(See this post's entry for edited/added explanation of name.)
Except that I believe that meaning of kaigou is Japanese, and I chose this one because of its meaning in Mandarin. Though it is serendipitous to see that it has a positive meaning (and an apt one) in Japanese. Whew -- I was a little worried last night, after hitting "change name!" final step and having a split-second thought that it'd better not have some kind of obscene or truly offensive meaning in some other language.
I contemplated going with a gaelic phrase instead, but then realized there's no way anyone could a) pronounce it, if they chose to try to use it as a nickname, let alone b) successfully, repeatedly, spell the puppy. So many vowels and not enough consonants!
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Date: 29 Oct 2007 06:39 pm (UTC)Except that I believe that meaning of kaigou is Japanese, and I chose this one because of its meaning in Mandarin. Though it is serendipitous to see that it has a positive meaning (and an apt one) in Japanese. Whew -- I was a little worried last night, after hitting "change name!" final step and having a split-second thought that it'd better not have some kind of obscene or truly offensive meaning in some other language.
I contemplated going with a gaelic phrase instead, but then realized there's no way anyone could a) pronounce it, if they chose to try to use it as a nickname, let alone b) successfully, repeatedly, spell the puppy. So many vowels and not enough consonants!