Just... Forget It Happened, Yeah?

[maggie_strange]

 So, thankfully mswn  was able to give me a handy lesson in all things Korean (read: how not to be a total twat when it comes to naming your sims), and I have hereby seen the error of my ways, that being my trusting the internet at all to help me accurately name sims whose culture I admittedly know only a small amount about. So I'm hereby deleting my

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[skeletonxsong]

Aw. I didn't understand the secret at all, but I had a sadface.

Everyone makes mistakes and you learned something new! :) How do you pronounce the name? I'm saying it "Hee-uh Jung See-young" but I doubt that's right.

[maggie_strange]

I saw your sadface. xD I was worried at first because I didn't see you'd switched accounts yet and thought the sadface was because you were offended, haha.

Mhm, that's what matters. :D I just wish I had been better informed aka not trusted the internet to give me valid answers to things. >.> There's always one dummy out there who gives out COMPLETELY wrong information.

From what I understand, the hangul for her name would be 혜정, which could be Hea Jung or Hye Jeong, so I'm assuming you would pronounce it either "Hay Joong" or "Hay Jung" as in jungle, BUT I could be entirely wrong. Reminds me of "Hey Jude," haha. I need to ask my friend Zoe, she's a German girl learning Korean. xD As for Seoung I'm about 98% sure it's pronounced as "Song."

[6akalaka1]

What was her name before? What happened?

She gave you ONE lesson in ALL things Korean? Wow, there must not be that many things about Koreans then :D

[6akalaka1]

Oh, i saw the first comment. *goes to read secrets*

[maggie_strange]

I don't even want to talk about her name before. xD I found it on a HORRIBLE list of Korean girl names off the internet that completely misinformed me. OTL Not only did it sound like she had two last names, one being in the beginning of her first name, but the rest of the name sounded really boyish. As in, not a Korean girl's name in the slightest. xD

And right, I am so enlightened now to everything about Korean people! 8D Haha not really, I was just really tired when I wrote this (it was 2 am) and couldn't think of better phrasing.

[6akalaka1]

Hey, you never said, "This is Kim Whoever and she has a THE MOST KOREAN name EVER!".
Her name was Kim Whoever, Korean-American and last time i checked Kim is a PERFECTLY fine name in , you know, America. And even if she wasn't part American, is there a law in Korea, forbidding you to name your kid whatever the fuck you want?
Besides, it's a damn game, if you want to name your sim Toilet Bowl, first name -Toilet, last name -Bowl, and say that she came from Mars, you can do that. Cause it's a FREAKING GAME, people! Or are you then gonna get secrets about how people don't actually live on Mars and even if they did, they would never be named Toilet Bowl, cause the Marshian law would have banned that name from ever being used!?!?! People need to get a fucking life or at least something better to do on their computer than judging how other people want to play (like porn).

[cairistiona]

I've just read the secret and I don't know what the fuss is about

[maggie_strange]

Hm, when I was looking up common surnames, Seoung could supposedly be written Sung, Seong, or Seoung. If I was misinformed yet again I will facepalm hard, haha. What you've said makes perfect sense, though, so I might just have to change her last name as well. Gosh, this sim just isn't getting a break, is she? xD

Thank you! ^-^ I couldn't decide between Heajung and Hyejung but I thought the former looked prettier, which is why I went with it. :P

[cairistiona]

I'm sorry~. I do feel sorry for the poor sim. She really isn't getting a break...but I think her prettiness makes up for it.

They're both pretty! You could also romanise it Haejung. :) Hangul is rather amusing when it comes to romanisation, though it tries to be orderly sometimes.

[maggie_strange]

Haha, nah, it's totally okay, I can just drop the u and it'll be nearly the same. :)

Oh I know, romanising hangul totally baffles me. xD Thank goodness Japanese is more straightforward, I'm much better at it anyways. :P