Daniel Featley | Name Changes
Robert-Scott Bannersglare
I did some ancestry research, and it turns out that I am a descendant of Daniel Featley. Richard Fairclough (1582-?) He was born in Charleton-uopon-Otmoor, Oxfordshire to the cook of…
religion
U Dhammaloka | Name Changes
Laurence Carroll (1856-1884) He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He would work as a migrant worker throughout the Atlantic Ocean, including the United States. Dhammaloka eventually found his way to…
The Underestimated Importance Of Missionaries In Language Restoration
An easily overlooked part of language revitalization has to do with the translation of religious texts used in order to bring indigenous people to Christianity. You do not need to…
The Subversive Symbolism Behind Coolio\’s \”Gangsta\’s Paradise\”
\"I\'m the kinda G the little homies wanna be like/On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight\"
Theophoric Names In Conlanging
There is not a lot of discussion, either from David J. Peterson or Marc Rosenfelder, about the use of naming in conlangs. Indeed, it is through the names, terminology, and…
Afro-Asiatic
For Reclamation
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Name Changes
Semitic
Where To Find Languages
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz | Name Changes
On the eve of Black History Month, I thought it would be appropriate to include the complex civil rights leader El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz–otherwise known as Malcolm X. Malcolm Little He…
Ron Koontz | Auteurs And Schlockmongers
Well-wuh, I was thinking about giving this local legend, Ron Koontz, some exposure.
The Alluring Nature Of Evil
It gave me the notion of an exotic Immensity ruled by an august Benevolence. It made me tingle with enthusiasm. This was the unbounded power of eloquence—of words—of burning noble…