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[rolanni]

Ghost Ship

Weird Words

The list for the first 130 pages is

 

 

Ship Names

Arin's Toss

Bechimo

Dutiful Passage

Ride the Luck

L'il Orbit

 

People

Clan Korval

Val Con yos'Phelium

Miri Robertson

Daav yos'Phelium

Aelliana Caylon

Kareen yos'Phelium

Pat Rin yos'Phelium

Quin yos'Phelium

Inas Bhar aka Natesa the Assassin

Shan yos'Galan

Priscilla Delacroix y Mendoza

Nova yos'Galan

Syl Vor yos'Galan

Anthora yos'Galan

Ren Zel dea'Judan

Shindi yos'Galan

Mik yos'Galan

Er Thom yos'Galan

Anne Davis

Theonna yos'Phelium -- a previous delm

 

Mr. pel'Kana -- butler at Jelaza Kazone

Ms. ana'Tak -- cook at Jelaza Kazone

 

Cheever McFarland

 

Theo Waitley

Kamele Waitley

Jen Sar Kiladi -- aka Housefather Kiladi

 

Win Ton yo'Vala

 

Pilot yos'Senchul

 

Clarence O'Berin

 

 

Rig Tranza

 

Kara

 

Casey Vitale

 

Uncle, the

Dulsey

 

Tir Sha yos'Vinden

Operative pin'Eport

 

Mildred Bilinoda

 

Surebleak Folk:

Villy -- sticks dealer

Kai -- casino security

Jeremy -- casino security

Yulian (Yulie) Shaper

Leeza -- floor supervisor at Emerald Casino

Joey Valish -- Boss Kalhoon's 'hand

Thera Kalhoon -- Boss Kalhoon's wife

Boss Whitman

Audrey Bzdrieki

 

The Bosses of Surebleak:

Jonni Conrad

Penn Kalhoon

Boss Zoe -- recently retired Boss Clifton

Melina Sherton

Boss Latimer -- held Hamilton Street before Penn Kalhoon

Remember to pick up list from LJ

 

Cats

Merlin

 

Places

Surebleak Port

Emerald Casino

 

Port Road -- aka the Road

 

Blair Road -- Conrad's turf

Hamilton Street -- Kalhoon's turf

 

House Names

Jelaza Kazone -- ALSO the official name of Korval's Tree

Trealla Fantrol

 

 

Anlingdin Piloting Academy

 

Mozart's Modicum -- on Gondola Starport, at the corner of Orange Main and Blue Main

Gondola Book Market -- in the green section of Gondola Startport

 

 

Planets

Liad -- natives of the planet are Liadens

Surebleak

Delgado

Eylot

Volmer

Waymart

Terra -- natives are Terrans

Gondola -- Gondola Starport -- The best shopping in six systems

Ploster

Moonstruck

 

 

Cities

Chonselta -- on Liad

Solcintra -- on Liad

 

Specific Addresses

Twelve Leafydale Place

 

Political Entities

Council of Clans -- aka the Council

 

Corporations

Crystal Energy Consultants

 

 

Terran words

Gigneri

onagrata

Wall -- the place on Delgado where the university is housed

nidj

 

Other words

signorine -- ma'am

 

 

Funny Usages

Over Pilot

Less Pilot

Builders Law

Captain -- note upcase in use for Bechimo

Clutch Turtle

The Luck -- Korval people believe in The Luck as a force of nature

Balance

Line

Old Tech -- also Befores

Standards

Ring -- specifically Korval's clan ring

lifemate

Jump

Gallowglass Chair

Dragon -- aka Korval

Guild -- the Pilot's Guild

Galaxy Nowhere -- where good pilots go when they die

ven'Tura Piloting Tables -- aka the ven'Tura Tables

Standard -- a Standard Year; also in play Standard Day, Standard Century

Learning Shop

Boss/Bosses -- of Surebleak

Wheel -- roulette wheel

Draw -- another game on offer at the Emerald Casino

sticks -- another game

'hand -- a Boss' bodyguard

naked -- Surebleak usage -- not carrying a weapon

Sleet/sleet -- Surebleak cuss word

Road Protection Agreement -- the contract between the Bosses Korval and the

Surebleak Alliance of Bosses

Healer

Department of the Interior -- also Headquarters

[the Department's] Plan

Smalltrader

Diaries -- Korval's Diaries

 

 

Liaden words

melant'i

cha'trez

van'chela

chernubia

 

 

Artificial Intelligences

Jeeves

Bechimo

 

 

Logics

Pod 77

Pod 78

Concierge

 

Sentient Vegetation

Jelaza Kazone -- aka Korval's Tree, the Tree

 

Mercenary Units

Lizardi's Lunatics

 

Things

Musical Instruments

omnichora -- aka 'chora

 

 

Comments

[readinggeek451]

I thought you had been spelling Boss Conrad's first name with two 'n's--'Jonni'. Am I mistaken, or did you change it?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I need to check; a bunch of the names I was working from memory. ...let's see...

...Two nns it is. Good catch.

Cat Boss Silk I Dare Surebleak

[(Anonymous)]

Is the cat Boss Silk from I Dare around?

