Character names and pronounciation

How you name your character is pretty interesting, wouldn't you say? Keredria was actually a WOW generated name. It came up as an option, and I really liked it. My other seldom played alts have names I created: Calexis, Kiarae, and Karolina (in honor of my alma mater Carolina). I do need to change Calexis to Kalexis. I kinda like the idea of all my characters having K names.

Now I believe Jess has said she's used lists of baby names or something like that to name her characters. Her alts include Aksana, Muriel, and Makawee. I think it was Atania that joked that Makawee (a native american name) translates to 'she who pees on a log'. LOL! I gave Makawee a hard time about that... until Wutan said I shouldn't talk because Calexis sounds like some allergy medication. Our new warlock friend Buns has such a cute name that goes so well with her cute little gnome self and her hairstyle of two green buns. I think Daihiro still keeps chuckling whenever he sees Buns come on or say anything. Heh heh... Buns.

I was thinking about names and pronounciation because the other night in Kara, Jess called out my entire name when we were deciding how the groups were going to be created. First of all, I find it very odd when anyone calls me Keredria vs just K. Sort of like a child who has gotten in trouble and the parent uses their first and middle name. Secondly, I laughed because the way I envisioned 'Keredria' being pronounced in my head is totally different from the way Jess pronounced it. In my head 'Keredria' is pronounced with an emphasis on the K and long e-s. Jess pronounced it with more of an emphasis on the R and short e-s. I told everyone else how I thought my own character name was pronounced to which Jess replied, "Well you're wrong"! Hmmm.