September 14, 20178 yr I remember putting serious thought into mine (while waiting for my mum in a supermarket car park lol) as I wanted it to have some form of personal meaning while also sounding like it'd fit nicely on a real world map. 'Des' came from 'desu' - Japanese for 'to be' - which had become my nickname during a uni semester in Tokyo after I kept introducing myself incorrectly. B-) 'bua' is the Irish word for victory... Can't fault my ambition. B-) B-) And 'nda' was just a mix of trying to work my actual name (Andy) into it and also giving the entire thing a realistic/African feel. B-) B-) B-)
September 14, 20178 yr Pronunciations are important too, there's a few countries I'd struggle to pronounce without someone telling me. In the case of Iz~ am I right to assume the country is pronounced "Say-Uh-Tay-Nah" ? :unsure: Yes. That was the other reason I put the accent on the e, to hint people into the correct way of saying it.
September 14, 20178 yr Since it's a song contest I wanted my country name to be something musical, plus I LOVE the word 'harmonica', it's one of my favorite words. I wish it was a suitable name for a human, which it's not, but it rhymes with Veronica so I used that for the capital city :magic:
September 14, 20178 yr Well I never picked mine as I was struggling to think of something, actually that's slightly incorrect... I was thinking of using my surname Summer anyway but since I happened to be talking to James (JSG) he came up with the icia add on. It's clearly meant to be a upbeat cool vibes sounding name basically albeit no other real meaning to it! Edited September 14, 20178 yr by Rob S
September 15, 20178 yr I thought mine sounded pretty, almost changed it to Democratic Nation of Quintessa upon my return as a reflection of my poor standing in the contest but I couldn't be arsed.
September 15, 20178 yr I was thinking of a country name at work and thought that I'll simply use the name of our group 'DW' (the population of the 'country' /6/ was valid at the time). So yeah, nothing creative here. Btw 'DW' stands for 'Digital Workflow', not Dr Who :lol: Although I quit DW more than a year ago, I really loved the team and found some great friends there, so I think I'll keep the name in the long run, as it reminds me of a pleasant phase of my life.
September 15, 20178 yr Author I was thinking of a country name at work and thought that I'll simply use the name of our group 'DW' (the population of the 'country' /6/ was valid at the time). So yeah, nothing creative here. Btw 'DW' stands for 'Digital Workflow', not Dr Who :lol: Although I quit DW more than a year ago, I really loved the team and found some great friends there, so I think I'll keep the name in the long run, as it reminds me of a pleasant phase of my life. okay but like, I have always thought of it as "Land of Don't Worry" :heehee:
September 15, 20178 yr There goes my suspicions that DW had something to do with DarkWing Duck! :( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/250x250q90/922/EwEO4T.png
September 15, 20178 yr Addy yours is one of my favourite country names! But I always have to check the spelling every time I type it! :lol: Awee Andrew thanks :wub: And yes I saw a lot of people typing Botannika instead of Botanikka ;)
September 16, 20178 yr I was randomly contemplating country names and realised that if I chose 'Niceland' I could make a very easy pun with the flag... (one of my 'interesting' potential name choices was Devland, in honour of King Dev *.* & I was honestly planning on revealing my votes in the wrong order in my first contest :P )
September 16, 20178 yr Flynn is my surname so yeah pretty self-explanatory as to where Flynnonda comes from :lol:
September 16, 20178 yr I just thought the idea of having a mountain realm was appealing and so I called it Buzzjack Mountain! :D
September 16, 20178 yr Fljótavík means a cove in Icelandic which is 1. pretty cool and 2. matches my country shape.
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