Caravilla
Do you ever have a made-up name that pops into your head and you decide just to run with it?
I don't know how many years ago I came up with the last name 'Caravilla' for a character. I was pronouncing it to kind of rhyme with the N. American pronunciation of 'tortilla,' so more or less (and my IPA is not great) /ˌ kɛ rə ˈ vi jə/. It was almost certainly influenced by the term 'caravel.' This was, what...over ten years ago?
Well, I don't remember ever actually writing anything with Ms. Caravilla, so I don't think I told anyone about it. But now I thought I'd see if it is in fact a real name. Let's see what Google has to say.
Well, apparently that spelling does exist as an Italian name, so, OK. But what I found first is that it's also some sort of portmanteau of 'caravan' & 'villa' in...Israel & Australia? I...wow. Maybe I should change that.
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I don't know how many years ago I came up with the last name 'Caravilla' for a character. I was pronouncing it to kind of rhyme with the N. American pronunciation of 'tortilla,' so more or less (and my IPA is not great) /ˌ kɛ rə ˈ vi jə/. It was almost certainly influenced by the term 'caravel.' This was, what...over ten years ago?
Well, I don't remember ever actually writing anything with Ms. Caravilla, so I don't think I told anyone about it. But now I thought I'd see if it is in fact a real name. Let's see what Google has to say.
Well, apparently that spelling does exist as an Italian name, so, OK. But what I found first is that it's also some sort of portmanteau of 'caravan' & 'villa' in...Israel & Australia? I...wow. Maybe I should change that.
This entry was originally posted at https://philippos42.dreamwidth.org/155620.html, where Russian botspam is a rarity.