After much discussion amongst themselves, the dragons have announced that they would henceforth prefer to be referred to as rreigns to better distinguish themselves from the plethora of other dragon species on Subeta. One of Subeta's most famous rreign, <a href="/pets/Prototype%20CURIE">Curie</a>, has informed us that the name is pronounced much like our word rain with a guttural growl-like sound at the beginning.

Despite the suggestive nature of the word ''prefer,'' they would also like to include that anyone choosing not to respect their wishes does so at their own risk of being summarily fried and devoured by a more sensitive member of their species! :o

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Danudaine
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"Reign/Rain" sounds cool, but the non-capitalized thing seems weird to me, too. The new name also seems kinda random.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

i dosent get it

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by dannie
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really don't like the lowercase and the double are bugs me but oh well..i guess it is better than just dragon

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Gorecore
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that's fine!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

Nice, I like a double r sound. Rolling r. I practice by saying "ruffles have rridges.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Keys_481
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Yay!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Silverfish
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Double r? Oh no, how could you xD I have an incorrect 'r' sound pronunciation, I have small problems with saying it once xDD twice is impossible, lol

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Kalbi
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I am sorry that so many people are disturbed by the lowercase name, but a decision was made rather recently to discontinue capitalizing species names and colors. The rreign is the first news post of many more to come affected by this change.

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is there a particular reason in this decision? I have a distaste for uncapitalized names but maybe a reason can comfort me

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Twisted_Pretzel
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rreigns ?? EW do not want, how about DragonBorn or Ragons?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

Eh, I don't care about the capitalization so much, but that double r bugs me. I think I would've used 'rh'. Actually I probably would've spelled it 'rhaen' or something like that.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

I prefer the lowercase.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by LostDragoon
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I'm all for the change to lowercase. A dog isn't a Dog, unless it got named as such.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jessi
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I guess my problem is the pets are so dominant on most pet sites (even this one.. even if it is a 'social networking site' now) that the pets come across more like different cultures of people rather than just 'animals'. You wouldn't say italian, or japanese, or welsh, or american without capitalizing the first letter (even Firefox's spell checker doesn't like it!). The pet names kind of have a similar connotation to that. But whatev'.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by YeranceK
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LOL Cute write up Luxe

Sounds good to me Welcomes the new name

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by minno150
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o.0 Eh... blah. But ignoring the name entirely... it would look so much better capitalized. Why are we switching to lowercase now? I guess because we're going to pretend they're normal animals like that? Righteo... answering my own questions. Still would look better capitalized.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jessi
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I have to agree, it does look rather ridiculous lowercase, especially with the double consonant - and especially because every other pet has always had a capitalized name.

Whether or not a 'decision was recently made about this', I think it's sort of a silly decision. The pet species here just generally look better capitalized. I think removing the capital letter really removes emphasis from the pet as a whole, which is sad.

That is all.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Catwoman
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How unique! I love it! ^^

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Luxe
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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">Looking at it, it really should be capitalized. In the news post when Aeries were changed to Irions, the species names were capitalized.
I am sorry that so many people are disturbed by the lowercase name, but a decision was made rather recently to discontinue capitalizing species names and colors. The rreign is the first news post of many more to come affected by this change.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by DNA_558
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It's not meant to actually -be- Welsh, just inspired by it.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Luxe
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Curie is definitely female according to her profile!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by splinter
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Eck can't type, it's meant to 'the welsh'.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by 4LPH4
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Looking at it, it really should be capitalized. In the news post when Aeries were changed to Irions, the species names were capitalized.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by splinter
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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">were inspired by Welsh
Welsh, tis is official, we welsh are taking over the world. xD

Though I will say there is no 'Rr' in thw elsh language, there is a Dd and Ll though.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Drogo_191
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I'm gonna have fun learning how to pronounce that.

And Curies a girl...? I thought it was a male...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Yenetai
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Nice, I like it

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Kyrre
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Hooray, now I can call my Magnus a dragon and not have people confuse it was the Rreigns anymore!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by DNA_558
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That, and think about it.. How many species of dragon does Subeta have? Distinction is a good thing!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Twoflower_383
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Lol xD This was amazing interesting. I see thought has been put into this.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

I like the welsh insparation but I want it to be capitalized...it's messing with my head!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by 4LPH4
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-rolls the R- I love it~

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

R*

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Luxe
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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">With a lowercase?
Indeed. We don't go around talking about White Tigers or Black Rhinos in Abc case, do we?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

That sounds majorly epic win. Rrrrreign~

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

Pretty Cool. I'm just bugged that the are isnt Capitalized.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by PUNK
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Yay for Welsh inspiration!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by _blackwolf_2009_
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They was better off as just being called dragons....

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by dreamcatpaws
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By the way. When I was posting my comment, all the comments that WERE posted didn't really say anything. Just saying that so I don't sound like a total jerk.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by DNA_558
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The double R's, and indeed the new name itself, were inspired by Welsh-- the Welsh Dragon, Y Ddraig Goch, to be precise.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Seoni
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Fried? As if we weren't already fattening enough

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by concon
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Cool beans.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Secrets
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Hmm. Double are looks a little silly? But i guess anythings better than 'dragon' XD Its more original i guess. [;

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Kiarae
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With a lowercase?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by MarchOnOff
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If it quacks like a duck and wobbles like a duck, why not call it...dragon? XD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Reekoh
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Not really a big fan of double consonant names, especially in the beginning of the word.

Interesting how we're having another specie name change.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by dragonrider88
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LOL guess I need to change the name of my gallery

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Guardian-Angel
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Sounds nice!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Wyld
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O.K sounds cool with me

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by paranoia
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Ah. I saw that coming. xD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by dreamcatpaws
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Can we please have a more sensible comment? XD

Yes, the name "dragon" I agree, was very lame. I can see that the subeta staff are trying to make things more original. I thank them for that. Now for the name in general. What kind of "growl sound" are we talking here?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by euphuism
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in b4 trollz

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