Help! Username Dilema...
*Sigh*
Recently, I've been concerned about my username. Now, I've figured out that it means nothing in Japanese as I originally feared, but after splitting it into syllables, I'm more concerned that It might mean something in some Arabic language. I'm not sure what, but I know almost for sure that "ur" is a middle name in the Middle East, and that "gak" means something over there. I also know that if you replace the first letter of the screename with... let's say an "m" or "y", that it's an Iranaian surname. Not sure what they'd translate into or not, but It's made me kind of worried that I might get Emails and so on harassing me because of it.
I'm really not sure I'd want to keep the username if it'll cause problems, then again, when I Googled over fifty alternate ways to spell it, not hardly a thing came up, so I might be over reacting. But even if that's the case, I can be over protective of the "uniqeness" of my screename. That, and there was also that instance of how I reacted when I discovered that "Taku"(one of the old names of my character) was used by Lego for the name of a bird in Bionicle, so really, I'm not certain I want to be using my sceenname if it's going to be causing me to go all emo and freak out every time someone "steals" it.
So I'm thinking of changing my username to something like "Toa Anthony"(Anthony being my first name). The thing is, it might be in use by someone else elsewhere, so I'm not so sure I'd want to be using it, but I won't have to worry about someone pitching a fit of rage due to thinking it's "cultural vandalism", so I'm unsure whether or not to use it. I also have to keep in mind that if I am indeed overreacting, that I've just lost a perfectly unique username, and people would basically consider it "up for grabs", though I'd still have Gakurahk as a username on certain other sites...
Personally, I'm kinda leaning towards changing my screenname to Toa Anthony, unless I can think of something better, but that would mean having to go back and edit a lot of posts and stuff. Then again, I could finally be at rest when I think of my screen name, knowing well that I'd have no worries of getting yelled at for it, or the possibility of it meaning anything that might offend some folks, So I'm really kinda stumped here.
If y'all have any suggestions, or any way to help I would REALLY appreciate it. I'm really kinda lost here...
-Anthony/Gakurak
Edit:Alright, I've decided; I'll stick to Gakurak. Sounds more bionicleish, anyway.
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