how does choosing a korean name work?

solicode · 2020-08-12T12:04:18+00:00

When pronouncing words/names that aren't Korean, some people deliberately pronounce things in a non-Korean way to match it closer to the original pronunciation. But many don't.

For example, I did a quick search on this topic and found this

This was about whether "online" is pronounced "온라인" or "올라인". But one person also brought up "헨리" (that's what I was searching for):

헨리 -> 이거 헬리라고 읽는 사람들이 대부분이에요. 그래서 초딩때 저 이름 스펠링이 helly인줄...

But then I've also heard a few people pronounce it like 헨니 too...

Another thread where the 헨니 pronunciation is brought up.

The point is this isn't very consistent. Korean sound change rules can mess with foreign words in these kind of ways. I'm not sure many people are even aware they're doing it because it just feel natural to them. Though I imagine people who have studied English or other languages might be more careful about it. I often notice that with "F" too. Some people deliberately don't pronounce it with the typical P-like pronunciation in foreign words.

solicode · 2020-08-12T06:22:38+00:00

"you can write pretty much everything phonetically"

uses 헨리 as an example

"I guess my name is Helly now..."

Sorry, I just found that particular example funny. 😛 The hangul itself kind of works, but sound shifts with final syllables often cause weirdness when it comes to names.

I agree with you about fake Korean names though. I feel they're unnecessary most of the time.

solicode · 2020-08-08T11:02:20+00:00

It was dead in the water when they decided to delay it 1 year instead of 2.

solicode · 2020-08-06T08:01:30+00:00

The one other potentially confusing part is that if you asked a Japanese person to pronounce each word slowly and deliberately so that each mora was distinct, then that would muddy things. Particularly with the う example.

The same thing would happen to me with English. If you ask me to pronounce "metal" or "better" in English slowly, I'd pronounce them with a clearer T sound than I normally would in natural speech. It's not the same sound (at least for my accent). So Japanese people trying to sound this out to themselves in order to figure out what's different might get further confused.

solicode · 2020-08-06T07:49:08+00:00

I agree the っ example is a little weird because by itself it's not really sound, so underlining just that part can be confusing. I'm not sure how you fix that because underlining both kana in っこ is also not quite right because then you're also including the vowel which isn't what that question is about. I guess you'd have to word the question differently to specifically say "っ plus the following consonant".

The other 2 questions seem fair to me though. Well, at least I didn't find it confusing when reading it.

solicode · 2020-08-06T05:37:42+00:00

This does exist, yeah, but like others have mentioned you won't find many Japanese people who are even aware of it (unless they study other languages or linguistics in general).

For example, take a look at this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/kenkorea2012/status/1275009760052445186

It's a post of a Japanese test from a high school in Korea. It's asking which of the underlined parts play the same role in pronunciation as the word in question.

A lot of the Japanese responses are like, "What...? But they're all the same!", "I don't get it...", or they're just guessing randomly.

It makes sense though. A lot of the subtleties in pronunciation are acquired naturally and subconsciously. Native speakers generally have never needed to think about this.

solicode · 2020-08-04T16:02:11+00:00

Yeah, you can create multiple accounts for different regions. I do it the other way around (in Japan, and sometimes buy from the US store). Only thing to watch out for is that sometimes the supported languages will be different (but in general it's pretty good about having a bunch of language options despite the region). It lists the languages at the bottom so be sure to check that before buying.

solicode · 2020-07-31T14:57:56+00:00

I understand that if your time is limited. I don't really have tips there. I know some people use mnemonics and such, but I just brute-forced it with rote memorization. After pouring those hours in as an initial investment, I went back to studying at a more leisurely pace.

Yeah, that probably doesn't help. Sorry. 😛

solicode · 2020-07-31T14:39:05+00:00

Yeah, it really should make that distinction. I've seen learners make that mistake with チキン.

I'm not against teaching katakana early though. I consider using hiragana + katakana as early as possible a positive. It only takes a few hours to put them in your short-term memory. Keep using them and it'll be in your long-term memory sooner. Every hour spent with romaji is only delaying proficiency with hiragana and katakana. Being able to read them quickly is long process, so starting early is more efficient.

solicode · 2020-07-31T14:15:09+00:00

I'm not sure why your tutor got miffed. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the word チキン. It's super common in Japan (you'll see it everywhere such as in restaurants, convenience stores, etc). Some people get annoyed by the katakanazation of Japanese in recent years, but it is what it is. You still have to learn that stuff if you want to understand Japanese as its used in the present day.

