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[zvucnjak]

OK, who in Bioware is from Serbia? 

Nadežda and Branka are typical Serbian names, also Oghren is almost exactly like serbian name Ognjen, and even Liliana kinda sounds like serbian Ljiljana (quite a lot when I think about it)...

If anyone (if there's even anyone else from Serbia here) noticed any more, please post :happy:

[zvucnjak]

hmmm... maybe if it had a "g" it would sound like the serbian "Bogdan"



but I definitely think there's a Serb (or somehow related) in Bioware

[zvucnjak]

oh, that...


that is actually -ić and it's totally different from the way the english-speakers pronounce "-ic" (which always irritates people here when they use it in movies but that's another story)

Modifié par zvucnjak, 02 août 2010 - 08:25 .

[zorx_again]

zvucnjak wrote...
If anyone (if there's even anyone else from Serbia here) noticed any more, please post :happy:

Here. Quite a few of us actually.... Didn't really think of all the character names you mentioned except, of course, Paragon Branka!

follis2 wrote...
But I think most users of the Latin alphabet would think a name ending in -ic could be Serbian.

Could be but doesn't have to be and not all last names end with -ić (personal name in deminutive, forming a surname, mostly among some South Slavs).

[ponozsticka]

I think they have few people from eastern and south eastern Europe, I mean, those names are not all that different there

[Chuvvy]

It's because they're dwarves, dwarves are basically miniature viking analogues. Even the berserker spec that the dwarves started was actually used by the vikings. Some of them would get really ****ing high on magic mushrooms, or really drunk, or just go into a rage, nobody's completely sure. Then the other guys would point them in the right direction and they'd just slaughter everything. And they were called berserkers. Also while in berserker mode clothing was optional from what I understand.

The more you know.

Modifié par Slidell505, 03 août 2010 - 06:23 .

[nhsk]

Slidell505 wrote...

It's because they're dwarves, dwarves are basically miniature viking analogues. Even the berserker spec that the dwarves started was actually used by the vikings. Some of them would get really ****ing high on magic mushrooms, or really drunk, or just go into a rage, nobody's completely sure. Then the other guys would point them in the right direction and they'd just slaughter everything. And they were called berserkers. Also while in berserker mode clothing was optional from what I understand.

The more you know.

And that would make their names sound scandinavian... But geeez, please don't go tell that story to anyone remotely enlightened on the area, you would look like a fool.

[nhsk]

And Sten ^^

[zorx_again]

follis2 wrote...

And if you imagine that sign over the "c" in Feddic, couldn't it have been such a name, or am I totally wrong?

You are pretty much correct actually and use logic, however -ic and -ić is not the same thing, just looks similar (c, č, ć - three completely different letters, yet similar in appearance and usual cause of misunderstanding so no worries). That name theoretically could be Serbian or South Slavic if the word "Fedd" also had some meaning, however it doesn't.

The only name in DAO that really is Serbian/South Slavic (and very common, too) is just Branka imo. Liliana could be close.

Oghren does sound very Norse to me though I ain't sure that it really is.

[Chuvvy]

nhsk wrote...

Slidell505 wrote...

It's because they're dwarves, dwarves are basically miniature viking analogues. Even the berserker spec that the dwarves started was actually used by the vikings. Some of them would get really ****ing high on magic mushrooms, or really drunk, or just go into a rage, nobody's completely sure. Then the other guys would point them in the right direction and they'd just slaughter everything. And they were called berserkers. Also while in berserker mode clothing was optional from what I understand.

The more you know.

And that would make their names sound scandinavian... But geeez, please don't go tell that story to anyone remotely enlightened on the area, you would look like a fool.

It would make their names sound old norse. Also the stuff about the bereserkers is true, a quick google search can confirm it.

[Marko GW]

Nadezda, Branka, Ognen and Bogdan are also Macedonian names... my grandmother (God rest her soul) was called Nadezda... and my father's half-sister is called Branka. Also I know people here in Macedonia that are called Ognen and Bogdan.

Ex-Yugoslav countries Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Montenegro have these names, although some more than others... like for example Branka (besides Macedonia and Serbia) is also a very common name in Croatia and sometimes in Slovenia.

Nadezda comes from the macedonian word "Nadez" meaning "Hope"... Ognen comes from macedonian word for "Fire" which is "Ogan", therefore Ognen comes like "the fiery one"... Bogdan comes from two words "Bog" meaning "God" and "dan" meaning "day", although "dan" is more of a serbian word for "day" in macedonian the word is "den".

Branka comes from the male name Branko or Branimir... which means "Brani" - "defend" and "mir" - "peace", so Branka or Branko can be translated as only "defender".

Sorry if this has already been posted, haven't got the time to read it... I'm at work and snatched a little time to see what's goin' on here... Cheers!

Modifié par Marko GW, 03 août 2010 - 12:27 .

[nhsk]

Slidell505 wrote...

It would make their names sound old norse. Also the stuff about the bereserkers is true, a quick google search can confirm it.

Except the part with naked, misinterpretation of the word "ber" meaning "bear", not "berr" meaning "bare", and mostly the part with "magic" mushrooms as most historians believe they worked themselves into the berserker state rather than consuming drugged (fly fungus) food or mead.

Popular idea was that the thralls / slaves would have to ingest the fly fungus and the berserkers would mix their ****** with the mead to go mad - but not true.

[Stanley Woo]

I am learning so much!

[Wotannanow]

follis2 wrote...

Slidell505 wrote...

It's because they're dwarves, dwarves are basically miniature viking analogues. Even the berserker spec that the dwarves started was actually used by the vikings. Some of them would get really ****ing high on magic mushrooms, or really drunk, or just go into a rage, nobody's completely sure. Then the other guys would point them in the right direction and they'd just slaughter everything. And they were called berserkers. Also while in berserker mode clothing was optional from what I understand.

The more you know.

And this explains the names??

Correction: The term berserker derives, just as you've said from the Vikings. But it was what they wore that is what gave them their name. The berserkers wore bear skins. This piece of clothing was known as a sark (särk in Swedish) -- giving them the name Bärsärk.in Swedish or Bearsark in English (which utlimately led to berserk)

[Loiterer]

Oghren is most reminiscent of Ågren, which is a Swedish surname (å = river stream, gren = branch). Though, having mixed south slavic heritage (and fittingly enough for this discussion residing in Sweden XD ), I have noticed Bioware using several typical Serbian-sounding names, and not only in Dragon Age, which kind of... startles me in a funny way each time - at least now I know I'm not alone, bro.

I can only find Scandinavian root to a few of the dwarven names. Now that I'm in Orzammar, it seems to be rooted in war/örlog/krig and hammar/hammer (Warhammer!!!!). Some seem to pick up from Tolkien, or other popular RPG.

Modifié par Loiterer, 22 août 2010 - 10:48 .