RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2019 Ever had problems thinking up a name for your layout? This might help >> http://www.obscurehub.com/english-place-name-generator/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2019 You definitely need to check the generated name to see if it is actually a real place - like Eastbourne - or a very close match - Catcote for Catcott - which I spotted, with a couple of others, when I took the generator for a few spins. I get disappointed when I see a layout advertised on a magazine front and it bears no relation to the real place or it is a significantly fictionalized version of somewhere I know. I won't name names because I got told off for criticizing the use of a suburban Southern electric station's name for a layout based in the West Country. So I support the idea of this generator, if it helps people to get a realistic sounding name, without using that of a real place, when they are not modelling that place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 The suggested names might work in the Home Counties but might sound a bit out of place in Cornwall or Northumberland. I'd like to see them do one for Cymraeg and Gàidhlig. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 BTW a Scot once told me there were 2 easy ways to create realistic sounding Scottish place names. 1) Pick an obscure Celtic saint and put Kirk or Kil in front of the name. ("Church of Saint X") 2) Pick the Gaelic derivative of a Norse name and put Achna in front of the it. ("Field belonging to X") Cheers David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 That is an interesting idea. The first three or four spins I did generated names that, to me, were clearly northern sounding. I think it better if a layout name is typical of the part of the country it attempts to represent. For example there were not many Viking settlements in the West Country. cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I often hear of of others struggling to find a name they like. This should certainly provide a few ideas. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2019 It appears to work by taking two or more existing place names and cutting and splicing them. For example Romford and Hornchurch could become Romchurch and Hornford. The problem with that is that many place names have a Celtic, Anglo-Saxon or Norman root* and to mix these up can give an unrealistic sounding name. *There are others to choose from. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2019 Playing about with it, its just come up with the name 'Dungford'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglian Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I got Lenninford, that well known crossing point over the Volga. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 As opposed to Lennonford, that well known crossing of the Mersey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted January 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2019 Playing about with it, its just come up with the name 'Dungford'. Pratminster for me ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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