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Speaking as a non-American, I disagree. Largely because I\'m not seeing \
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Speaking as a non-American, I disagree. Largely because I\\\'m not seeing \\\"currently used\\\" anywhere in the trope description.
If a fantasy culture was pseudo-Gaelic, and one guy was called John Smith for no reason, that would seem just as odd as if a pseudo-English culture had one guy called Aonghas mac Og without explanation. However, the reader can assume the character\\\'s ancestors came from another country, which is the FantasyCounterpartCulture to the country the name actually comes from, even if the writer doesn\\\'t spell this out.
But if one guy is called Zibbbobex Ytranta, that stands out in \\\'\\\'either\\\'\\\' society, and to a much greater extent since it\\\'s not a name the reader can apply to a real world culture. On the other hand, if there\\\'s lots of people who have names made from random collections of syllables, it\\\'s the ones with \\\"real\\\" names that stand out.
I\\\'m not saying all the examples actually follow this logic, but the trope itself seems pretty solid to me.
(And if every girl was named after a flower but one, and no-one noticed, I\\\'d assume it was a coincidence. On the other hand, if every girl was named after a flower \\\'\\\'in Latin\\\'\\\' but one, and she was called Judy, or even Rose, I\\\'d find that a bit odd.)
If a fantasy culture was pseudo-Gaelic, and one guy was called John Smith for no reason, that would seem just as odd as if a pseudo-English culture had one guy called Aonghas mac Og without explanation. However, the reader can assume the character\\\'s ancestors came from another country, which is the FantasyCounterpartCulture to the country the name actually comes from, even if the writer doesn\\\'t spell this out.
But if one guy is called Zibbbobex Ytranta, that stands out in \\\'\\\'either\\\'\\\' society, and to a much greater extent since it\\\'s not a name the reader can apply to a real world culture. On the other hand, if there\\\'s lots of people who have names made from random collections of syllables, it\\\'s the ones with \\\"real\\\" names that stand out.
I\\\'m not saying all the examples actually follow this logic, but the trope itself seems pretty solid to me.
(And if every girl was named after a flower but one, and no-one noticed, I\\\'d assume it was a coincidence. On the other hand, if every girl was named after a flower \\\'\\\'in Latin\\\'\\\' but one, and she was called Judy, or even Rose, I\\\'d find that a bit odd.)
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Speaking as a non-American, I disagree. Largely because I\'m not seeing \
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Speaking as a non-American, I disagree. Largely because I\\\'m not seeing \\\"currently used\\\" anywhere in the trope description.
If a fantasy culture was pseudo-Gaelic, and one guy was called John Smith for no reason, that would seem just as odd as if a pseudo-English culture had one guy called Aonghas mac Og without explanation. However, the reader can assume the character\\\'s ancestors came from another country, which is the FantasyCounterpartCulture to the country the name actually comes from, even if the writer doesn\\\'t spell this out.
But if one guy is called Zibbbobex Ytranta, that stands out in \\\'\\\'either\\\'\\\' society, and to a much greater extent since it\\\'s not a name the reader can apply to a real world culture. On the other hand, if there\\\'s lots of people who have names made from random collections of syllables, it\\\'s the ones with \\\"real\\\" names that stand out.
I\\\'m not saying all the examples actually follow this logic, but the trope itself seems pretty solid to me.
If a fantasy culture was pseudo-Gaelic, and one guy was called John Smith for no reason, that would seem just as odd as if a pseudo-English culture had one guy called Aonghas mac Og without explanation. However, the reader can assume the character\\\'s ancestors came from another country, which is the FantasyCounterpartCulture to the country the name actually comes from, even if the writer doesn\\\'t spell this out.
But if one guy is called Zibbbobex Ytranta, that stands out in \\\'\\\'either\\\'\\\' society, and to a much greater extent since it\\\'s not a name the reader can apply to a real world culture. On the other hand, if there\\\'s lots of people who have names made from random collections of syllables, it\\\'s the ones with \\\"real\\\" names that stand out.
I\\\'m not saying all the examples actually follow this logic, but the trope itself seems pretty solid to me.
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Speaking as a non-American, I disagree. Largely because I\'m not seeing \
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Speaking as a non-American, I disagree. Largely because I\\\'m not seeing \\\"currently used\\\" anywhere in the trope description.
If a fantasy culture was pseudo-Gaelic, and one guy was called John Smith for no reason, that would seem just as odd as if a pseudo-English culture had one guy called Aonghas mac Og without explanation. However, the reader can assume the character\\\'s ancestors came from another country, which is the FantasyCounterpartCulture to the country the name actually comes from, even if the writer doesn\\\'t spell this out.
But if one guy is called Zibbbobex Ytranta, that stands out in \\\'\\\'either\\\'\\\' society, and to a much greater extent since it\\\'s not a name the reader can apply to a real world culture. On the other hand, if there\\\'s lots of people who have names made from random collections of syllables, it\\\'s the ones with \\\"real\\\" names that stand out.
I\\\'m not saying all the examples actually follow this logic, but the trope itself seems pretty solid to me.
If a fantasy culture was pseudo-Gaelic, and one guy was called John Smith for no reason, that would seem just as odd as if a pseudo-English culture had one guy called Aonghas mac Og without explanation. However, the reader can assume the character\\\'s ancestors came from another country, which is the FantasyCounterpartCulture to the country the name actually comes from, even if the writer doesn\\\'t spell this out.
But if one guy is called Zibbbobex Ytranta, that stands out in \\\'\\\'either\\\'\\\' society, and to a much greater extent since it\\\'s not a name the reader can apply to a real world culture. On the other hand, if there\\\'s lots of people who have names made from random collections of syllables, it\\\'s the ones with \\\"real\\\" names that stand out.
I\\\'m not saying all the examples actually follow this logic, but the trope itself seems pretty solid to me.
