Gotcha...thought you meant the government. :-)


--- kgauck <brnetboard@BIRTHRIGHT.NET> wrote:

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> Scotland is the model for Talinie? Did I miss
> something? Is that simply your opinion or was that
> recorded somewhere?
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>
>
>
> If you look at the geographical names:
> Kincardine, Strathcarron, Flodday, Balvanish,
> Durness, Lindholme, Daliburgh, Scalpay, Dunbeath,
> Stronsay, Colonsay, Culkein, and Strathcanaird
> there is a strong Scottish feel there.
> The colors of the realm (from the picture of
> Thuriene Donalls in Ruins of Empire) are blue and
> white, the colors of St Andrews.
> And then there is her name, Donalls. Plus Leland,
> Old Lotan, Stalban, and Murdoc Sanford Myles.
>
> There is a perponderance of Scottish influence here,
> and its location between the Anglo-Norman Anuire and
> the Viking Rjurik also seems like a natural.
>
> It was enough for me to decide to embrace Scotland
> as my model for Talinie when I needed a new name
> like
> Brulan Broweleit
> Iain Broweleit
> Lamorac Kincardine
> Erskine Murdoc
> Duncan Dalmelling
> Artair Ramsey
> Niall Deadwater
>
> See the full list here
> http://home.mchsi.com/~kgauck/taelshore/talinie.htm

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