#skipper talks

[shiranuieditorial]

korean & vietnamese versions of the last post

because ckv names are much more similar and closely related to each other than people would like you to think.

昂煌

🇰🇷 앙황 Anghwang, Ang-hwang

🇻🇳 Ngang Hoàn

(bonus!) 🇯🇵 Akira, Akitaka, Koukou, Takaaki, Takaakira, Takakira

“soaring to the sky, bright and brilliant”

波燃

🇰🇷 파연 Phayeon, Payeon, Payun

🇻🇳 Ba Nhiên

“waves ignite”

佳瑋

🇰🇷 가위 Gawi, Gawie, Gawee

🇻🇳 Giai Vĩ

“fine precious jade”

磊禮

🇰🇷 뇌례 Noi-rye, Noi-lye, Noy-rye, Noy-lye, Loi-lye, Loy-lyey

🇻🇳 Lỗi Lễ

“pile of stones and courtesy”

默涵

🇰🇷 묵함 Mukham, Muk-ham, Mook-ham, Mwuk-ham

🇻🇳 Mặc Hàm

“culvert of silence; silence-embodying; silence will embody; silence will contain”

寧煜

🇰🇷 녕욱 Nyeong-uk, Nyeong-ook, Nyung-ook, Nyung-wook, Nyung-wuk

🇻🇳 Ninh Dục

“tranquil illumination”

榮映

🇰🇷 영영 Yeongyeong, Yeong-yeong, Youngyoung, Young-young, Yungyung, Yung-yung

🇻🇳 Vinh Ánh

(bonus!) 🇯🇵 Akiteru, Hideaki, Hidei, Hideteru, Sakae, Sakaeteru, Shigeaki, Shigei, Shigeteru, Teruaki, Terue, Yoshiaki, Yoshie, Yoshiei, Yoshiteru

“gloriously-shining reflection; a reflection of honor, glory, and prosperity”

文嘉

🇰🇷 문가 Moonga, Moon-ga, Munga, Mun-ga

🇻🇳 Văn Gia

(bonus!) 🇯🇵 Ayahiro, Ayaka, Ayakazu, Ayayo, Bunka, Fuka, Fumihiro, Fumika, Fumikazu, Fumiyo, Fumiyoi, Fumiyoshi, Moka, Monka

“literary praise”

鑫洋

🇰🇷 신양 Sinyang, Sin-yang, Shinyang, Shin-yang

🇻🇳 Hâm Dương

“a prosperous, highly fortunate ocean”

秀斐

🇰🇷 수비 Soobi, Soobee, Subi, Swupi, Suvi, Soovee, Soovi, Suvee

🇻🇳 Tú Phỉ

(bonus!) 🇯🇵 Hideakira, Hideaya, Hidei, Shuubi, Shuuhi, Shuui

“brilliant, beautiful, and talented”

煊旺

🇰🇷 훤왕 Hwonwang, Hwon-wang, Hwunwang, Hwun-wang, Hwenwang, Hwen-wang

🇻🇳 Huyên Vượng

“sunny prosperity”

雍蕃

🇰🇷 옹번 Ongbeon, Ongbun, Ong-bun, Ongpun, Ong-pun

🇻🇳 Ung Phiền

“harmonious, poised, dignified, luxuriant, and abundant”

[itsororomunroe]

Hello Skipper! Would you be open to give some advice on character names? I wanted to make an OC from Hong Kong that comes to american. The story takes place in modern times. His name would be Huo, Leung. Written like 火梁.

hi there! i’m assuming this is for a naturalistic world, the character is an average human, and this is going to be his real name (ie. not a codename, nickname, style name, hero name, etc.). i’ll need his birth date, family history, his parents’ basics and personalities, his own basics and personality and role in the story, and whether he’s a main or side character with how much spotlight, to be able to give better, more personalized advice, but here are my opinions so far:

it’s a really trash name.

梁 should be the family name here, because it’s a far more common family name than 火, which makes it the more sensible option. unless, of course, if having a super rare family name is integral to his characterization or even the plot too, then alright, you may use 火 as his family name.

火 is not a name. you can’t use it as a given name. it’d be too weird (not in a cool nor acceptable way) and wtf? and he’d get bullied a lot for it. needs immediate fix.

people from hk are usually more consistent in their romanizations and far more unlikely to mix around multiple chinese languages together, than the diaspora folks who live outside of the geographical sinosphere, so romanizing the family name in cantonese and the given name in standard chinese is not something they’d do. don’t listen to rr; he sucks. in cantonese, 火 is fo and 梁 is leung.

many chinese folks who move to a western country from taiwan or china usually choose a western name for themselves, or their parents gave one to them, and they switch to using this western name as their main name. they may switch back to using their chinese name when around their family or the chinese community there. only a small number don’t own another name and keep sticking to their chinese name for everything, but you need to have a solid reason to choose to go down this path for your character. i’ve met more chinese nationals who’ve never been outside of china ever but have an english name, than chinese-americans who only have their one chinese name, but all these sorts of people exist out there. world super diverse, indeed.

hk however, being a former british colony and territory, received massive influences from the englishmen, including generally knowing more english and having much higher chances of having both a chinese name and a western name from birth, than its neighbors. realistically, your character should have a western name, and that’s the one he’d choose to go by when in america, but he may prefer to use either one when in hk. that’s up to you and how you want to develop his and his family’s characterizations.

don’t go with this name. it’s awful and i really don’t think it could work as anyone’s real name. i can do you one better if you dm me the aforementioned info i need to know.

that’s all for now. i hope my explanations are clear enough. thanks for sending in an ask!

[itsororomunroe]

how is shane lesbian he is a boy

yeah he’s not a lesbian. just borrowing the spot to make it into the hufflepuff row. this chart was never and is still not to be taken seriously. looking back on it, perhaps dual-sorting aldo and shane into the same box for the sake of accuracy would’ve been the better choice, though that means leaving the hufflepuff lesbian spot free for ghosts to inhabit. you will also have to excuse the lack of lesbian content coming from me as the series canonically only has a dozen women characters compared to its hundreds of men, and literally only 2 of those women have recurring—albeit still irregular and scarce—appearances. the rest literally only show up once as secondary or minor characters and never show face again. that’s on se/me/aa and the importance of media criticism.