Quote:I'm sincerely hoping the poor girl's parents didn't actually name her Zhong Yin, because that sounds incredibly goofy from Chinese linguistic sensibilities. Well, mine, anyway.
Oh yeah... must cajole C-K into actually posting here, but his toon is Yin of the Spheres. Zhong Yin
Not wrong - that's a spot-on translation - it just sounds silly as a name. Phonetically, those words are 'heavy' sounding - as opposed to, say, the light lilts Chinese pronunciation can give you, yeah? The way you'd say 'Zhong Yin', it actually gives it a sorta weighty emphasis. Appropriately enough.
There's also the fact female names are generally more flattering than that. It'd be more appropriate as a boy's name, though it'd still sound odd...
But, mind you, it's not like Westerners have a monopoly on giving their kids exceedingly stupid names, and some of those traditional families get really weird. =)
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Grace of the Spirit would probably tease her about it. Yeeees. I like it. Bwahahahaha. RP HOOK!
-- Acyl