Name filter question
Nekodesu
Hello. No, I'm not asuming Anet is racist, however I don't understand why I can't make my name Chichi Ikenna. They are both african names, and there is no cursing or w/e in it? Is Chichi slang for something I don't know, or? lol
Cuilan
Chichi is slang for breasts and vagina. Thanks public school.
Odinius
When you have the chatfilter ON Captain Quimang displays as Captain ----ang and he's an NPC 
Quim seems to be slang for female genetals.
Sometimes the filter is a bit too proud of it's function, has NOTHING to do with racism.
Quim seems to be slang for female genetals.
Sometimes the filter is a bit too proud of it's function, has NOTHING to do with racism.
Verene
Cuilan
Did you know what it was or did you look it up before writing your post?
Nekodesu
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Originally Posted by Cuilan
Did you know what it was or did you look it up before writing your post?
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End
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Originally Posted by Nekodesu
Why do you think I made this post? Don't you think that's kind of a stupid question? I'm not English, or w/e it is slang for and in which language. But it is actually an African name aswell.
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Verene
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Originally Posted by Cuilan
Did you know what it was or did you look it up before writing your post?
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Nekodesu
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Originally Posted by End
I think he was addressing Verene.
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Skyy High
Answer to OP: No.
I can't see this going anywhere decent.
I can't see this going anywhere decent.
Spiritz
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Originally Posted by Odinius
When you have the chatfilter ON Captain Quimang displays as Captain ----ang and he's an NPC
Quim seems to be slang for female genetals. Sometimes the filter is a bit too proud of it's function, has NOTHING to do with racism. |
HawkofStorms
Heck, they filter the word "Sega" (the game company), because it means a certain naughty thing in Italian. Welcome to the world wide web. Company's have to be aware of these kinds of things.
Raven Wing
I never knew chichi was slang for something, is that in English?
BTW it also filters out Damned Cleric from the krytan undead hordes, a name made by Anet....talk about double standards...
BTW it also filters out Damned Cleric from the krytan undead hordes, a name made by Anet....talk about double standards...
Lord Dagon
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Originally Posted by Raven Wing
I never knew chichi was slang for something, is that in English?
BTW it also filters out Damned Cleric from the krytan undead hordes, a name made by Anet....talk about double standards... |
cosyfiep
chichi ちち in japanese is dad /father nothing to do with anatomy. (there is even an island called chichi jima...dads island or from the wikipedia: Chichi-jima (父 島 , Father Island).
so its not completely a derogatory word.
so its not completely a derogatory word.
CrustyEarl
Chichi definition just to clear things up:
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| Slang for female breasts. coincidentally, the same slang term is used in both Mexico and Japan. In Mexico it is derived from the Nahuatl (Aztec) language... Chichihualli (breasts), chichihualyacatl (nipples), chichihualyacahuitzli (tips of the nipples.) In Japanese... chichi has two meanings 1.) breasts 2.) father (slang). |
Quaker
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Originally Posted by Nekodesu
Gawd. I need to quit forums cause I obviouslly don't know how to use them :X Anyways thnx. I didn't know.
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Chthon
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Originally Posted by cosyfiep
chichi ちち in japanese is dad /father nothing to do with anatomy. (there is even an island called chichi jima...dads island or from the wikipedia: Chichi-jima (父 島 , Father Island).
so its not completely a derogatory word. |
This particular distinction sticks in my head because an acquaintance of mine once made an amusing error. At the time he was dating a Japanese girl, and he was meeting her parents for the first time. Her father, an avid cigar smoker, asked him if he smoked. His intended reply was, "no, but my dad smokes." Then, he stopped himself and thought it would be polite to add the respect indicator "o" to "dad," since he was talking with his girlfriend's dad, and parents are very important in asian cultures, and blah blah blah. Unfortunately, ちち meaning "dad" cannot accept an "o," but ちち meaning "nipple" can. Thus, instead of "no, but my dad smokes," he instead announced, "no, but I suck nipples." Not a wise thing to say to your girlfriend's father...
yitjuan
isn't chichi Son Goku's wife? Although then again, Toriyama used onomatopoeia when naming his characters.
It's weird how a name like Pooki can go through censors when something innocent like Chichi gets filtered lawl.
It's weird how a name like Pooki can go through censors when something innocent like Chichi gets filtered lawl.
Laraja
How can Chichi get filtered when I made a rit name Bezonga Bedonkadonk? That's horrible slang and it didn't get filtered out. *shrug* Guess ya never know.
cosyfiep
yes chichi is a very popular part of japanese speech...and its the dad instead of father kind (more like when we say mommy instead of mother) so usually used only in familiar company----your friend Chthon, should have used otousan (the polite form).
(heck you can see chichi in american as well---any one ever been to Chi Chi's restaurant?? or heard of Chi Chi Rodriguez?)
just about ANY word can be demoralized into a slang word, some just have more......
(heck you can see chichi in american as well---any one ever been to Chi Chi's restaurant?? or heard of Chi Chi Rodriguez?)
just about ANY word can be demoralized into a slang word, some just have more......
AtlaWolffriend
In a game I used to play, the language filter cut out "sack", "cave" and "balls" from chat -- and all three of those are also descriptions for items in the game.
Chthon
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Originally Posted by cosyfiep
----your friend Chthon, should have used otousan (the polite form).
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