From: Raymond E. Feist
Date: 17 October 1995
Here are some examples of name games.
Tsurani. There's a tribe in West Africa called the Songhi, and I wanted to originally call them the Tsonghi, just because the Ts digraph in the initial position is rare in English (actually, it's non-existent in English, save in browed words). Then Paul Tsongus got elected, so I went for another west African tribe, the Serani, just changing the spelling a bit. They're from that portion of Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Guanna, etc. where the Mandinka, Worlouf, Uruba, and other tribes lived for centuries.
Xacatecas. There's a town in Mexico called Zacatecas. Change the X to Z.
Acoma. There's a pueblo in New Mexico called Acoma. An hold Navaho or Hopi community (I forget which).
Keda. I took the ancient clan Takeda in Japan and lost the "Ta."
That's how you play the name game.
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