Hello everyone,
This conversation came up between myself and K'mih(Clover Blake) and I just wanted to see what everyone else seemed to think on the matter. Currently she is harbouring a mentality towards Seeker names that I, myself, had back in the beginning of the creation of our tribe though I have since wandered to the other end of the spectrum personally. I'd ask that you please read the entire opening post before replying and voting.
And so the question is:
How do you view the concept of dropping the prefix of one's name, particularly when it comes to family/friends/loved ones?
I am guessing that the normal view is that it's simply shortening the name and making it less formal which would of course imply a greater closeness than someone who would include the prefix. This was my initial belief on it too but I have long since come to believe that the prefix is not just some identifier that is thrown before every name but IS actually a part of the name itself and is just as important as the given name. Having said that, I don't disagree with anyone who chooses to drop it nor does it really bother me, though I personally believe that it is less common.
In the cases of two of my tribe members who have short 1-2 syllable names I consider it especially important and an absolute integral part of their name in order for it to remain largely recognisable - these examples being:
K'mih (Kumi // Coo - Mii)
K'ile  (Kyle)
Stripping them of their prefix would make them sound very different whereas if you take the example of slightly longer names such as K'nahli and K'tahjha then merely dropping the prefix wouldn't steal much from the overall sound of the name. It's possible to consider the shorter names listed above as exceptions however, and I can understand cases where the given name that follows the prefix sounds different, but unique and interesting on it's own - though let's exclude such cases for the sake of ease.
As a final reference, I'd like to mention an example of a longer name that wouldn't have quite the same sound and(perhaps this is merely preference, but..) would in fact sound a lot less pleasant; that name of course being Y'shtola (Yash-toe-la).
In summary, I think dropping the prefix is fine but I do not see it as a practice done largely across the board even in the case of loved ones and merely falls down to the preferences of each individual miqo'te. I personally wouldn't make a case where two people who address K'nahli, one by "nahli" the other by "K'nahli", as one where the person who uses the shortened version is more likely to be close to her on a personal level. It simply doesn't strike me as that significant. To me, dropping the prefix can possibly suggest closeness, but contrastingly, using the prefix does not suggest distance. Again, this can vary from miqo'te to miqo'te, though I would never accept it as a 'rule'.
Though my opinion means little here, what I'd like to know yours. Please include relevant information such as if you are tribal/non-tribal, if your name was designed with the intent of being used without the prefix, if you're new to miqo'te or if you have an opinion on the matter but do not actually play one yourself ^^
This conversation came up between myself and K'mih(Clover Blake) and I just wanted to see what everyone else seemed to think on the matter. Currently she is harbouring a mentality towards Seeker names that I, myself, had back in the beginning of the creation of our tribe though I have since wandered to the other end of the spectrum personally. I'd ask that you please read the entire opening post before replying and voting.
And so the question is:
How do you view the concept of dropping the prefix of one's name, particularly when it comes to family/friends/loved ones?
I am guessing that the normal view is that it's simply shortening the name and making it less formal which would of course imply a greater closeness than someone who would include the prefix. This was my initial belief on it too but I have long since come to believe that the prefix is not just some identifier that is thrown before every name but IS actually a part of the name itself and is just as important as the given name. Having said that, I don't disagree with anyone who chooses to drop it nor does it really bother me, though I personally believe that it is less common.
In the cases of two of my tribe members who have short 1-2 syllable names I consider it especially important and an absolute integral part of their name in order for it to remain largely recognisable - these examples being:
K'mih (Kumi // Coo - Mii)
K'ile  (Kyle)
Stripping them of their prefix would make them sound very different whereas if you take the example of slightly longer names such as K'nahli and K'tahjha then merely dropping the prefix wouldn't steal much from the overall sound of the name. It's possible to consider the shorter names listed above as exceptions however, and I can understand cases where the given name that follows the prefix sounds different, but unique and interesting on it's own - though let's exclude such cases for the sake of ease.
As a final reference, I'd like to mention an example of a longer name that wouldn't have quite the same sound and(perhaps this is merely preference, but..) would in fact sound a lot less pleasant; that name of course being Y'shtola (Yash-toe-la).
In summary, I think dropping the prefix is fine but I do not see it as a practice done largely across the board even in the case of loved ones and merely falls down to the preferences of each individual miqo'te. I personally wouldn't make a case where two people who address K'nahli, one by "nahli" the other by "K'nahli", as one where the person who uses the shortened version is more likely to be close to her on a personal level. It simply doesn't strike me as that significant. To me, dropping the prefix can possibly suggest closeness, but contrastingly, using the prefix does not suggest distance. Again, this can vary from miqo'te to miqo'te, though I would never accept it as a 'rule'.
Though my opinion means little here, what I'd like to know yours. Please include relevant information such as if you are tribal/non-tribal, if your name was designed with the intent of being used without the prefix, if you're new to miqo'te or if you have an opinion on the matter but do not actually play one yourself ^^
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
