Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27447621-20160730160356/@comment-25936766-20160827002657

Phantomlink959 wrote:

1-For example, it may still refer to the eight planet from remnant's sun, even though that planet is not the neptune we know. Or it may refer to the god of the sea in a historical pantheon aproximately similar, but not identical to, the roman pantheon of our world.

2-Bob (typically short for Robert) would be an aproximate translation of a name with a similar root. Specifically, Robert come from the germanic hrodebert -meaning bright flame- and can easily be tied in to the CNR; providing another example of interpretive naming. 1-Way too hand-wavey. Not to mention, that's different from what you just said Monty said. What Monty said was basically "Neptune isn't literally called Neptune in-universe, Neptune is just the closest real-life equivalent of his name".

Which is different from saying "if someone says Neptune they don't mean our planet in our star system, but another planet also called Neptune in their star system". What Monty said was, his name is translated, just that. What you're saying is, it fits CNR in-universe because conveniently, despite absolute lack of evidence, they do also have a planet called Neptune and a god of the sea called Neptune, which is, like I said, way too hand-wavey, convenient, and lacks any evidence to even call it a guess.

2-So you're saying you accept names fitting CNR if, even if the actual name in question doesn't fit, it is sometimes, but not always or not even often, used as short for another name that does fit?

@Chish: I can see how you got confused. What I mean was that it was required to fit out-of-universe, not required to also fit or make sense in-universe, just in real life at the very least.

That said, just to clarify, I can understand if something more general from Real Life also exists in Remnant. It's more specific things what I question. I can understand gems and metals like garnets and iron existing in Remnant. I can understand Columbines existing in Remnant. But a Columbine specifically named after a real-life person who did not exist in Remnant? Even if the flower in question did exist there, pretty sure it would have a different name at the very least.