Have you ever seen someone's town name and cringed?

[Saturniidae]

I really don't care what people name their mayors and towns but I've never really used the dream suite but once my friend was talking to me about a town named after a Nazi concentration camp. ....that's not cool or cute at all.

 

[twerkstrider]

how the hell is "shaniqua" a horrible name??? it means "gift of god" lmao

my own town name makes me cringe what was i thinking when i named it 'swagtown' omfg goodbye

 

[Zane]

how the hell is "shaniqua" a horrible name??? it means "gift of god" lmao

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that :l So over people disrespecting names when they don't even know what they mean..

As for the topic at hand I've yet to come across any town names that were truly awful (some a little overdone, but idc) but a few do briefly make me wonder why they'd want their town to have a name like that, like "butt" or something.

 

[Hypno KK]

I don't care what other people name their towns, if it's a ridiculous-sounding name that's their problem, and hey if they like it that's none of my business.

I cringe a bit when people name their town Kawaii but with other foreign names I don't mind. Some people who play this game don't have English as their first language or simply like a language they've studied, so I actually find those interesting.

I think some names like Hyrule and New Leaf are predictable but once again, that's nothing to do with me or my town.

The only names I truly dislike are names that are offensive, like slurs. I tend to hope they're being used by people whom that slur is used against for personal reasons but I doubt it.

I don't know what's so bad about names like Shaniqua. I'm not American and that's not a common name in my country, but if people like those names then that's fine. I think there are some common names that are very ugly and others that are very pretty, this is the case with unusual names as well. It just depends on people's taste. I would only find it weird if someone named their child a name from a culture they were definitely not a part of, like a Native American or Japanese name if they had no relation with those, mainly because it could be seen as offensive or upsetting to people who are from those cultures but that's it.

 

[Hirisa]

Okay, this doesn't make me cringe, but I always want to know the story behind naming your town after a real city. I've visited AC versions of Quebec, Seattle and Pittsburgh when I was actively trading, and I never got a chance to ask about them.

 

[FancyThat]

I really don't mind anyone's town name, it's down to personal taste and I'm lucky in that I can't recall visiting a town with a name I considered really offensive. I've been told in the past people like my town name or that they got a giggle out of it however none of the meanings suggested by Google or wiki are why I named my town Kibble, the word is actually a bit of an in joke between my fianc? (who brought me the game) and I and was considered sweet to name my town after it. Of course it's also commonly known here as pet food .

 

[estypest]

I've never cringed when seeing a town name, maybe I've not been exposed to enough of them.. I say live and let live really, who cares what people name their town, so long as some random hasn't named your town something stupid and you can never reset and you're stuck with it haha.

 

[kasane]

*raises hand* Does my Deathrow make anyone cringe? ;-;

But I guess it's really up to the person to decide if they are taking their town name seriously, or they are just mucking about with their name. I've seen one named 'my ass' and 'Buttown'

Then again, I was hoping to see some towns that are based off of a fictional place (i.e: Sakurami from Mirai Nikki, Namimori from KHR, etc), and I do get a bit disappointed to find out that it wasn't a 'replica' of them.

 

[nekosync]

*raises hand* Does my Deathrow make anyone cringe? ;-;

But I guess it's really up to the person to decide if they are taking their town name seriously, or they are just mucking about with their name. I've seen one named 'my ass' and 'Buttown'

Then again, I was hoping to see some towns that are based off of a fictional place (i.e: Sakurami from Mirai Nikki, Namimori from KHR, etc), and I do get a bit disappointed to find out that it wasn't a 'replica' of them.

"Deathrow" isn't cringeworthy, it kinda sounds creepy to me.

You watched Mirai Nikki? o: I loved watching that,

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how the hell is "shaniqua" a horrible name??? it means "gift of god" lmao

I just don't like how it sounds.

 

[mollusk]

When I was a kid I named all my towns Sweetli bahaha. Cringe. I think I wanted to call it like Sweetville or something but the character limit got in the way? That said I'm totally up for the 'kawaii' names, I love em.

 

[epona]

nah, i don't really understand people who complain about towns called Hyrule either
like yeah it's not all that creative but i still think it's cute!! i'd say Epona makes a lot of people cringe but at the end of the day it's my town and i like it and that's the attitude i adopt towards other peoples' towns too - it's their town and they can name it what they like

however some town names are just bad taste like 'chernobyl' and towns named after internment/concentration camps

 

[nekosync]

nah, i don't really understand people who complain about towns called Hyrule either
like yeah it's not all that creative but i still think it's cute!! i'd say Epona makes a lot of people cringe but at the end of the day it's my town and i like it and that's the attitude i adopt towards other peoples' towns too - it's their town and they can name it what they like

however some town names are just bad taste like 'chernobyl' and towns named after internment/concentration camps

The town name "Epona" is great! I had that for my very first town. After all, Link's horse deserves a town named after her. <3

 

[CuriCurry]

Meh, whatever their choice is for the town name, I have no right to judge. Having fun with the game is all that should matter.

 

[Lykke]

I really don't like it when people spell "Arendale" to "Arendelle" .... it's just not right!! I come from Norway too, so it's a bit personal. Hyrule is also very overused. I don't cringe or mind though, it's not my town so

 

[lazuli]

when people use the names of real world cities, like Seattle or London haha

Excuse you. I assume that people don't like my town name, as I've seen 'real-life places' mentioned at least three times.

Names of places from video games are most common and way overused. People who name towns New Leaf have little originality. I've yet to see a mayor Villager of New Leaf (unless it's from a guide).

 

[Lepidoptera]

I just cringe at my own town names. I couldn't reset Zombie now. I'm used to my town map and I've put to much work in.

 

[Mahoushoujo]

I just did my favorite color haha.
Haven't seen anyone use it, though...

 

[Darumy]

I appreciate creativity but expect nothing so I typically don't think less of anyone for a mediocre or worse name.


But I do admit to twitching when my adoptee villagers mention their old town and there's like a face in the town name haha!

 

[RainbowNotes]

my boyfriend named his betchen, i was pretty stupid and first and had to ask what it meant haha;

to answer the question i don't really 'cringe' i just get a bit annoyed seeing over used or common names for towns, but at the same time i don't really care i guess

 

[nekosync]

I just did my favorite color haha.
Haven't seen anyone use it, though...

My favourite colour is lilac, too. ^-^