Name This Pet!
A new poll is up! After collecting together our (27 pages of) user suggested names and picking the 10 we liked the most, we now ask our users again to please vote on which of these names is your favorite.
We've included the pronunciations to help you make up your minds, it was hard enough narrowing our choices down to 10 so good luck! We'll be closing the poll on Sunday June 12th at 11:59PM so make sure to get your votes in on time!
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Mackenzi
*correctly, not currently
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!
Also, does googling "Ulonaari" give anyone else a googlewhack? Impressive!
@CelticRaiN
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)
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)
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:
Behind a spoiler for those who don't want the meanings to influence their choices:
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According to Google Translate, Qiseng means, 'helicopter' x) And, Qixiang is not pronounced ANYTHING like the pronunciation suggests here...
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
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.
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.
These names are a bit precious. I picked the shortest, easiest to pronounce. What's wrong with good ol' Jumbo?
@ViretyEnten I believe it was mentioned in the first news post for this pet that it comes from Shengui Guo. C:
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!
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!
It's hard to pick a name from these lovely short listed ones, dunno how staff manage to narrow it down from 27 pages!
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
@Tserel 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.
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...
Yes, finally! But pretty tough choices. :0
Also, do you mean June 12th rather than July 12th? (July seems such a long time! xD)
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.
But I can't be arsed to look through 27 pages in search of them.