New name for Antareans

[Nikron]

what would be the singular form? tam?

[Reenen]

Taman - 1
Tamin - 2 or more

Or that's my suggestion.  

[Winter]

I was thinking "Taman" as singular, "Tamans" as plural, because people are just pedestrian enough to name them like that. It's simple and easy to remember and works in any language.

Regards,
Winter

[Northen_Wolf]

Sounds good enough for me

[Grifter]

I think Taman is too complicated; It sounds like it was named by someone who  had an awful lot of time in a laboratory, being an anthropologist, archeologist or etymologist instead of the more one-track-minded Phalanx Command and its grunts who are the ones who encounter them on the battlefield.

Since it's in India, and we're talking about the imagination of soldiers, I could well envision them slanging up a "Two Buddhas spotted, taking aim!" "Greenie to your left!"

[Nikron]

Taman - 1
Tamin - 2 or more

Or that's my suggestion.  

aha i understand now  

[Winter]

Since it's in India, and we're talking about the imagination of soldiers, I could well envision them slanging up a "Two Buddhas spotted, taking aim!" "Greenie to your left!"

I couldn't envision that, myself, because the troops in question are not american; primarily Indian and Australian, actually. There's an extreme amount of difference between US slang and Britslang/Ozslang, let alone Indian, or Afrikaans.

Regards,
Winter

[Grifter]

I thought the phalanx soldiers were flown in, either from north america or europa, but if phalanx started in india then sure

but I still think, linguistically, trying too hard in finding a clever and subtle play on words to use for a name will make it too unique, and all of a sudden you have a name that sounds so alien that they might have named themselves that

but that's just my opinion (:

(btw i'm not from usa)

[papabob]

I thought the phalanx soldiers were flown in, either from north america or europa, but if phalanx started in india then sure

PHALANX project started days after the first attack, so the only soldiers in Mumbai battlefield was those of the regular army of Commonwealth.

[Winter]

PHALANX project started days after the first attack, so the only soldiers in Mumbai battlefield was those of the regular army of Commonwealth.

Correct! Well done.

Regards,
Winter

[QuailLover]

Later in the story line intorduce a formal name

For a quicky name:
Bug
Greenie
Liz (lizard)
Dino (dinosaur)

[Level]

They are called Blues in the files, so that could work.
Or Blue in Hindi.

[Northen_Wolf]

hindis not nice IMO, blues sounds weird, greys sounds better imo

[Nikron]

but these names came from the good ol' X-files

[Northen_Wolf]

1) name shouln't have to do anything with religion/belif (would u like to name aliens as:  christian(s) , buddha, hindus, indians, european, G.W.Bush ?)
2) no dumb names, liz is well fine imo, bug would be better
3) well.... name should be spellble (something like: "Ing'oasdfe's") etherlian and mutton were spelleble

thats my opinon