Why is there opposition to a Shengui Guo-based pet having a name with Asian roots?
eepps i didnt think it becoming a popularity contest. maybe after the final name is decided upon! c:
I mean, in the case of the pet possibly being dream-eater-y, why are people upset the name is also of a similar origin? The pet is from Shengui Guo, if they're going to be using all that asian culture stuff the least they could do is use names that are also from the culture. Learning how to pronounce one name currently isn't going to hurt you.
Also, does googling "Ulonaari" give anyone else a googlewhack? Impressive!
Oh no! Sorry! Although, I deliberately left usernames out in case it turned into a bit of a popularity contest.
a list of who suggested what would be nice as well, just out of curiosity! i'd love to see it! c:
Lol worst thing to use is google translate, because lemme tell ya a story about a client that wanted Chinese characters that he thought said "Young and Wild" but actually meant "Old and strange" because he used Google translate.
Also, Xiang means elephant in Chinese. (It can also mean sweet scent if pronounced differently)
you beat me to it lol I used Google and Ctrl F too but was also including links to the posts and who suggested it xD Oh well.
With some creative googling and some actual ctrl+f-ing through the whole thread, I've turned up the meanings for most of the names! All information is taken directly from the posts on the name suggestion thread (although I've rephrased some of them where necessary). Despite my best efforts, there was one I couldn't find the post for, but I've taken a stab at the meaning.
Behind a spoiler for those who don't want the meanings to influence their choices:
SPOILER (click to toggle)
Qiseng - Qi like chi, the life force, and seng like ginseng (related to healing properties)
Ulonaari - restructuring the word oolong
Qixiang - ? post not found (probably combination of chi (life force) and xiang (Chinese for elephant, but is also the word for likeness/image, depending on characters used))
Menghua - dreams of flowers (Chinese)
Qiharu - Chiharu is a feminine-leaning gender-neutral Japanese name meaning a 'thousand sunny days'; Qi means 'air' in Chinese (sometimes interpreted as the life-force Chi) and can also mean 'rise'/'to go'; Haru means 'spring' in Japanese and 'day' in Korean
Yunmei - Unmei means fate (jpn); Yume means dream (jpn); Mei means beautiful (chn); Yun means cloud (chn)
Zentu - Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism; the original Chinese character for tea is pronounced Tu.
Yurumi - no given meaning
Qengshin Ye - dream, spirit, leaf
Yuuta - 'yuu' meaning gentle/leisurely/brave (depending on characters used); 'ta' means "thick/big" (Both from japanese)
Name a species we haven't seen...~cool poll!!
According to Google Translate, Qiseng means, 'helicopter' x) And, Qixiang is not pronounced ANYTHING like the pronunciation suggests here...
Someone must REALLY want a pet name that starts with Q.
I chose, Ulonaari ("ooh-loh-NAH-ree"), Love it! Seemed to fit to me. Doesn't look like it'll happen though. Seems as though most people opted for the easiest to pronounce name.. Boorrrring XP
Of course I picked the least popular name from the list lol
Guess I should work on a new pet slot! :D -cheers- Two of these are mine. (Idk if they got re-suggested but yay!)
from someone who doesn't know the specific meanings of these--how do I say. Zentu sounds like zen rabbit, which...will be a shame unless the final pet is particularly rabbity, and qixiang is just weather forecas :/
It was hard deciding because they all sound Chinese. Was hoping for a little more variety in the available options.
The names sound really pretty and I would have liked to see the meanings as well.
i agree with foxette, i don't think the names all had to be from one specific place in the world- there are plenty of lovely nelly names outside of asian influence! it's a shame the selection is so incredibly marginalised.
It will be perfect with the meanings of each name!
I like all of the names! They are very pretty! Can not wait to see the new pet!
Tooo hard to decide :) they are all beautiful congrats.
Finally, I've been curious about the names!
/snugs ;-;
These names are a bit precious. I picked the shortest, easiest to pronounce. What's wrong with good ol' Jumbo?
- you had good suggestions!
- There are four names that I really like, but we made sure that there was nothing here we all hated :) We'd be fine using any of these!
I believe it was mentioned in the first news post for this pet that it comes from Shengui Guo. C:
wha... all my suggestions made it in? ;-; you are too sweet T^T /sobbing
Why are they all Oriental? Unless this is an oriental pet, which I thought we just got one of those...
Honestly, all these names are pretty great. I'd be happy with whichever winner! I just really can't wait for the BIG REVEAL!
Have you picked a favourite from the short list or would you bet happy with any of these awesome names? 8D
- IT WAS HARD.
Subeta language/pronunciation does what it wannnnttts 8D! It's hard to pick a name from these lovely short listed ones, dunno how staff manage to narrow it down from 27 pages!
No worries, easily done! :)
For pronunciation reference: https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php
Going by Mandarin pinyin pronunciation, I'm pretty sure that qiseng is chi-sung and menghua is mung-hua (mung rhyming with sung). Ye is also like "yeh." More or less, anyway. Qi is pronounced with the tongue in a different position than for chi. Same for xiang vs shang. But that's really nitpicking :P
Yeah I found that unfortunate too so I just went with the one I liked the sound of most, and had an appearance I could immediately read and remember how to pronounce without all the weird letter pronunciation differences between English and the inspirational languages.
Yuuta ("YOO-tah")
Ayee dat pronunciation tho 8)
- WHOOPS YES I DID MEAN JUNE, one sec, fixing :)
Yes! And one of my suggestions made it in! (Although it might have been suggested by five other people for all I know.) Even so, I'm going to have to give this a fair bit of thought...
- I did think of including them in the poll but they took up too much space. Pick the name that /feels/ right to you.
Yes, finally! But pretty tough choices. :0 Also, do you mean June 12th rather than July 12th? (July seems such a long time! xD)
It's too hard to choose without the posts explaining the rationale and origin of the names :/
But I can't be arsed to look through 27 pages in search of them.
YESSS! I have been waiting for this! Wheeee!
*correctly, not currently