- Ellen

Priscilla

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't her name Delacroix with one L? I just checked (googled) her and found the one-L spelling in several reviews.

I like lists -- this is fun! (no complaints, please, from the creative).

Kathy
with serious complaints about 20-30 inches of snow going to Maryland while the sun shines in Maine!

Re: Priscilla

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna blame that one on the cat sitting helpfully on my lap while I was typing. Lists! Coon cats are good at lists!

*sigh*

I could do with a little fresh snow in Maine, myself.

Names list

[chipwyn.livejournal.com]

Just checked the MM edition of Conflict of Honor and Priscilla's name is indeed Delacroix--one'L'. But ooh, list=shiny!
Re: all that snow. I am in Maryland, it is still snowing. Anyone up in Maine who is missing their snow fix is welcome to come on down to MD and help shovel. I will provide tea and chocolates.

[reedrover]

You might want to do this on a spreadsheet so that you can sort by "type" as well as "book."

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Um. No. I never, ever want to do anything on a spreadsheet. Instruments of the devil; and Do Not Mix with writing.

[cailleuch.livejournal.com]

Spreadsheets are definitely evil. I am chained to my desk for the day dealing with the program budget for next year as well as attempting to figure out what we have now!

[elbales]

I used Microsoft Excel to create a big table to track the whereabouts of various characters in a story I was writing. It was that or blow continuity left and right. It worked for me. However, I fully recognize that many, perhaps most, writers are just Not That OCD. ;)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I don't know that it's a deficiency of OCD, in my case, as much as a side-of-the-brain issue. I can make a spreadsheet OR I can write a story. Keeping a running spreadsheet while I'm writing a story? Something's going to go splooey -- and it'll probably be the spreadsheet. Story-brain is a Powerful Force.

[sleary.livejournal.com]

I think it might be necessary to connect Daav and Jen Sar for the copyeditor. (I feel for her.)

Do you still have the Liaden/Terran dictionary from the back of the Ace editions of Local Custom and Scout's Progress?

The convergence of storylines, as well as the heading for "sentient vegetation," fills me with glee.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I feel for her, too; ghod, what a nightmare! I wonder what it would be like to write a book in English.

I do still have those dictionaries; this is the build from the first 130 pages of Ghost Ship -- excepting the names, which I just figured to fill in while I was there...and, looking back, most of those names are in play. I'm thinking I may need to send a case of wine along with the finished 'script.

Hand

[doccolt.livejournal.com]

I was thinking a Hand was more in the way of general purpose muscle with bodyguard being the usual province of a select group of Hands who could also have other duties.

[(Anonymous)]

cool! Thanks.
--Marti

Redundancy all over again

[(Anonymous)]

If your copyeditor wants to look up, say, the Road, or Conrad’s turf, how will she know to find them under Port Road or Blair Road?

Redundancy helps. List:

Port Road—the Road
And
Road, the—Port Road

Blair Road—Conrad’s turf
And
Conrad’s turf—Blair Road

Raymond

Re: Redundancy all over again

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Redundancy is for later. This is the running list. Say, that it's for me.

[baggette.livejournal.com]

Don't forget some of the other common cussing words; MUD! and Wind! and Great Space man!

I think those folks of the Tree and Dragon tend to expand their vocabularies with each adventure; ahem, just like I do.
Edger, and Handler, and the concept of ephemeral art....oh my.

[sb-moof.livejournal.com]

And Theo used to be fond of "Chaos!" though perhaps she's outgrown it.

[yoneit.livejournal.com]

One spelling correction. Isn't Gondola Startport actually Gondola Starport? And, will the copy editor know what Logics means? I'm figuring you mean AI's but I'm not sure.

Yours,
Jenny

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Padi yos'Galan not making an appearance with some of the other children?

[sb-moof.livejournal.com]

Should there be an aka between Ride the Luck and Lil' Orbit?

[(Anonymous)]

Just "Kara", not "Kara ven'Arith"?

Brom

Late to the Party

[(Anonymous)]

Delm - head of a Clan, usually 2 Lines
Line - one subgroup of a Clan, usually with the same last name.
First Speaker - second in command of a Clan, unless the Delm is too young, in which case, regent for the Nadelm.
Nadelm - young Delm, Delm in waiting.

There was a Terran-Liaden Diectionary at the back of Pilot's
Choice (Meisha Merlin copy) that might be resurrected/cannabalised?

Please excuse any presumptions in my trying to define them.

I'm trying to remember everything that confused me (and Priscilla)
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks

Re: Late to the Party

[(Anonymous)]

"First Speaker - second in command of a Clan, unless the Delm is too young, in which case, regent for the Nadelm."

Er, Nadelm = delm to be; if of age is also 2nd in command of clan.

First Speaker = Eldema (an honorific address for Delm or one who holds Delm's authority in trust)

Also, isn't it "Delm" by definition is never too young. If Nadelm is too young, clan appoints Eldema-pernard'i (First Speaker in Trust) until Nadelm comes of age.

Brom

[jane-barfly.livejournal.com]

Is it Waymart or Waymeet? I seem to remember Waymeet, but this could just be my misreading...
Laura