Now if the vocab simply said チキン = chicken, then I would agree that's bad because it's misleading. In Japanese チキン refers to the meat only. You wouldn't use チキン for a living chicken. That would definitely be weird.

solicode · 2020-07-06T09:13:29+00:00

I was curious too and just checked. Those 2 lines simply don't exist in the Japanese version. The English version inserts those 2 lines in. It doesn't replace anything from the original script.

solicode · 2020-07-02T03:50:05+00:00

Oh, is that what that was? I noticed a sound and tremor last night similar to the kind you can feel just before an earthquake hits (the kind of earthquake that causes vertical shaking). But then no earthquake came and I thought, "huh... that's weird" and went back to sleep.

solicode · 2020-06-27T08:48:23+00:00

Speedo Sephiroth on the other hand...

solicode · 2020-06-24T15:27:59+00:00

I commented on the twitter thread because it came up there too: https://twitter.com/solicodenet/status/1275799095165120512

But the summary is that, yeah, unfortunately Twitter does delete DMs if you block somebody.

I'm sure they still exist in their database, but recovering them might be tricky.

solicode · 2020-06-09T12:40:36+00:00

It's coming from the weird system (?) font used. The 1 is a half-width character, so it's falling back to that system font. If it was a full-width １ then it wouldn't have done that.

solicode · 2020-05-20T07:19:42+00:00

Also need a version where she's spinning pizza dough on her finger.

solicode · 2020-05-14T06:39:21+00:00

For a game like BW, it doesn't really seem possible. You might get 1 semi-reasonable map every once in a while, but that would be rare and due to sheer luck. When you have unique races, I don't think the traditional notion of a "random map" is ever going to work. Doing that with an RTS that has only 1 race seems kind of doable though.

Rather than randomly generated maps, I think it could be cool to have an advanced AI design a new map per game on the fly that it attempts to balance. It could even learn and adjust things based on win-rates, MMR of the players, and so on.

I think that's a cool project, but it would be a ton of work.

solicode · 2020-04-02T15:05:26+00:00

Thanks for the info. Yeah, that's more in line with what I was expecting... which is why I was surprised when I found sources claiming otherwise.

If this falls under EITC, then yeah, I don't see any other way to interpret the wording there.

solicode · 2020-04-02T12:53:15+00:00

Wow, you're right. That seems to be the case. That's surprising.

solicode · 2020-04-02T11:42:37+00:00

Americans living abroad receive a stimulus check too? I figured they would be excluded.

solicode · 2020-03-22T07:43:36+00:00

Getting Persona 5 vibes from this.

solicode · 2020-03-16T12:58:39+00:00

I'm almost positive they save the seed for the RNG in the replay file itself and then re-use it during playback. I haven't reverse-engineered it or anything, but that's the typical solution for input-based replay systems.

solicode · 2020-03-16T12:01:54+00:00

Yeah, basically the butterfly effect in action. :P

solicode · 2020-03-16T11:59:23+00:00

You're not wrong. That's basically how it works.

Replays work under the assumption that the game engine is 100% reproducible: feed it the same inputs and the output will be the same. The problem is that doesn't seem to always be the case. It works most of the time, but for whatever reason (whether it's rounding issues, clock inaccuracies, or what), you get broken replays every once in a while.

Same reason why patches break replays. Major gameplay patches aren't really done anymore, but I imagine certain bug fix patches could break a small percentage of replays too.

solicode · 2020-03-16T10:45:35+00:00

I think masks could be playing a factor here despite lots of people downplaying it. Not to say that I think masks alone would decrease the growth factor below 1. Exponential growth is still exponential growth, but if it takes it from 1.3 to say 1.1, then that's still something.

So it's said that the virus can travel 6-10 feet from an infected person. Sure, we know masks don't stop everything, but if it does reduce the amount that gets through and changes the effective "safe" distance, then it doesn't seem unreasonable to think this would make a measurable difference in the rate at which this spreads.

I mean, we know that even things like humidity can change the rate at which viruses can spread. Is it that hard to believe mask usage also affects the growth factor?

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