Uplift Patronymics
a modification of http://www.geocities.com/allianceforprogress/encyclopedia/galpolitics/patronym.html This is needed for a planned writeup on the Heebi. == Rules of Patronymics a- used in patronymics to indicate (any sub-set of) a race in formal address. ta - used in patronymics to indicate (any sub-set of) a race in informal address. In formal address a is used. ab- used in patronymics to indicate Patrons. Listed in reverse historical order; that is, starting with the species' immediate Patron, then the Patron's Patron, and so on. The list extends back to the most senior race still having an O-2 existence. Used to establish identity and status. absu- prefix for an extinct or Retired Patron survived by Patron species senior to it. ul- used in patronymics to indicate Clients. Listed in historical order of development. A long list of sucessful clients is also a symbol of status. ulsu- for an extinct or Retired Client. Example: Fagin, a-Kanten, ab-Linten ab-Siqul ul-Nish. wol: indicates a secondary patron line. Use of 'wol' is usually the result of some sort of uplift fosterage. Patron lines mentioned later in the full patronymic have lower prestige. Unlike 'ab' and 'ul' 'wol' is strongly prestige oriented and only weakly historical. A race lists its patron lines in the order it wants them mentioned. If patron lines tie for prestige a race usually lists its most recent sponsor first. Some races prefer to drop patron lines in diplomatic discourse. In these cases there is no linguistic indicant; one must simply know the preferred protocol. Note also that in practice all patrons tend to mention the client in their patronymics. Examples: Heebi ab-Lesh ab-Erbl ab-Kosh ab-Rosh ab-Tothtoon wol: ab-J'8lek ab-Khilp ab-Brawch Bahtwin ab-Gello ab-Soro ab-Hul ab-Puber wol: ab-Soro ab-Hul ab-Puber The case of the Bahtwin is particularly unusual. They were effectively fostered to their grand-patrons. The Soro do not list the Bahtwin as clients, the Bahtwin list the Gello first and strongly discourage use their full patronymic. This is because fosterage is considered an embarrassment. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Uplift Patronymics
Trent Shipley wrote: a modification of http://www.geocities.com/allianceforprogress/encyclopedia/galpolitics/ patronym.html This is needed for a planned writeup on the Heebi. I would like to make a suggestion, in order to justify some numerical absurdities in _CA_ [namely: that the older the patron, the longer it took to raise the client, with an almost _linear_ proportion between those two numbers]. The suggestion is that the -absu extinct or retired Patron can [and must] be dropped unless this is the Patron or the Grandpatron. BTW, I think we need some nomenclature. _The_ Patron is the race that Uplifted that species. _A_ Patron is any race in the Chain of Uplift. _The_ Grandpatron, a grandpatron, the grand-grandpatron, etc are obvious. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
