2234.5: Name Game, Heroes Edition
I started a list of name meanings, then found someone beat me to it [albeit messily so], though I found this bit when searching for which characters actually comprise "Hiro":Oka's given name is Masayori, but was shortened to Masi in elementary school.
"Every time I'd have a new grade the teacher would try to say my name and couldn't," he recalls. "It got to the point one day my teacher said 'Oh, your handwriting is messy. We're going to call you 'Messy Masi.' At the time I thought 'Okay, I'll just be Masi.'"
Now, he says with a laugh, "When I hear the name, Masayori, it's not a good sign because it usually comes from either my Mom or my ex-girlfriend and I know I'm in trouble."
It may mean trouble when he hears it, but that's not the true meaning of his name.
"Masa stands for 'politics' and Yori stands for 'a legendary figure,'" he explains.
Perhaps his mother was privy to that Old Wise Tale - or Old Wives Tale, depending on who's talking - that one should "Watch what you name your child" because it can turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Certainly, since "Heroes" hit the airwaves, it's becoming at least partially true for Oka.
The whole name thing came up because I accidentally used a Heroes name and wondered if there wasn't something better I could use that wouldn't unintentionally "date" some of my book edits. I might be doomed in that sense, though. Maybe I ought to just go back to beta-testing Scourge of the Lab Jellies XB ...or maybe
Book 4 bits are about 4k but technically still count toward Nano because it's all really just notes until the final edit [which is what after-Nano is for] and is annoyingly similar to SoI in the first place :/ so there's my cheat buffer. I'd stop worrying about winning, but I have my whole life to be lazy. If I have a chance at meeting a simple goal, I will.
Unless stress gets to me X( which it has, but I'd hate myself for a whole other year if I gave in on THE LAST DAY >_
"Every time I'd have a new grade the teacher would try to say my name and couldn't," he recalls. "It got to the point one day my teacher said 'Oh, your handwriting is messy. We're going to call you 'Messy Masi.' At the time I thought 'Okay, I'll just be Masi.'"
Now, he says with a laugh, "When I hear the name, Masayori, it's not a good sign because it usually comes from either my Mom or my ex-girlfriend and I know I'm in trouble."
It may mean trouble when he hears it, but that's not the true meaning of his name.
"Masa stands for 'politics' and Yori stands for 'a legendary figure,'" he explains.
Perhaps his mother was privy to that Old Wise Tale - or Old Wives Tale, depending on who's talking - that one should "Watch what you name your child" because it can turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Certainly, since "Heroes" hit the airwaves, it's becoming at least partially true for Oka.
The whole name thing came up because I accidentally used a Heroes name and wondered if there wasn't something better I could use that wouldn't unintentionally "date" some of my book edits. I might be doomed in that sense, though. Maybe I ought to just go back to beta-testing Scourge of the Lab Jellies XB ...or maybe
Book 4 bits are about 4k but technically still count toward Nano because it's all really just notes until the final edit [which is what after-Nano is for] and is annoyingly similar to SoI in the first place :/ so there's my cheat buffer. I'd stop worrying about winning, but I have my whole life to be lazy. If I have a chance at meeting a simple goal, I will.
Unless stress gets to me X( which it has, but I'd hate myself for a whole other year if I gave in on THE LAST DAY >_