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Pool names \ how to make up pool names
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:56 amby jasonjkay
How are the curesd pools named, as in why nannichuan? Are the random or do the names actually mean something. I was wondering because I need a pool of drowned fairy and I dont know what to call it.
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:18 pmby Tovath
Yes the names mean something; they are in Chinesse, I belive.
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:38 pmby Knight of L-sama
Yeah, they're in Chinese. I studied Chinese in high school for a bit and checked some of the names with my teacher to compare against the Viz translations.
Basically the 'nichuan' bit means 'Spring of Drowned...' To make up the spring name proper you insert the Chinese word for what you want drowned in front of it. For example (disregaring tonal marks) mao means cat in Chinese for Maonichuan becomes the Spring of Drowned Cat.
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Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:44 pmby P.H. Wise
Of course, you should never, ever hesitate to make a cheap joke at the expense of a spring's name. "Is it funny?" is always, always more important than "is it accurate?"
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Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:56 pmby Spokavriel
Maybe if someone could figure out how to say dragonfly girl with a bad attitude in Chinese that could work.
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Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:56 amby mondu_the_fat
P.H. Wise wrote:Of course, you should never, ever hesitate to make a cheap joke at the expense of a spring's name. "Is it funny?" is always, always more important than "is it accurate?"
I wholeheartedly agree. I cracked up when I first read the tragic tale of Nissanichuan, spring of drowned SUV.