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Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let you see it."
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Erol K. Bayburt
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There are some in the reference tables that generate a name from random letter sets. Is that what you are looking for? Those tables are easy to manipulate if you need a starting place.
Angel, Arabic, and centaur to name a few generate from random letter sets.
Scott
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of ErolB1 via groups.io Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 09:07 To: [email protected]Subject: [TableSmith] Name table resources? Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let you see it." -- Erol K. Bayburt ErolB1@...
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I have created some myself. Arabic, Cambodian, French, German, and Greek. All for an 1890s era game based on census data. Let me know if you want any of those.
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 01:05:52 PM EDT, <scott@...> wrote:
There are some in the reference tables that generate a name from random letter sets. Is that what you are looking for? Those tables are easy to manipulate if you need a starting place.
Angel, Arabic, and centaur to name a few generate from random letter sets.
Scott
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of ErolB1 via groups.io Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 09:07 To: [email protected]Subject: [TableSmith] Name table resources? Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let you see it." -- Erol K. Bayburt ErolB1@...
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I tend to get them from PDFs or the occasional physical book I buy. The latter means re-typing everything in, the former may allow for some copy-and-paste.
There are some older name generators out there that store name data in text files, though none of the program?names come to mind (and most are from the old DOS/Windows 3.1 days, so they may be difficult to find today). Some of the on-line ones may be storing all their data in Javascript, so if you can look at the site source you might be able to get access to their data.
Note that unless otherwise specified?these sources typically are copyrighted, so if you convert them for Tablesmith you probably aren't clear to use them beyond your personal use.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 1:07 PM Barry Guertin via <gator_ce= [email protected]> wrote:
I have created some myself. Arabic, Cambodian, French, German, and Greek. All for an 1890s era game based on census data. Let me know if you want any of those.
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 01:05:52 PM EDT, < scott@...> wrote:
There are some in the reference tables that generate a name from random letter sets. Is that what you are looking for? Those tables are easy to manipulate if you need a starting place. Angel, Arabic, and centaur to name a few generate from random letter sets. Scott -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of ErolB1 via Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 09:07 To: [email protected]Subject: [TableSmith] Name table resources? Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let you see it." -- Erol K. Bayburt ErolB1@...
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The reference tables that generate a name from random letter sets are not what I'm looking for - because I already *have* them. I'm looking for additional ones "not included in the full download" and not on the groups.io site.
And yes, the *logic* of those tables is easy to manipulate; what I'm having trouble with and would like help or resource-pointers for is the *content* I'm looking for new lists of syllables or random letter sets along with advice for making your own.
Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@...
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On 8/26/2020 12:04 PM, scott@... wrote: There are some in the reference tables that generate a name from random letter sets. Is that what you are looking for? Those tables are easy to manipulate if you need a starting place.
Angel, Arabic, and centaur to name a few generate from random letter sets.
Scott
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ErolB1 via groups.io
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To: [email protected]
Subject: [TableSmith] Name table resources?
Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let you see it."
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Yes please. I'll like to see more of that sort of thing put up in the files section.
It sometimes seems to me that this list is over-focused on the logic & programming aspects of Tablesmith tables, at the expense of sharing useful (or potentially useful) table content.
Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@...
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On 8/26/2020 1:07 PM, Barry Guertin via groups.io wrote: I have created some myself.
Arabic, Cambodian, French, German, and Greek. All for an 1890s era game based on census data. Let me know if you want any of those.
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 01:05:52 PM EDT, <scott@...> wrote:
There are some in the reference tables that generate a name from random letter sets. Is that what you are looking for? Those tables are easy to manipulate if you need a starting place.
Angel, Arabic, and centaur to name a few generate from random letter sets.
Scott
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From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of ErolB1 via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 09:07
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [TableSmith] Name table resources?
Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let you see it."
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Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@... <mailto:ErolB1@...>
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Hi everybody,
I use an opendatabase of (real) names and firstnames.
