RE: [OOC][PLOT][ARC 1] Planning for Season 1 - The Retcon
07-21-2022, 10:38 PM (This post was last modified: 07-21-2022, 11:36 PM by Labster.)
07-21-2022, 10:38 PM (This post was last modified: 07-21-2022, 11:36 PM by Labster.)
Hey, if we have a Lita Misaka, and a Misaka Worst, can Misaka 13357 be Misaka Best? Her name literally spells it out in High Leet. (Misaka 8357 also has a claim to the name, but sadly Accelerator happened to her.)
EDIT: Oh, and speaking of naming, I just played A Summer's End, which is probably not going to get included here, but: according to it, at least in 1986, Hongkongers choosing English names was common. Wikipedia seems to agree. In story, one character chose her own name with help from a friend, while the other one got her English name from her father. So in theory, we'd have something like uh, [John] Li Xiao Ran (not official).
Except, and oh gosh why did I decide to go down this rabbit hole now, Cantonese doesn't seem to have a /ʃ/ sound. Okay, found this:
> [Because of older romanizations...] For instance, many names will be spelled with sh even though the "sh sound" (/ɕ/) is no longer used to pronounce the word.
And they seem to use a proper /l/ sound. Actually, is his name even Cantonese? Gaah, need more research.
Edit 2: Lei⁵ Siu² Long⁴. Of course.
EDIT: Oh, and speaking of naming, I just played A Summer's End, which is probably not going to get included here, but: according to it, at least in 1986, Hongkongers choosing English names was common. Wikipedia seems to agree. In story, one character chose her own name with help from a friend, while the other one got her English name from her father. So in theory, we'd have something like uh, [John] Li Xiao Ran (not official).
Except, and oh gosh why did I decide to go down this rabbit hole now, Cantonese doesn't seem to have a /ʃ/ sound. Okay, found this:
> [Because of older romanizations...] For instance, many names will be spelled with sh even though the "sh sound" (/ɕ/) is no longer used to pronounce the word.
And they seem to use a proper /l/ sound. Actually, is his name even Cantonese? Gaah, need more research.
Edit 2: Lei⁵ Siu² Long⁴. Of course.
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