On 11/28/05, skzb <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: [re: "Karla" vs "Kiraamoni"] > Not exactly a typo; Karla is a diminutive. I didn't realize that I > never used that form of he name in the text. OK, thanks. I'm trying to recall other diminutive and/or familiar names in the books. There's "Miki", "Vili" and "Laci" (for Mikos, Vilmos and Laszlo) in BP, and of course "Vlad" is a diminutive itself. But I would have thought that Paarfi was too formal to use diminutives and nicknames, generally. Now I find myself trying to imagine a non-Paarfian meeting between certain characters: Khaavren: Hello, I am Khaavren of Castlerock. Tazendra: Hiya, Kav! I'm Tazendra of, you know, here and there. Call me Taz. Aerich: Hello, Tazendra. I am called Aerich. Tazendra: Hey, you're very cute, um... Ricky? Aerich (*shaking head slightly, with a wry grin*): Absolutely not. Call me Aerich, or nothing, please.