Bravari or Brivari? Help with correct spellings needed.

[Scoopey]

Hello there folks,
Hope somebody can help me, as in recent weeks I have got a couple of programs that create crosswords and other word games. The same program also allow for the creation of custom dictionaries so I decided to create a B5/Crusade dictionary.
At 430 words long its quite large but I have a couple of problems with spelling. Most names and references I took from "The Babylon File" by Andy Lane although that did not cover all 5 seasons. Anyhow his correct spelling seems pretty accurate but a tour round the internet reveals that there are some differences and if one is to create a "dictionary" then one need the correct spellings. (I did try a free Star Trek TNG crossword for one of the programs and there was two spelling mistake in that so hence the reason for getting it right).
Three "words" that seem to be causing a problem are as follows;
Bravari which I've seen as Brevari and Brivari
Centarum which I've seen as Centaurum

And finally the Narn Heavy Cruiser
Jha'Dok which I've seen as G'Dok

Incidentally on Wikipedia I've seen Dukhat written as Dukat which I know is wrong.

Can anyone help, I do intend to allow this word list to be given out free once I've checked the spellings and if anyone is interested then the list is at present save in the Excel format.

Thanks for your time,
Steve C

[Jan]

Hi Steve, welcome!

I can tell you right now that the correct spelling is Brivari. I looked that up not long ago. I'm *almost* certain that it's Centaurum and I'm sure that's it's Dukhat but I'd prefer to check for sure.

I'll happily look up the rest for you directly from the scripts which I think is the definitive source. Can you help speed up the process by giving me episode names, especially for the Narn Cruiser? I'm thinking it's 'The Fall of Night'?

Welcome again! It sounds like a fun project.

Jan

[RMcD]

I'll happily look up the rest for you directly from the scripts which I think is the definitive source. Can you help speed up the process by giving me episode names, especially for the Narn Cruiser? I'm thinking it's 'The Fall of Night'?

It's also in 'Walkabout'

[Jan]

Thanks. I'll look it up when I get home from work.

Jan

[Jan]

Okay, I've verified these with the scripts:

The Narn Heavy Cruiser is called the G'Tok.

Delenn's teacher and mentor was Dukhat.

The Centauri ruling body is the Centaurum.

Hope this helps,

Jan

[OmahaStar]

http://isnanchordesk.com/b5/style.html

That page is the Style Guide from the Crusade Writers Bible. I've been given permission from JMS and Fiona Avery to post it on my site, so everything is Kosher.

Most of the commonly-misspelled words are up there, though Brivari is not. It might help in the future.

[grumbler]

http://isnanchordesk.com/b5/style.html

That page is the Style Guide from the Crusade Writers Bible. I've been given permission from JMS and Fiona Avery to post it on my site, so everything is Kosher.

Most of the commonly-misspelled words are up there, though Brivari is not. It might help in the future.

Bereau of Telepath Integration

Spellings certainly do change over time in the B5 world.

[grumbler]

Eilerson, Maximillian

Curious that they chose the "two-L" spelling of the name (which I had thought was restricted to last names and mis-spelled first names).

gravimentric forces

Homonculus

Curious non-standard choice for this spelling

infermary

I am starting to smell a rat

Insterstellar Alliance
Insterstellar News Network

A big, fat, commie rat. I am stopping here.

[Jan]

gravimentric forces

It's correct in the Crusade Writers Bible - gravimetric forces

Homonculus - Curious non-standard choice for this spelling

That's how it is in the Bible and the script for 'Racing the Night'.

infermary
Insterstellar Alliance
Insterstellar News Network

Obviously OmahaStar was transcribing rather than posting a scanned version of the Style Guide, one *heck* of a lot of work. And he got 'Xenoarchaeology' right, which just tried to sprain all my fingers!

Thanks for the effort, OS!

Jan