fantasy books and those unpronounceable names

i’m sick of it, please just name your kingdoms and characters real names. i cannot read one more book with a keyboard smash kingdom name that is genuinely unpronounceable.

“in the kingdom of hduemsbo… there was a man named, illyussa.” PLEASE JUST NAME HIM JOHN. ALBERT. ANTONIO. ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THESE TRY HARD ‘ICONIC’ NAMES. i don’t care if you gave me a pronunciation sheet, i will be renaming the character myself actually, thank you.

i wanna clarify this isn’t about ethnic or cultural names, im straight up talking about the keyboard smashes that people do and try to play it off as a civilization or a real name. to me personally, it makes me want to put your book down. its not original or unique, it just makes your book hard to read!

Posted May 10, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

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