How do you pronounce Khoruysa, anyway? Koru-eesa? I remember back when I read the issues the first time around wishing that they’d switch ships. Tique Amara is both pronounceable and cool. It’s been so long I can’t remember what happened to it. I should dig out the trade. I would have scavenged the hell out of the parts. 🙂
From the Pronunciation Guide in the graphic novel (p 146): Khoruysa Brimia is pronounced kor-OOH-suh BREE-mee-uh.
Random bit of trivia: Khoruysa Brimia is an anagram of a misspelling of Kobayashi Maru, the name of the training simulation ship in Star Trek II (one of my all-time favorite movies). Back in 1994-95, when I was working on the name, I wasn’t sure how to spell Kobayashi Maru (the internet wasn’t what it is today as a search tool), so I guessed it as “Kobiyashi Maru.” Rearranging the letters got me to “Khoruysa Bimia.” I then tossed in the extra “r” to make it “Brimia” since I thought that sounded better.
Another bit of naming trivia (I’ve got tons of them!), Roka Nostaco’s name is a nod to the ALIEN movies. Well, his last name is, anyway. It’s a mix of “Nostromo” (the ship from ALIEN) and “Sulaco” (the Colonial Marine ship from ALIENS).
As for the Tique Amara, I just always liked “Amara” as a name. And one day while walking to work back in Boston, I passed by an antique store, and the “tique” just popped out at me as a cool-sounding word.
Yep, I actually knew a girl way back in elementary school named Amara, and I always thought it was a cool and different-sounding name. And then there’s also Magma from The New Mutants. But I’m surprised I don’t come across it more often. That, and Melisandre. Also a nice name. 🙂
  
  
  
How do you pronounce Khoruysa, anyway? Koru-eesa? I remember back when I read the issues the first time around wishing that they’d switch ships. Tique Amara is both pronounceable and cool. It’s been so long I can’t remember what happened to it. I should dig out the trade. I would have scavenged the hell out of the parts. 🙂
From the Pronunciation Guide in the graphic novel (p 146): Khoruysa Brimia is pronounced kor-OOH-suh BREE-mee-uh.
Random bit of trivia: Khoruysa Brimia is an anagram of a misspelling of Kobayashi Maru, the name of the training simulation ship in Star Trek II (one of my all-time favorite movies). Back in 1994-95, when I was working on the name, I wasn’t sure how to spell Kobayashi Maru (the internet wasn’t what it is today as a search tool), so I guessed it as “Kobiyashi Maru.” Rearranging the letters got me to “Khoruysa Bimia.” I then tossed in the extra “r” to make it “Brimia” since I thought that sounded better.
Another bit of naming trivia (I’ve got tons of them!), Roka Nostaco’s name is a nod to the ALIEN movies. Well, his last name is, anyway. It’s a mix of “Nostromo” (the ship from ALIEN) and “Sulaco” (the Colonial Marine ship from ALIENS).
As for the Tique Amara, I just always liked “Amara” as a name. And one day while walking to work back in Boston, I passed by an antique store, and the “tique” just popped out at me as a cool-sounding word.
Not sure if you were already aware, but Amara is apparently a standardized, accepted name in certain parts of the world.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/amara
I agree that it is a nice-sounding name.
Yep, I actually knew a girl way back in elementary school named Amara, and I always thought it was a cool and different-sounding name. And then there’s also Magma from The New Mutants. But I’m surprised I don’t come across it more often. That, and Melisandre. Also a nice name. 🙂