2300AD Only Korean-American Planetary Naming Committee

[Kilgs]

This is for a homebrew but it's much like 2300.

QUESTION: What do they name the planet?

SITUATION:
Garden planet discovered. Americans beat the Koreans there by about 6months. Both polities have colonies on the planet and there are some bad feelings between the two. The two colonies decide to host a joint planet-naming committee as a means to improve relationships. Both colonies are young (several years old) and small (under 30K each).

(System was named Lawhead by American discoverer but planet is just referred to as IV at this point.)

COMPLICATIONS/HISTORY:
Alternate world history/future... The Korean Union is a combination of North/South after the collapse of the North several decades ago. The North went coo-coo, tried to invade then nuked Japan. American military had been downsized in Korea for years. Remnants assisted the South but the US government, recovering from several disasters, refused to send additional aid. On one hand, they couldn't due to a diminished Pacific presence (they pulled out of the Phillipines also). On the other, the US was in an isolationist stance. So the Koreans are not allies of the US and there is lingering resentment over the "abandonment" as they see it. That was several decades ago.

So what are some ideas for a name? Is it in Korean or English? Is it a hybrid word? Something meaningful? Something happy?

 

[atpollard]

Just throwing out some thoughts on Korean-American Baby Names to help:

[from a google search]
"I actually know a Korean American woman named Dan Bi (soft rain). Some Koreans are now naming kids after things in nature, but stick to the traditional two syllable format."

"I met an older Korean gentleman in a past social group who everyone called Chiyu Bi (healing rain), and I've loved that name since. And I've always been partial to Bom (spring), Daeyang (ocean), and bam angae (night mist)."

So pick a two-syllable name that has meaning in Korean and can be pronounced in English ... Dan Bi (soft rain) makes an interesting choice since it could easily be anglicized to "Danby" in the American settlement.

I vote Dan Bi/Danby.

 

[Timerover51]

Syngman Rhee, first President of the Republic of Korea (at that time only South Korea), who was President during the Korean War 1950-53.

 

[Kilgs]

Syngman Rhee, first President of the Republic of Korea (at that time only South Korea), who was President during the Korean War 1950-53.

Ah... but it's a joint committee and the Americans were there first.

I like the Dan Bi/Danby option. Any others?

 

[Timerover51]

Ah... but it's a joint committee and the Americans were there first.

I like the Dan Bi/Danby option. Any others?

You did ask, and it is your campaign.

 

[Chuck Anumia]

My Choices

Bom Bi/Bomay (Spring Rain)
Ae Sook/Asook (Love and Purity)
Chung Ho/Chungo (Righteous Goodness)
Dae Hyun/Dayum (Great Honor)
Hana/Hannah (Favorite Flower)
Hy Bi/Hiby (Glad Rain)
Jin Ae/Jinny (Truth Treasure)
Mi Hi/Mia (Beauty and Joy)
Min Ho/Minnow (Bright Goodness)
So Young/Sue Young (Eternally Beautiful)
Yong Sun/Young Son (Eternally Good)
Soo Sun/Susan (Perfect Goodness)

 

[McPerth]

It could also be named by a battle of the Korean war, as Pusan or Inchon, or the generals of any of them. After all, that's also something US and Korea share in their histories and might remind them of past cooperation...

 

[Timerover51]

It could also be named by a battle of the Korean war, as Pusan or Inchon, or the generals of any of them. After all, that's also something US and Korea share in their histories and might remind them of past cooperation...

Chromite, code name for the Inchon Invasion on September 15th of 1950.

 

[SpaceBadger]

It could also be named by a battle of the Korean war, as Pusan or Inchon, or the generals of any of them. After all, that's also something US and Korea share in their histories and might remind them of past cooperation...

Chromite, code name for the Inchon Invasion on September 15th of 1950.

Such names serve double purpose, if the Korean colonists are primarily from the South. First, it reminds them of a time that American troops came to their aid against invasion from the North and from China. Second, it reminds them of that invasion and its aftermath, serving to divide those of Southern heritage from those of Northern heritage.

So you subtly encourage dissension among the Korean colonists, while strengthening American ties to the majority. Win/Win. Nice.

 

[Marchand]

Sejong, after Sejong the Great, fifteenth-century emperor on whose watch the Korean script was invented, among other things.

 

[Kilgs]

Such names serve double purpose, if the Korean colonists are primarily from the South. First, it reminds them of a time that American troops came to their aid against invasion from the North and from China. Second, it reminds them of that invasion and its aftermath, serving to divide those of Southern heritage from those of Northern heritage.

So you subtly encourage dissension among the Korean colonists, while strengthening American ties to the majority. Win/Win. Nice.

Yeah, this was why I went here... all the ideas I could come up with revolved around Korean War (or South/America cooperation) but the Korean Union is assimilated. While the North was ostensibly invaded by the South, the Koreans (as a whole) are more unified. And they're not super-fond of the US. So I doubt they would agree with such offers.

That's why I like the idea of the double names... Korean/American versions of the same thing/sound. Thanks for that idea.