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Help: ~Overlord-Jai wonders, ...her OC 'Jae' is owned by 'Jai' (the artist) are the names too confusing? 

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65 deviants said No, I can tell the difference.
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43 deviants said Yes, they sound alike.

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~OhStuffit Oct 6, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
How do you pronounce "Jai" or "Jae"? (I'm british so I might pronounce things differently eg. super-tYOOler) But are they the same?
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*super-tuler Oct 7, 2009   Digital Artist
JAY and JAY o.o; they're the same but if you check her gallery you can see the character 'Jae' and how different she is from Trainer Jai which is the artist of 'Jae' XD...
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~OhStuffit Oct 18, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
WHUT? :lmao: I think it's ok though, you can tell that they are different.
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~Klopford Oct 5, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I've had some people address a similar concern to me over my own OC. I've used K-Star as an in-story nickname for her for a long time, and on most forums my s/n is K-Star (I chose to use her nickname as a s/n). Then some friends pointed out that K-Star really sounds more like a screenname than a nickname, and that no one would take my character seriously or would assume she was a self-insert if I continued to use it. From that point on, I've been calling her Katina (and also using different screennames, like ProudNerd or Klopford.)
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Mm, that may get confusing using the character's name as a screen name. I don't do that, just Overlord Jai for me. On the other hand for her though Jae is just the short version to her full name, plus a last name. I just go by Jai. There's actually a bit of a story behind why the names are kinda shared, and it's hard to think of her with any other nickname than Jae; it seems to make her character for some reason. Buuut, at the same time I don't want to confuse people either. Too bad it's a confusing subject. ^^;
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:iconm-pyre:
you should add a "no idea/dunno" option... XD
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:iconsuper-tuler:
*super-tuler Oct 5, 2009   Digital Artist
I don't find it confusing personally. But yes, it sounds alike... the guy who made Pokemon (or one of em' at least) is named Satoshi. With the main character of the story being Satoshi.

I just wanted a look at who thinks the names look/sound too alike.

Poll is technically ~Overlord-Jai's but she doesn't have a sub XD.
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:iconoverlord-jai:
Or watchers. XD
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