Meteor Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 If she named her kid that, she'd be burdened with pronouncing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 If she named her kid that, she'd be burdened with pronouncing it. But why would someone give their kid a name they themself couldn't pronounce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGV Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The apostrephe in L'Arachel's name is a problem to that... yeah that's what confused me too i've always just added a "luh" b4 "rachel" and said Luh-rachel, cuz I dont know how to pronounce it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weisspraline Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 It's not a Psychic stave? L'Arachel - Le-Ara-chel I used to think it was L'Archel. >_< ^ /agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyosua Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 In that case, there are lot of names you could say "aren't actual names." But it's possible a woman gave birth today and named her new daughter L'Arachel, however you pronounce it. Someone named their kid Sephiroth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Someone named their kid Sephiroth. Exactly. Any name can be a real name. Like Lyn at the beginning of FE7 "That's a strange name. But pay me no mind, it is a good name." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wist Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Sephiroth is even potentially justifiable in the face of opposition as it's a transliteration of a Hebrew word. L'Arachel is new but I would not foresee any legal conflicts with the name. One can easily argue that it derives from Rachel. I do, however, recall a couple in Sweden having difficult naming their child Superman, and another couple (perhaps also from Sweden but I am not entirely certain) being disallowed from naming their child 4REAL because numerals are not considered legal characters for names. Japan has a few strange Kanji available for use in names. I believe that the characters 韓, 脇, and 爪 are all legal in names as of 1990. One could potentially have a son 韓脇爪 which directly translates as something along the lines of "Korea Armpit Claw" (please don't quote me on that as I'm not entirely certain). I don't know if certain combinations of characters would be disallowed but it could be fun to check into the legalities of naming in Japan, or any other country. So as to not entirely derail the topic, what languages would allow the use of an L and an apostrophe in front of a word or name? Is French the only possibility or are there other potential languages with which we could try to determine a pronunciation from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangaurd Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Someone named their kid Sephiroth. Not only does Sephiroth sound cool, but it also has 1 main pronunciation that most people agree on. Unlike L'Arachel. I used to think it was L'Archel also XD. Doesn't Sephiroth come from the tree of Sefiroth? As said by wist, a Hebrew word. Also, wouldn't Hawaiin be a language that used apostrophes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wist Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Good show, it has never occurred to me that Hawaii might even have a native language. According to Wikipedia, the writing system of Hawaiin was invented by Americans. It appears that the apostrophe represents a glottal stop. In Hawaiin, L'Arachel would then be pronounced as... Luh-Awa something or other...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Somehow I don't think L'Arachel is Hawaiian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 L'Arachel has tattoos of the Hawaiian islands on her stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan's Aokage Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Someone named their kid Sephiroth. XD I laughed for today. *goes back to choking* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wist Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Yes, I agree we would most likely be safe assuming that L'Arachel is not of Hawaiin origin. That doesn't detract from the fun of playing with an obscure language, though. I was in error for failing to restrict my question to European or Romance languages without regard for other languages which later adopted the Latin alphabet or languages of which I might not be aware of. Is anybody here knowledgeable of any European languages, other than French, in which L'Arachel would have a legal and definitive pronunciation? Because Spanish is the only mainland European language I have studied, I would not know the answer to this question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 L'Arachel has tattoos of the Hawaiian islands on her stomach. yes, i know. That is because she lived in Hawaii after moving away from her home in Rausten, and she got drunk one night, and, well, yeah. She's returned since then. But she is still a little drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGV Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 tattoos? ok..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Are you questioning my made-up knowledge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurion_Emblem Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 never question Meteor, he knows (or claims to know) everything...his post count is all the evidence he needs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangaurd Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 L'Arachel has tattoos of the Hawaiian islands on her stomach. I thought it was actually the Philippines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 I thought it was actually the Philippines. I'll have to check again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangaurd Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm sure you wouldn't enjoy doing that at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangaurd Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I would not be surprised if I was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Good, because I didn't want it to come as a surprise to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vangaurd Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Yes, surprises are not always enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 The tattoos were [non-pg13, I guess] enjoyably surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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