What’s in a Name?: Alphabet

Posted on Jan 15 2010 | No Comments
What’s in a Name?: Alphabet Here it is — the final post of our What’s in a Name? series. Today we’re talking about alphabets. Well, actually not about alphabets. While you can create a whole new alphabet for your language, it’s... Read More »

What’s in a Name? Stress is Go...

Posted on Dec 30 2009 | No Comments
What’s in a Name? Stress is Good Image by quinn.anya via Flickr It’s day 3 of our series on creating a naming language and today we’re talking about stress. Not that kind of stress — this is the emphasis we place on one syllable... Read More »

What’s in a Name? The Music of...

Posted on Dec 14 2009 | No Comments
What’s in a Name? The Music of Language Welcome to Day 2 of our series on creating a naming language. Every language has its own particular sound. Japanese sounds different from Spanish and few people would mistake guttural German for tonal Chinese. Frequently,... Read More »