14096 firstnames?by sex and ethnicity 2063340 lastnames?by country
89 ethnicities 172 countries
You can ask my db via webpage :
or via api (in test) : ?
I can export these data if you want ( 56 MB )
Good afternoon Yannick
Yes please. I'll like to see more of that sort of thing put up in the
files section.
It sometimes seems to me that this list is over-focused on the logic &
programming aspects of Tablesmith tables, at the expense of sharing
useful (or potentially useful) table content.
Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@...
On 8/26/2020 1:07 PM, Barry Guertin via wrote:
> I have created some myself.
> Arabic, Cambodian, French, German, and Greek. All for an 1890s era game
> based on census data. Let me know if you want any of those.
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 01:05:52 PM EDT,
> <scott@...> wrote:
>
>
> There are some in the reference tables that generate a name from random
> letter sets. Is that what you are looking for? Those tables are easy to
> manipulate if you need a starting place.
>
> Angel, Arabic, and centaur to name a few generate from random letter sets.
>
> Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of ErolB1
> via
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 09:07
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: [TableSmith] Name table resources?
>
> Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the
> Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what
> I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short
> list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let
> you see it."
>
> --
> Erol K. Bayburt
> ErolB1@... <mailto:ErolB1@...>
>
>
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>
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On Thursday, August 27, 2020, 07:07:33 AM EDT, Yannick KOHLER <ykohler@...> wrote:
Hi everybody,
I use an opendatabase of (real) names and firstnames.
14096 firstnames?by sex and ethnicity 2063340 lastnames?by country
89 ethnicities 172 countries
You can ask my db via webpage :
or via api (in test) : ?
I can export these data if you want ( 56 MB )
Good afternoon Yannick
Yes please. I'll like to see more of that sort of thing put up in the
files section.
It sometimes seems to me that this list is over-focused on the logic &
programming aspects of Tablesmith tables, at the expense of sharing
useful (or potentially useful) table content.
Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@...
On 8/26/2020 1:07 PM, Barry Guertin via wrote:
> I have created some myself.
> Arabic, Cambodian, French, German, and Greek. All for an 1890s era game
> based on census data. Let me know if you want any of those.
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 01:05:52 PM EDT,
> <scott@...> wrote:
>
>
> There are some in the reference tables that generate a name from random
> letter sets. Is that what you are looking for? Those tables are easy to
> manipulate if you need a starting place.
>
> Angel, Arabic, and centaur to name a few generate from random letter sets.
>
> Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of ErolB1
> via
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 09:07
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: [TableSmith] Name table resources?
>
> Can anyone point me at resources for creating name tables? There are the
> Tablesmith reference tables, but when I search elsewhere on the web what
> I find is mostly random-name websites with "We will generate a short
> list of names for you, but our method is a secret sauce and we won't let
> you see it."
>
> --
> Erol K. Bayburt
> ErolB1@... <mailto:ErolB1@...>
>
>
>
>
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>
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Thank you.
You said that you created them for an 1890s era game. Does that mean you used 1890s era census data?
Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@...
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On 8/27/2020 8:17 AM, Barry Guertin via groups.io wrote: Uploaded them just now.
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Yes where ever possible.?
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 9:49 AM, ErolB1 via groups.io <ErolB1@...> wrote: Thank you. You said that you created them for an 1890s era game. Does that mean you used 1890s era census data? Erol K. Bayburt ErolB1@...On 8/27/2020 8:17 AM, Barry Guertin via groups.io wrote: > Uploaded them just now. >
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Generating syllables can be tricky: a good place to start is among conlang (constructed languages) sites.? Here are a few links that might help:
http://billposer.org/Software/WordGenerator.html
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Depends on the system, and name styles you are after.
D&D has Xanathar's Guide, which gives loads of tables on names for different races. I have converted most of them to TS, some (Gnomes) and others had no need.? I can give you copies of them if you want.? I also have made some other ones like Elf name and clan from the other tables.
But I can easily give you my name tables if you want.? Let me know.
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Rick Darwin
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