“A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took actual names we still use today, like ‘Robert’, and in some case I tweaked them a little bit. I made ‘Edward’ into ‘Eddard’. If you look back at medieval times, no one knew how to spell their own names. There are a lot of variations that we’ve lost.” IfsLooksLittlesMadeStillsUseTodayWantedNamesLostBitsDifficultCasesFantasyToo MuchLittle BitEnglandSpellsVariationMedievalFlavourMedieval Times Author:George R. R. Martin
“The gulfing whale was like a dot in the spell. Yet look upon it, and 'twould size and swell To its huge self, and the minutest fish Would pass the very hardest gazer's wish, And show his little eye's anatomy.” LooksLittlesSelfShowsEyeWishHugeSizeFishesHardestLook UpSpellsWhalesDotsAnatomyMy Wish Author:William Blake
“The idea of beetles came into my head. I decided to spell it BEATles to make it look like beat music, just a joke.” LooksIdeasBeatsJokesDecidedSpellsBeetles Author:John Lennon