Toa Anthony? Not a very good name... using your real name and combining it with a "BIONICLE" word doesn't make a good name.

How about Toa Yonath? 'Yonath' is a name I made combining letters from 'Anthony' and creating a new name.

If not, there are other combinations:

Anhotyn

Yanthyon

Nyathon

Nayhont

Tonhayn

Haynont

'Gakurak':

Karukag (made by spelling Gakurak backwards)

Garukak

Kakkurag

Ugarukak

Agkaurak

Gukakar

Toa Anthony? Not a very good name... using your real name and combining it with a "BIONICLE" word doesn't make a good name.

 

How about Toa Yonath? 'Yonath' is a name I made combining letters from 'Anthony' and creating a new name.

*Facepalm*

Do you not understand? The reason I'm doing this is so I'll have a username that I can use without having to worry about it meaning something that will cause people to flip out when they read it. It's not like I'm going to use it in fan fiction, anyway

Besides, those names you suggested do mean things if you split the syllables, which was what I was avoiding.

Not only that, but think about it, Anthony does sound kinda Bionicleish if you disregard the spelling. Really.

I wouldn't worry about it. Have you ever heard of an instance where someone got ticked off because someone's username meant something in a foreign language if the actual word itself was split up into syllables? No, I don't think so.

Besides, whenever I saw your username, I always thought, 'Bohrohk'.

I wouldn't worry about it. Have you ever heard of an instance where someone got ticked off because someone's username meant something in a foreign language if the actual word itself was split up into syllables? No, I don't think so.

 

Really?

Nowadays, In this messed up, crazy society, people will LOOK for excuses to whine about things. Not only that, but you're forgetting how obnoxiously people will state things if it turns out it does offend them.

I wouldn't worry about it. Have you ever heard of an instance where someone got ticked off because someone's username meant something in a foreign language if the actual word itself was split up into syllables? No, I don't think so.

 

 

Really?

 

Nowadays, In this messed up, crazy society, people will LOOK for excuses to whine about things. Not only that, but you're forgetting how obnoxiously people will state things if it turns out it does offend them.

That almost never happens. "Gakurak" is a very good name actually. "Toa Anthony" just sounds like well... a newbie name. (no offense)

I wouldn't worry about it. Have you ever heard of an instance where someone got ticked off because someone's username meant something in a foreign language if the actual word itself was split up into syllables? No, I don't think so.

 

 

Really?

 

Nowadays, In this messed up, crazy society, people will LOOK for excuses to whine about things. Not only that, but you're forgetting how obnoxiously people will state things if it turns out it does offend them.

Well, yes, you're right, but we can hope that when someone joins BZP, they will adhere to the guidelines and act like civil people.

I wouldn't worry about it. Have you ever heard of an instance where someone got ticked off because someone's username meant something in a foreign language if the actual word itself was split up into syllables? No, I don't think so.

 

 

Really?

 

Nowadays, In this messed up, crazy society, people will LOOK for excuses to whine about things. Not only that, but you're forgetting how obnoxiously people will state things if it turns out it does offend them.

 

Well, yes, you're right, but we can hope that when someone joins BZP, they will adhere to the guidelines and act like civil people.

Since when do rules stop people?

But I suppose you're right to some degree, though I'm most likely going to pronounce it differently.

I'm still unsure though. I'm still worried about somone giving me death threats in regards to my name because they don't know how politely state something.

That almost never happens. : P "Gakurak" is a very good name actually. "Toa Anthony" just sounds like well... a newbie name. (no offense)

You do know that quite a few names in Bionicle are real life ones? For example, theres Tahu and Hali, not to mention a few matoran from MNOLG2. If you're confused, there ARE such things as non-western names.

It is true that there are names that have a true meaning, but that was before some lawyer started to complain.

Besides I kinda liked the name. It has a bit more of a Bionicle feeling.

Oh, and the Japanese language ends with vowels (ie: yuuki, kokoro), except for "n" (ie: nan).

I see you already made a decision on that -- but I wanted to say something anyways.

Just about all words mean something in some other language out there. Even a lot of standard English words mean things in other languages, some of them curse words. There's thousands of languages on this planet, but only a severely limited number of sounds the human mouth can make (which is what written language is based on). No matter what you choose, you can never be certain it is totally unique and doesn't mean anything else.

I think it's admirable to be careful not to offend people where it makes sense. But at some point, you have to be willing to stand up for yourself and be confident enough that if someone comes at you with an unreasonable accusation, you don't take it. All about whether it's reasonable or not.

Trust me; this is just one example really, but as a moderator I know how that goes. I get those kinds of accusations, though about very different things from what you are talking about. You gotta respect yourself first. Then you can deal with those who don't respect you. You can even show them what respect is by respecting them too, maybe even more than they respect themselves.