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[Bastard Walder]

You know what I mean. Ugly sounding names that are uncomfortable to say. Like there are nice sounding names are Jorah Mormont and Addam Marbrand and then there's... Boros Blount.

Yes Essosi names count, I guess.

[Jamie Lannister]

Shaggydog is pretty terrible. Poor wolf.

[StoneBastard]

i can't stand the names in Mereen. Hizdahr blah blah blah. Shavepate. Stupid. Hate them.

[Lady Kraken]

Harrold Hardyng. Is it just me, or is that a really unfortunate name? Harry the Heir has a nice ring to it though.

Edited by Lady Kraken, 26 May 2012 - 06:22 PM.

[Fire Eater]

Walda Frey

Dog

Butts

[Jon Flowers]

Lady Kraken, on 26 May 2012 - 06:22 PM, said:

Harrold Hardyng. Is it just me, or is that a really unfortunate name? Harry the Heir has a nice ring to it though.

That one just reminds me of Harald Hadrada, the one who got his *"seven feet of English ground, or a little more as he is said to be a tall man."  I don't mind it a bit.  I very much agree about the Ghiscari names, they seem to be designed to be ugly.  Martin even refers to it as an "ugly language" through Dany's thoughts.  One of my few pet peeves with this series though is the fact that the names are seemingly meaningless and arbitrary, so this topic definately bears more thought for me.

*quote is approximated, from Ivanhoe, which is of course a quote from a much older source.

Edited by Jon Flowers, 26 May 2012 - 08:24 PM.

[Harby]

Cersie; I really dislike that name.

Strangely though I like most of the Essos names like Saladhaar Saan, the Bravosi banker.

[Bastard Walder]

Harby, on 26 May 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

Cersie; I really dislike that name.

Strangely though I like most of the Essos names like Saladhaar Saan, the Bravosi banker.

I'm pretty sure Cersei is a reference to Circe, the sorceress nymph from the Oddyssey.

[Jon Flowers]

Bastard Walder, on 26 May 2012 - 08:15 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure Cersei is a reference to Circe, the sorceress nymph from the Oddyssey.

You beat me to it.  Basically, it gives her the air of an enchantress, which fits well with her characterization.

[Last Eye of Bloodraven]

Does swords names count?

I hate: Widow's Wail [stupid name]

[Alias]

Why Aenys Targaryen of course.

[Anvilbreaker]

Last Eye of Bloodraven, on 26 May 2012 - 08:45 PM, said:

Does swords names count? I hate: Widow's Wail [stupid name]

all of the names Joff gives to his swords are terrible

[Red Wedding Participant]

Shitmouth
Lollys

I kind of like the ridiculous Slaver's Bay names, to be honest.

[Ravenhair]

Nimble Dick Crab.

[Mr Motte]

Dick Crabb

Lothor (sounds weird)

Euron (this depends on how its actually pronounced. I guess it can be pronounced YUR-ON, but I've always read it like urine)

Aenys

Xaro Xhoan Daxos (more x's than anyone should have in their name, dear god)

Most Slaver Bay names (too much usage of z, k, q etc.)

Shagwell (I always think of shagging well, which makes me think of Austin Powers)

[Toccs]

Donal Noye

Beric Dondarrion

Also any Ghiscarri name but especially the river named Skahazadhan.

Edited by Toccs, 26 May 2012 - 10:01 PM.

[dcar2627]

Beric Dondarrion is an awesome name! I think the worst is pate just because of the history behind it. Hodor is the best.

[The Lady Nym]

Jamie Lannister, on 26 May 2012 - 06:19 PM, said:

Shaggydog is pretty terrible. Poor wolf.

Aww. I think Shaggydog is a sweet name. It made me smile.

Toccs, on 26 May 2012 - 09:58 PM, said:

Beric Dondarrion

I really liked Beric Dondarrion.

I don't like:
Stannis
Petyr
Osney, Osfryd, etc
Walder
Tywin
Margaery
Myrcella
Willas
Podrick

I don't care for the one-off spellings of common names (I'm looking at you, PetYr). I understand it's part of the world-building process, but GRRM did a spectacular job naming some characters, so it stands out when one feels "wrong" (Margaery).

.ETA: Redwyne twins. Dreadful.

Edited by The Lady Nym, 26 May 2012 - 11:16 PM.

[Alias]

Oh yes, almost forgot.

The brothers Lump (Varamyr) & Bump.

[Blackhaven]

Eddison Tollett

Isn't there also some poor family with the name Shett?