This thread has inspired me. In the next modern/non-fantasy game I play, I want to create the character Grzegorz Ng. Son of an asian father and Polish mother, he was raised in the American midwest. He learned at a young age that his name could instantly strike fear in the hearts of those required to pronounce it.
D&D General Yan C Bin is the worst name in D&D
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el-remmen
Moderator Emeritus
Huh. Learn something new everyday. Been saying it wrong forever because I only ever saw it written. I have to admit, it is gonna be hard to change for me.
shadowoflameth
Adventurer
We had a guy show up once with Quanteen Leek. I think Melf is the original, 'I don't know so screw it' name. Male elf Melf. Argh. In our game there are few role play rules but one is 'no joke names.'
el-remmen
Moderator Emeritus
One of my current players decided her Tiefling ranger would be named "Nora," which would be fine, except another of the player's GF (who is also a friend of all of ours) is named Nora - thus there is not uncommon confusion when table conversations wander to include real life stuff.
Mannahnin
Scion of Murgen (He/Him)
Yup
Both "kē" and "kwā" are accepted pronunciations in (US) English.
Whatever pronunciation enough people use over enough time is proper <insert language here>. My buddy with a doctorate in linguistics taught me that!
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Same thing happened here once: a player in one party named his character Dave, meanwhile a player in the other party was also named Dave. Very confusing.
Even worse, though fortunately this was only for a one-shot drunken gonzo game, a player once named her character after another player at the table!
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