06)) brb, being as innocuous as possible

[andcountry]

So, I went and named myself after the country I'm from. Don't I feel silly!

Comments

[feathered_earth]

Why is it silly? It just means that your country is very important to you.

[andcountry]

Well, when you put it that way, it seems kind of silly to argue.

[of_mindelan]

That's not too bad. I took the name of my family's lands.

[Also her first name, Peachblossom, was that of her horse. Not that she'll volunteer that.]

[andcountry]

That isn't so strange; it's not uncommon to call oneself So-and-so of Place, especially if one is of the family that rules said Place.

[of_mindelan]

One's lands are part of one's country. It doesn't seem silly at all.

[andcountry]

Not when one thinks of oneself as possessing the country in any significant way.

[mythgravenblade]

I do not think it is particularly silly.

If I am not being too bold, why did you choose Cephiro--before you knew its real significance?

[andcountry]

It was the only thing from my dream that sounded vaguely like a good name.

[ a pause. ]

I was not entirely unaware of its significance, though; I had some ideas of its meaning from context, and it felt like a very large name in any case. I felt protective of it, so I took it for myself.

[spandexisyouth]

At least it is a name!

strikes not-very-stricken |D

[andcountry]

As opposed to an end table?

This is true!

[spandexisyouth]

As opposed to a word like Gum. Or Rock. You do not get anything name-like, and you do not know what to expect.

[andcountry]

Perhaps so, although gum and rocks don't have too many ways they could be taken.

[inthecenterfold]

This mean you wanna be called something different?

[andcountry]

Not in particular. Should I? I mean, just because I said it was silly?

[inthecenterfold]

That's just the usual reaction I see from people is all.

[andcountry]

That would be a pretty major decision.