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Interview #769: Elantris Annotations, Entry #115

Brandon Sanderson

“Hama,” Galladon’s word for grandmother, is actually another theft from the real world. One of my cousins has a little son who calls his grandmother ‘Hama,’ and I always thought it was a cute nickname. The really funny one, however, is when he refers to my grandmother—his great-grandmother. She’s Big Hama. (In keeping with this tradition, Sarene’s childhood nickname for Kiin is ‘Hunkey Kay,’ a child’s version of ‘Uncle Kiin.’ This is a spin off of what that same little kid in the real world calls my mother. She’s ‘Hunky BaBa,’ or ‘Aunt Barbara.’)

What did I warn you about we writers and filching things?

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