The Name Game

Nitori_Kawashiro

Nitori_Kawashiro

Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 133

12/12/2013, 07:03 PM #11
Originally posted by Cucoo5

2. Pen Name -> was watching The Adventures of Merlin, therefore was thinking Pendragon -> *replace dragon and insert clever latin* -> Pennomen

Nomen, nomina, name.
I seriously want to know why I haven't seen this before. Now that I know, it's far too obvious.

The only thing I thought of was Pennomen -> pen+random "no" that you get when trying to string multiple words together with a lack of vowels+men equals
an army of completely identical writers sitting at some desks writing in complete sync. :p
Lord_Jacobus1

Lord_Jacobus1

Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 399

12/12/2013, 09:39 PM #12
Originally posted by bookdragon2000
Lloyd??? the one from code geass?


No, some other Lloyd or Lloid or Loid.
No whatever, more Reimu!

Remilia Scarlet

Owner Fantastic

Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 3136

12/12/2013, 10:47 PM #13
Originally posted by WriggleRid3r
True, but when Japan received contact from Westerners, they found Western names to be interesting, and they began naming their child in Western-like Japanese name, especially in the post-WWII era. Hence the name Marisa(魔理沙), which literally means Magic Reason Sand. Remy probably is the similar deal.

I don't know, I didn't take Etymology :/


Except Marisa is a forced name that so far, I've only seen ZUN use :P I will admit that recently (past couple of years) there has been a slight increase in using western names for children in Japan, they tend to come in katakana as it's difficult to kanji-fy it. (Let's be honest,"magic reason sand" doesn't make ANY sense other than the magic part.)
Lord_Jacobus1

Lord_Jacobus1

Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 399

12/12/2013, 11:03 PM #14
Looking up Marisa reveals that there are multiple Marisa.
No whatever, more Reimu!