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Post by Kurai on Jul 21, 2006 12:09:33 GMT -6
Edit: Bah, had a bad feeling about Katakana vs. Kitakana ><; Ty for the correction, as for the NON symbol I'm too lazy to go back and fix it...Um, I actually got the translation from a girl who was japanese and was named Christina. The nickname means dark/almost? Kewlness...I'm keeping it that way then. ~ Bah...I changed my name on here for the purposes of NON only. My new name is my real first name translated into (Katakana) Japanese. If anyone's interested, here's the full version of my profile that I drew and colored by myself on my comp with Open Canvas 6...
You can all call me Kurai for short on here if that is your desire.
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Post by Phabin on Jul 21, 2006 13:30:16 GMT -6
heh, sorry, have to be picky since i'm taking the class, but it's Katakana, not Kitakana.
クライスタイナ - is how Kuraisutaina looks in Katakana if you're interested.
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Post by HeromanX on Jul 21, 2006 17:34:10 GMT -6
Interesting. Why the name change? Just curious to know, since it seems kinda sudden (or maybe it seems sudden to me, who's been left in the dark recently. ). I've also been pondering a name change, but haven't followed through with it yet as I'm still deciding on whether or not I'm ready for it. Also, there is some consistancy issues regarding a board I regular at that would disallow me to change my name to the one I've chosen to change it to. We'll see within the next week or two what'll happen. Whatever does, though, it'll be more than just a name change - it'll be an evolutionary step. You've been warned.
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Post by Kanegasi on Jul 21, 2006 23:22:44 GMT -6
Just as a random comment, Kitakana is Crixs' last name...yea...
Also, contact Zev for a NON logo. I'm not dissing your NON logo, I'm just mentioning that she'll have a copy of a good one. It'll complete your pic.
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Post by Requiem on Jul 22, 2006 0:37:55 GMT -6
You might want to be glad that Phabin got to this before I did. Cause I probably would come off sounding like an ass which I may still because I have a problem with the way it's spelled. So i'm sorry if I end up sounding that way.
I'm not exactly sure if you tried to translate that yourself or someone told you to do it that way but that isn't the usual way you would pronounce your name in Japanese. I would place the translation closer to something like
クリスティナ kurisutina
the te(テ) with the tiny i(イ) allows you to form the ti sound. Btw in japanese you pronounce the "i" the same way you pronounce the double "e" in beet.
Of course maybe you slightly changed the translation around to a way that sounded cooler to you and if thats the case all the more power to you. You also may or may not want to leave your nickname as kurai. Kurai in most cases is either an adjective meaning dark or it can be used to say "about" or "almost." One of my friends, who I took Japanese class with, had almost exactly the same name as you and went by クリ(kuri) which means chestnut(栗ーkanji for chestnut). It's your name so you can do whatever you want with it but I figured I should pass on that information to you and I hope to god I did it without sounding like a jackass.
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Post by HeromanX on Jul 25, 2006 22:17:11 GMT -6
Ehh...mmmph...well...I've made my decision. You'll see the result at midnight tonight. Well, a couple of you might. The rest of you will already notice the difference by the time you read this. Let's just say...I'm being guided through shadows...
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Post by Zev on Oct 12, 2006 20:15:40 GMT -6
hey Kurai I thought of a good idea for ur name.......
since u wanted it to be a japanese version of your name, but not sound tooo much like ur original name and u want to keep the nickname Kurai I though that perhaps you could change it from
kuraisutaina
to kuraisutina
just to get rid of the two ai sounds and I think its sounds a lot prettier than the other one......but thats just me and its still pretty much the same its different and u get to keep kurai
if u wanna hear it pronounced to you I can do that tomorrow (hoping u read this before hand but I doubt it)
anyways just to let you know cuz yeah......I's got a secret for u and Katsumi...........(shhhh Don't tell the guys) I'll show you two tomorrow ^_^ love ya
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