03-12-2002 03:18									#1
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I suggest we consider naming the features in our immediate vicinity now.... the river, the sea, whatever needs to be named. I'm drawing a blank so I will yield the floor to anyone with a suggestion to make.

Anyone?

	03-12-2002 03:24									#2
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River: The Var, the ancient name for the most strategically important of Spanish rivers.

Sea: Mare Iberian, of course.

	03-12-2002 03:42									#3
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quote: Originally posted by History Guy Sea: Mare Iberian, of course.

you mean "Mar", correcto?

	03-12-2002 03:47									#4
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The river near Madrid in real life is the Tajo.

	03-12-2002 05:00									#5
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Mar Ibero would be the spañish pronounce
as for teh river, the real pronounce is rio Tejo

	03-12-2002 08:06									#6
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Sea: "the Squid Pro Quo"
River: "the Wet River"

	03-12-2002 08:24									#7
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Go with Rio Tejo, then.

	03-12-2002 08:26									#8
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Arnelos! Please, if you can, write for the Chronicles of Iberia!

	03-12-2002 08:39									#9
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I call it the River Togas...it would get pretty confusing if we named everything after Grand Despot Togas

How about the River Madrid? Or the River Spam? El River? Something. I don't really care, "SW River" is fine for me until it is decided.

	03-12-2002 15:56									#10
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FYI, in fact, the (small) river near Madrid is called "Manzanares".

The river Tajo is about 50-75 km from Madrid, near the town of Toledo.

	03-12-2002 20:03									#11
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I called it the River Gualdalquivir in my chronicals.......

It is a real river in spain, and is hard to pronounce if you have no spanish so the other teams when they hear it will get (i hope) tongue tied and confused.

	03-12-2002 20:29									#12
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Name it the River Thug, in honor of the Man who Drowned in it.

E_T

	03-12-2002 22:06									#13
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Since I lived in Madrid when I was a young man, I know very well this area of Spain. In fact, I do speak the Spanish language fluently.

I found that our starting location is quite like the real surroundings of Madrid, excepted the sea, of course.

Thus, I propose you the following names for the surroundings of our great capital.

Of course, all can be discussed. Don't hesitate to reject this proposal, or proposing other names. It's just a beginning

	03-12-2002 23:10									#14
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[OOC] sounds good to me - Seconded all of Atrologix's name nominations.
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E_T

	04-12-2002 02:18									#15
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astrologix's proposals are quite workable

	04-12-2002 03:33									#16
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no objections.

	04-12-2002 03:38									#17
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Nice work, astrologix. Seconded, or thirded, or whatever.

	04-12-2002 04:22									#18
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In my valley in Los Piraneos, we have a tradition that the true name of something can sometimes be revealed with a man’s last words. Therefore I suspect that Thud revealed the true name of the river is the River Glub. Or perhaps the true name of the Spirit of the River is Glub.

But since Glub is so difficult to say for anyone but a barbarian slave, I hope the Spirit of the River will not be angry if we call it the Tajo.

	04-12-2002 04:41									#19
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I'd rather have it be the River Thug. Please, remember one of the most vocal Spanish citizen's...

slave.

And remember how Senor Calamari brutishly killed him!!!

	04-12-2002 15:10									#20
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I like Astrologix names. Perhaps we could mix real names with invented ones (like with Togas Hill).

The only thing in which I disagree is the sea. I would call it Mar Mediterraneo of Mare Nostrum is it's a real sea, or Oceano Atlántico if it is an ocean.