User blog:TSRITW/Naming Compound Blocks

And by "blocks" I mean "Numbershow characters". These are just a handful of ways to name a compound block character (any block that has blocks from multiple Numbershows).

Numberish
Proposed by Pixel. Take the compound's value and add "ish" at the end. For example, a Jay and Rebe compound can be "2ish". While this convention is simple, it can be quite confusing. "2ish" can also be a Wunsie/One and Jay, or a Rebe and Tundra. Heck, even Dublo/Two, Winter, and Guarien qualify as a "2ish". To fix that problem, I have suggested...

x+y Compound
Basically, you can use this to describe a compound block with x blocks from one Numbershow and y of another. So a 1+2 compound can be a Jay and a Guarien, or a Rebe and a Winter. The problem with this is that it doesn't specify which Numbershows the blocks come from, but it helps with larger numbers, like a 5+5+5+5 compound can be made from Cinko/Five, Zay, "Five", and Rap Girl.

Compound Names
If you want clarity, this convention's for you. "WunsieJayRebe", for example. It works like an IMFI language (like Arabic), because names can get long very fast ("EsquarFinnAngular" is better than "EsquardoFinnSquarangl'r"). I will be making a table of name forms in the future.

“CREATIVITY”
Proposed by Mr. Yokai. All compound blocks get entirely unique names. This convention actually does more harm than good since every single compound will require a new name.

Take actual numbers for example. 20 is “twenty” and 1 is “one”, so 21 is 20+1, or “twenty-one”. Now, imagine a world where each number has a unique name. Let’s say 20 is “wallop” and 1 is “zoop”. What is 21, then? It can’t be “wallop-zoop”. Who would’ve thought that it would be “zoomy”? And what is 22? “Mombozo”?

See? It makes more sense to read like the notation, so 22 is “twenty-two”, which is a combination of “twenty” and “two”. This is pretty much how compound Numberblocks work. NB-23 is a combination of Tango/Twenty and Tryplo/Three (as of now). Shouldn’t we do the same to compound blocks in general?

Any more?
Do you have any ideas for naming compound blocks? Leave a comment down below!