Also medical technology might result in some kind of !Science! induced pseudo-parthogenesis involving two eggs like the Mejerre.

@Star Swirl: Well, you could always take a Title or a nickname to embody your Cutie Mark if you find it too strange to have a Mark that seems out-of-place with your birth name. I'm suddenly wondering why Golden Harvest insists on being called Carrot Top.

Plasmid Pagetoppa

edited 4th Apr '12 10:50:48 AM by AceOfScarabs

If ponies change their names, that would explain some of the weirdness of oddly appropriate names.

Thread Hop

Gr....Curse all these classes gettin in the way of my pones >.<!

Confound my daily life for interrupting my near-constant stream of pony D:

Especially strange for Carrot Top, since that's sort of a semi-insult towards redheads like Ranga here in Australia. Or at least at the high school I went to.

Changing names would certainly explain some awesome names, like Iron Will and Rainbow Dash.

Scoots gets a focus fanbook :D

That blue pony on the first page with the omega sword cutie mark must be some sort of badass.

Star Swirl the 147th: Can I hug you?

I don't really understand the concept of nicknames...They're like your name...but not?

Still, I like titles! I want to get one myself!

I'm not really sure why Golden Harvest the Fifth prefers to be called Carrot Top. Apparently she doesn't really like it (Not liking your name!?) and she sometimes argues with her mother, Golden Harvest the Fourth, about it.

Also, I edited in some more in my last post.

Pity that I can't post more often than every ten minutes.

EDIT: Oh! Okay, Kuroi Tsubasa Tenshi. I guess that you could hug me if you want to.

edited 4th Apr '12 11:06:53 AM by StarSwirlThe147th

Oh, well, if you're named after your mother, who was herself the fourth with the name, I can see someone changing their name. But Golden Harvest is such an awesome name :o

Plasmid Pagetoppa

Nice. The voice sounds completely wrong though.

Star Swirl the 147th: Yay! *glomps*

Hello everyone. What are you talking about now? No really, I have no clue about what this conversation is about

Child production without males, nicknames, and RP's. Oh my.

Wizard of Oz. Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my.

Huh? I'm still confused >_>

edited 4th Apr '12 11:10:52 AM by ilsemmr

We're talking about whether ponies change their names.

@Star Swirl: I suppose we might be entering the philosophical debate arena on the subject of names. Also some ponies get tired of being mistakenly called because they share names. Personally I prefer to have ponies get creative with their names, because there are interesting new names waiting to be discovered.

On the topic of titles, technically my troper handle is a title or merc rank, modelled after the naming convention for playing cards, specifically rank of suit.

Nicknames are like additional names, perhaps a name you prefer being called by or a pet name your friends, family, or very special some pony calls you :3

@Bad Don't you mean Loons, Toucans, and Bitterns?

edited 4th Apr '12 11:12:05 AM by crowlover

I don't get that reference.

@Bad From the transcript of The Ticket Master

Fluttershy: Oh, no. I mean, yes, or, actually, kinda. You see, it's not so much The Grand Galloping Gala as it is the wondrous private gated garden that surrounds the dance. The flowers are said to be the most beautiful and fragrant in all of Equestria. For the night of the gala, and that night alone, would they all be in bloom... and that's just the flora! Don't get me started on the fauna. There's loons and toucans and bitterns, oh my. Hummingbirds that can really hum, and buzzards that can really buzz, and blue jays, and red jays, and green jays, pink jays and pink flamingos

Ah, I didn't recall that.

Ah that one line.

This thread is boring without ginger.

Oh! Kuroi Tsubasa Tenshi, that was very...affectionate. Thank you.

Oh, trust me, Ace Of Scarabs, I understand! This is why I prefer to use full names and titles! (Well, at least one of the reasons.) I think that I'll try get creative whe I name my second foal. Still, this naming convention has become a tradition in my family. I wouldnt want to dissapoint my ancestors by never havihg a Star Swirl the Hundred and Forty Eighth. Plus, I'm not that creative. Maybe I should leve the naming of my second born to the father.

Fascinating.

Well, personally, I like to be called Star Swirl the Hundred and Forty Seventh, which is my real name (Why would you want to be called something that isn't your real name?) and I...don't actually have a very special somepony yet. It's...a little intimidating.