Nutz.

[concertigrossi]

I've been trying to be careful not to use any real British titles for the fictional characters in the fic, to prevent confusion.

And, it turns out, my Google-fu failed when I first searched on Chalfont. There IS a Lord Chalfont.

It's not a big deal. Find-and-Replace will take care of it quickly.

It's just annoying.

On Edit:

I love the Internet. Look, it's "The Very British Name Generator!" :)

http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/10/

Comments

[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

All this fact checking is making you crazy. Just an observation.

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

Nah, I was crazy beforehand. :)

I really don't spend ALL my time doing it, I just have a tendency to post about it when I run across something that bugs me. :)

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

Hey, that name generator is awesome! I sometimes use this: British surnames. Keeps me from naming everybody "Sutton" or something.

I don't think it's a big deal if the name's already taken, though. I've been running into that problem with ship names. After a while, I was like, "You know what? I like that name and I don't give a shit. This is POTC anachronistic alternate history anyway." :)

[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

Indeed! Well-said.

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

Yea.. mostly, I was interested in keeping the noble titles fictional. There were lots of Harry Potters and William Turners in the 18th century, but only a couple of Marquesses of Bath, for example, and I wasn't planning on having anyone interact with actual historical figures.

And I'm coming around to the idea that this is pretty OCD, even for me. :)