] (FFA thread): Scottish, Norwegian, Chinese, Finnish. [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/39053.html?thread=176157837#t176157837|More here]] on Norwegian naming traditions.
  * [[http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/|Fantasy Name Generator]]
  * FFA threads on naming characters: [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/132985.html?thread=693129593#cmt693129593|one]], [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/147334.html?thread=780076166#cmt780076166|two]]
  * [[http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1618-6-awful-realities|Cracked post about naming characters]]
  * [[http://www.kingsmerecrafts.com/page75.html|Occupational names connected to the leather industry]]
  * [[https://namingschemes.com/|Naming Schemes]]
  * [[http://www.surnamedb.com/|Surname Database]] 

//Endearments, Diminutives, and Nicknames//

  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/134814.html?thread=704140958#cmt704140958|Russian nicknames for “Dmitri”]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/136300.html?thread=713593452#cmt713593452|Russian diminutives]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/146572.html?thread=775892364#cmt775892364|German endearments]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/146572.html?thread=775775884#cmt775775884|French endearments]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/143791.html?thread=758022063#cmt758022063|Portuguese nicknames]]
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/168832.html?thread=911546240#cmt91154|Czech romantic endearments]]
  * Lithuanian diminutives and endearments: [[http://www.lituanus.org/2009/09_1_06%20Dabasinskiene.htm|Lituanus.org]]; [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/144457.html?thread=763355721#cmt763355721|FFA thread]]

//Honorifics, Titles, and Polite/Impolite Address//

  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/104417.html?thread=520816097#cmt520816097|Japanese honorifics]] (FFA thread). [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/104417.html?thread=520905953#cmt520905953|This comment]] may be particularly helpful.
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/132443.html?thread=689946971#cmt689946971|Noble titles]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/139712.html?thread=734462912#cmt734462912|Feudal Lord/Handmaiden terminology]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/176640.html?thread=959919872#cmt959919872|Honorifics in Japanese translations from other languages]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/146793.html?thread=777758569#cmt777758569|Which Japanese first-person pronoun would your fave use?]] (FFA thread)
  * [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B4%E6%A7%98|"Kisama"]] ([[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/179077.html?thread=974594437#cmt974594437|FFA thread]]) 

//Language Construction/Conlangs//

  * [[http://www.larryniven.net/stories/words.shtml|Larry Niven's guide to coming up with sci-fi words]]
  * "[[http://www.bethisad.com/|Brithenig itself]] is a constructed Romance language based on the premise that the Latin spoken in Roman Britain did not die out but rather developed into a modern Romance language akin to Spanish and French."
  * [[http://specgram.com/CLIX.q/02.rye.xenolinguistics.html|Xenolinguistics]]
  * [[http://essay-exchange.livejournal.com/2926.html|Making convincing-looking constructed languages without too much work]]
  * [[http://brown-betty.livejournal.com/392980.html|Building new languages in sf/f]]
  * [[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/|Ardalambion: A Comprehensive Resource on Tolkien's Many Constructed Languages]]
  * [[http://www.zompist.com/kit.html|The Language Construction Kit]]
  * //"[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/173312.html?thread=939358976#cmt939358976|Fellow conlang nonnies]], do you ever wind up putting in phonetic/phonological features that you have a hard time perceiving or reproducing yourself?"// (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181309.html?thread=985066557#cmt985066557|Coming up with styles of address for a setting]] (FFA thread)
  * //[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181309.html?thread=984991037#cmt984991037|"Anyone working on a conlang? Share a translation?"]]// (FFA thread)
  * //[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181614.html?thread=987021934#cmt987021934|"]]////[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181614.html?thread=987021934#cmt987021934|How do I strike a balance between ‘obviously alien’ and ‘unreadable’?"]]// (FFA thread)
  * //[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/180960.html?thread=982959584#cmt982959584|"]]////[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/180960.html?thread=982959584#cmt982959584|How realistic do you like your conlangs to be?"]]// (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/185921.html?thread=1012235585#cmt1012235585|Nonnies discuss having tried their hands at making conlangs]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/187149.html?thread=1019982349#cmt1019982349|Nonnies discuss their conlangs]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/191478.html?thread=1045222134#cmt1045222134|Short conlang thread]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/192911.html?thread=1054982287#cmt1054982287|Languages, mostly conlangs]] (FFA thread)

//Miscellaneous//

  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/104465.html?thread=521860369#cmt521860369|Fangirl Japanese]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://rodo.dreamwidth.org/55042.html|English-language fandom vs. German-language fandom]] (FFA thread, with Spanish-language fandom in comments)
  * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181914.html?thread=988507802#cmt988507802|Terminology for red hair]] (FFA thread)
  * [[http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-forgotten-secret-language-of-gay-men|Polari: The forgotten secret language of gay men]] 



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