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[mirrorshard]

• Place names in fantasy
  
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• Obituary for David Eddings
  
• Review - Irons in the Fire, by Juliet E McKenna
  
• Review - Zahrah the Windseeker, by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
  
• Review - The Dazzle of Day, by Molly Gloss
  
• Re-reading - The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World, by Harry Harrison
  

Comments

[alextiefling.livejournal.com]

The post about placenames really resonates with me - this is a subject on which I have reasonable knowledge and boundless opinions, and on which I've written in the past.

FWIW, I believe 'Yr Wyddfa' means 'the cairn' or similar, and refers to the heap-of-rocks appearance of the summit.

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

That's interesting to know; I'll have to try hunting an etymology based on that.