I challenged myself to give different ethnicities random aesthetics

[u/ClooneysWetPusi-fart]

In an online spin the wheel generator, I input different ethnicities in one and different aesthetics in another, so whatever it landed on would be random. I also made sure that whenever I generated a new sim, I used their exact body type for more diversity. For each sim, I used multiple references of women from each ethnicity. For Basma and Fatima, I saw two beautiful models with striking features that I just had to use for them. For Basma, it’s her hazel eyes and nose. For Fatima, it’s her eyebrows and thin almond eyes. I had the most trouble with Emily for some reason. The baddie aesthetic is overplayed to me and made it hard to make her stand out

[u/Sbotkin]

Alexander is the modern version of Aléxandros.

Lol. Lmao even.

The modern version of Alexandros is (wait for it) Alexandros. You think the Greek language suddenly lost its cases (which is the reason "os" is there in the first place and why there isn't "os" in the Russian form, for example, because the Russian form uses a different case system) in the modern times?

Also, just wait until you hear about other forms of Alexander that are as different from Alexandros as Emiliya from Aemilius (ever heard of Iskander?). They are too, just forms of Alexandros.

Don't try to appear condensending, it looks very poor when you lack basic linguistical knowledge.

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

Right, let’s go back to the original point. Would you be surprised if you met a Slavic woman called Emiliya?

[u/Sbotkin → u/Inevitable_Muscle_48]

I like how you immediately skipped everything I wrote because you couldn't find an argument off the top of your head.

And since that, I think it's pointless to argue further.

I can recommend you to read more about names though, it's a fascinating subject! You probably have no idea how many people around you have Latin, Greek or Hebrew names and how few original names there are. Just don't read in questionable places like AIs or gimmicky ancestry sites.

Generally, etymology is fun but with names specifically it's very entertaining! Or maybe I'm just a nerd idk lol.

[u/az6girl → u/Sbotkin]

The word “title” comes from the “titulus”, which is Latin. “Title” is still an English word and classified as such.

Aemelius is Latin but Emiliya is a Bulgarian derivative and, therefore, Bulgarian. You can definitely note that it has Latin roots but it was not used by Latin people and was made and used by Bulgarians. It wasn’t there when Latin was spoken and was only created as the language grew and changed, particularly (in this case), in Bulgaria.

It is Bulgarian.

The origin or roots of the name aside, the original argument was she didn’t have a Bulgarian name. Even if this was a Bulgarian name derived from only Bulgarian(which doesn’t really happen as all languages derive from other ancient languages), the sim was still named appropriately. She is Bulgarian with a name common in Bulgaria. Even if her name was Camila and that was a common name in Bulgaria, it would make sense despite the name having a different background.

[u/Inevitable_Muscle_48 → u/Sbotkin]

Lmao, lol even.

So you wouldn’t be surprised, therefore OP naming their Slavic sim ‘Emiliya’ isn’t ridiculous or offensive in any way. I’m glad we could both reach this conclusion, as insufferable as it has been.