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So, uh...what kinda name is Shinnok, anyway?
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posted06/17/2015 03:42 PM (UTC)by
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TheBigCityToilet
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A frivolous question even by fanboy standards, yes, but eh, fuck it. Does it mean anything to anybody...?

Or did they just want to keep the tradition of boss names that start with "Sh" and make something up...?

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 •06/15/2015 02:39 AM (UTC) •
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Well to be fair what kind of name is thebigcitytoilet?smilegrin I guess it's suppose to be similar to a shinnook helicopter. That's my only guess
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 •06/15/2015 03:55 AM (UTC) •
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What kind a name is Ermac? Or Jax?

Who fucking cares?
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•06/15/2015 04:16 AM (UTC) •
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Shinnok fan here. I love his name and I know people roll their eyes at wiki references but in my experience mk's wiki page is pretty good. In their trivia section for Shinnok, it saids this...

"While the name "Shinnok" has no basis in any existing world mythologies, the components of his name may have bases in real world languages. "Shin" could be in reference for the Japanese word for "god" or "spirit" (such as that used in the name of the religion of Shinto ("way of the gods"), while "Nok" is most likely a play on the Latin word "[Nox]" which translates into English as "night", but can also mean "darkness" and, figuratively speaking, death."

Don't know if that's what the devs had in mind, but it's very fitting for him.
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Well, you all got your Tremor now. Can we finally move on?

 •06/15/2015 04:23 AM (UTC) •
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b-rad007 Wrote:
Well to be fair what kind of name is thebigcitytoilet?smilegrin


^^This
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 •06/15/2015 04:53 AM (UTC) •
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I assume you're being ironic, given your username.
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 •06/15/2015 07:06 AM (UTC) •
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Sionnach (pronounced like Shinnok) is Irish for 'fox' but it may not have anything to do with how they came up with the name.
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 •06/17/2015 02:12 AM (UTC) •
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Windy_Thunderstorm Wrote:
Shinnok fan here. I love his name and I know people roll their eyes at wiki references but in my experience mk's wiki page is pretty good. In their trivia section for Shinnok, it saids this...

"While the name "Shinnok" has no basis in any existing world mythologies, the components of his name may have bases in real world languages. "Shin" could be in reference for the Japanese word for "god" or "spirit" (such as that used in the name of the religion of Shinto ("way of the gods"), while "Nok" is most likely a play on the Latin word "[Nox]" which translates into English as "night", but can also mean "darkness" and, figuratively speaking, death."

Don't know if that's what the devs had in mind, but it's very fitting for him.


Given his powers over the dead, and him being a god, this isn't too far fetched in my opinion.
In Japanese the kanji for the name "Shin" can mean heart, humility, gentleman... That's so Shinnok xD

But then again, Hotaru is a feminine name...MK don't play by the rules tongue
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