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From Ungulates Outwards. A Systematic Set of Names for the Simplest Oblique Pieces.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]The 'first consonant and vowel' rule for colourbound duals gives a 9:5 Somel and 11:7 Lamel, with the advantage that the whole name is preserved when -rider is attached for the long-range version. The forward-only forms of these would be Gump and Fump. I have some TENTATIVE suggestions for the others, but welcome alternative ones. I have also considered 3-d oblique leapers, for which I will eventually submit a piece article. For some of the longer-range ones I suggest names of small animals (simply because so few of these have been used before) including a 6:6:1 Hamster and a 7:6:2 Fruitbat. As these have the same respective leap lengths as the 8:3 and 8:5 leapers, I can suggest 'same-endings' names for the latter as Huckster (a kind of salesman) and Diplomat. For 9:4 I am wavering between Gatecrasher and Gatekeeper, simply because I do not use Ga- for an oblique piece anywhere else. This would give an 11:5 Humel, 13:3 Fumel, and 13:5 Gamel. Triangulators could include Hutu (an African tribe) and Gateau.