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Like I said over in the Sectoid discussion page, I'm doing a personal project and wondering about the origins of the alien names. Most are self-explanatory, but I can't find anything about a 'Tasoth' that doesn't relate to TFTD. The suffix -oth seems to mean something in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional language ('a native of'), but I can't find anything about 'tas.' Maybe it just means they're the natives of a planet/realm/other called Tas? | Like I said over in the Sectoid discussion page, I'm doing a personal project and wondering about the origins of the alien names. Most are self-explanatory, but I can't find anything about a 'Tasoth' that doesn't relate to TFTD. The suffix -oth seems to mean something in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional language ('a native of'), but I can't find anything about 'tas.' Maybe it just means they're the natives of a planet/realm/other called Tas? | ||
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| + | : I'm probably over-simplifying the answer, but apart from being made up to sound Lovecraft-ey, Tas may just refer to T'Leth. It would certainly be fitting. [[User:NKF|NKF]] ([[User talk:NKF|talk]]) 02:13, 4 May 2015 (EDT) | ||
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Revision as of 06:13, 4 May 2015
Nomenclature
Like I said over in the Sectoid discussion page, I'm doing a personal project and wondering about the origins of the alien names. Most are self-explanatory, but I can't find anything about a 'Tasoth' that doesn't relate to TFTD. The suffix -oth seems to mean something in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional language ('a native of'), but I can't find anything about 'tas.' Maybe it just means they're the natives of a planet/realm/other called Tas? Debesh Unnos 21:09, 12 February 2013 (EST)
- I'm probably over-simplifying the answer, but apart from being made up to sound Lovecraft-ey, Tas may just refer to T'Leth. It would certainly be fitting. NKF (talk) 02:13, 4 May 2015 (EDT)
Plural
Is there any evidence either way about whether the plural of Tasoth is "Tasoth" or "Tasoths"? If not, what's the plural of Shoggoth in Lovecraft's work? Magic9mushroom (talk) 21:15, 3 May 2015 (EDT)
- I know Wikipedia's not the be-all and end-all of knowledge, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth does have Shoggoths as a plural.
- For Tasoth though, I am guessing the last line in the live entry seems to suggest Tasoth is the plural. We would normally add an s when we pluralize the rank. Tasoth Soldiers and Tasoth Squad Leaders for example. The only time you'd stick s on the end is with an apostrophe to indicate possession. NKF (talk) 01:54, 4 May 2015 (EDT)