Lands of Evershade: we have Faylings and Alfs

They do have different uses, as well as “flavours”.

E.g. if you end up in fairyland, you’d likely expect something more child friendly and whimsical. If you end up in the land of the fey, that’s a far scarier prospect.

It’s also akin to having different words for dwarf, elf, orc, and human. They are all big, with 2 legs, 2 arms and a head on top.

FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

The original post that they took a screenshot of was posted on 22.2.22, that’s fun!

Faeiou(y)

Mythology also has worms, wurms, or, in some cases, wyrms. All pronounced the same, but they tend to get bigger the further down the alphabet the vowel gets.

There’s also sidhe and seelie, and other related variations in spelling for that, too.

Very on brand for faeioys tbh

Fajree

It does sometimes feel a bit pretentious. Like, no no, these pocket-sized humans with wings and fairy sparkle dust, they’re not fairies. They’re actually farfalles, because they’ve got a heavy Italian accent, you see.

I guess, when everyone does it, then it isn’t actually pretentious anymore, but yeah, still a bit close for comfort…

If I ever write a fantasy book, I will use phae or or phay or phairy just to mess with people.

There’s actually a good reason for this:

Calling them by their proper name draws their attention, and they are horribly violent, terrible creatures with no empathy or morals. None of those spellings are “correct” for this reason.

Ferry.

Could be quirky, ensouled commuter boats (think the boat from Windwaker), could be that that they are Navi-like sprites or winged humanoids… but they always lead you somewhere, help you cross a threshold of some kind.

Why not?

That’s an F-U in my book

Daedra