If Able, Would You Change Your Name To Meet Racial Conventions?

[Nuinn]

Does anyone wish to help me in my despair? Console or Ridicule me, but do something, please!

Hestie Nestie >.>;;;
Hessie Nessie (or could this be your little sister? .___.)

But I think the "stern" is nice as it is. After all it does mean "star" in German.

[SpectreWolf]

Back when the game first came out I tried looking back at mithra names to get a name that fits. I came up with Nala Apaloneh cuz it sounded like a mithraish name but after seeing this it now dosent fit my seeker kitty and is in fact more a dirty basement cat name (Keeper of the moon). I decided to mess around with it a little and came up with R'Nala Apaloneh (Ruh-Na-La App-Ah-Lon-Ah) which would make my father R'apaloneh Nunh (Ruh-App-Ah-Lon-Ah Noon) and try as I might it just seems off to me now :/ at least in my last name. I am so used to my name now after the 2 years playing that im not sure i can physically change it to fit conventions but kinda just did this for lore's sake and for kicks.

[Mishaela]

I would not. SE has an unhealty relationship with the Apostrophe which i find annoying. I do not find it in anyway interesting, mysterious or special, randomly spliting a word to drop an apostrophe in. I'm suspecting that the japanese consider the apostrophe as a way to make up sounds in a foreign (to the japanese language) way, however the apostrophe is used mainly for contractions (which naturally fits their pronounciation) both in French and English. According to Wiki, German and Spanish barely use it at all.

Most people will simply skip both the prounounciation and typing of the apostrophe for words SE made, denoting the burden it creates, as small as it may be.

But you're moon so you don't even need to worry about it?

Also, why are you assuming that these apostrophized names are of Japanese origin? What if the character (NPC, not PCs) names are just kana resulting in a similar or equivilent pronunciation in their version and these naming conventions are done 100% for the Roman alphabet-using audience?

[Obsy]

Back when the game first came out I tried looking back at mithra names to get a name that fits. I came up with Nala Apaloneh cuz it sounded like a mithraish name but after seeing this it now dosent fit my seeker kitty and is in fact more a dirty basement cat name (Keeper of the moon).

Same deal here, except that by going male, my surname fits Seeker first name conventions perfectly (and I've wanted an apostrophe since XI!)

[dichter]

My Hyur Midlander will re-roll as Highlander. Looks like the name Alicia Gratie is going to be perfect with the Lore.

[SpectreWolf]

Same deal here, except that by going male, my surname fits Seeker first name conventions perfectly (and I've wanted an apostrophe since XI!)

so you going J'hyan Tia? or you gonna try being "tha man" and going J'hyan Nunh and getting all the kitties hot?

[Obsy]

so you going J'hyan Tia? or you gonna try being "tha man" and going J'hyan Nunh and getting all the kitties hot?

Nope, you've got it right! (J'hyan Tia)

Although I'll be curious to see just how staggering the Nunh vs. Tia ratio ends up being in-game. Now taking bets...

[LlenCoram]

If I changed, I'd probably take U'Llen Coram, since it's the only one that flows well.

I'm so used to Llen now though, I'll just stay like this. I'll be a tribeless sun cat!

[Maxwell]

But you're moon so you don't even need to worry about it?

Also, why are you assuming that these apostrophized names are of Japanese origin? What if the character (NPC, not PCs) names are just kana resulting in a similar or equivilent pronunciation in their version and these naming conventions are done 100% for the Roman alphabet-using audience?

I'm making the oposite assumption. That the japanese crew working on those conventions are using the apostrophe as a mean to create words with a foreign, special and distant feel from their perspective. It is most likely done without knowledge of the impact of the faulty usage from the roman/latin based languages perspective.

I doubt they created the words initially from katakanas as they are used to emulate pronounciation only and if you can find me a combination of hiraganas that would fit: "A’zumyn Bhen", then i'll give you a baggie of catnip from my own private stash. Keep in mind that this is mostly a hunch of mine. Speculation at best.

[LlenCoram]

アズミン　ベン I would think... Heck, could even stick the apostrophe in there if you wanted. ア'ズミン　ベン