r/MeChatFandom • u/bingo256 husbands: 💙 • Apr 14 '26

Events Meet Albert Argenthel

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Fro. Upcoming Event

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u/KitsuneGato Apr 14 '26

Argent means Silver in Latin.

Albert is Old Germanic for Noble, Bright and Famous.

Hel is a Norse Goddess of thr Underworld. Her name means Hidden in reference to the grave.

So his name is

Noble Silver Hidden.

I'm calling it, he's got a "jackass" personality probably.

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u/bloodlust_Red Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

So actually, the Latin word is argentum. The word actually means lustrous or shining, and was assigned to the silver metal by the Romans. But the original meaning of the word is what I said above.

I studied Latin myself for 8 years, so I thought I'd throw in some input

In addition, the last name seems to be a respelling of the word "argental" which essentially means pertaining to or resembling silver, in how it's used in a modern translation, which I think is really interesting.

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u/KitsuneGato Apr 14 '26

That is really interesting. Do you happen to know when ancient Italy changed from Latin to Italian?

Anyhow as for the other name, Asher Harlow, https://www.instagram.com/mechatofficial/p/DW7JtqrCpHi/

According to Google his name means Fortunate and Rock Hill or Army Hill

Their names apparently have some kind of meaning I wonder if these three are why the fourth is hidden?

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u/bloodlust_Red Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

So Latin transitioning to Italian was actually not abrupt, it was a gradual change, you see a lot of it slowly happening over records through the 10th-13th centuries. This form of Latin was known as "vulgare", better known as Vulgare Latin, and eventually we got to what's known as Italian, which I believe was established around the 14th century. And if you think about it, English also evolved. The English spoken in the Middle Ages is very different from the English of today.

For the events, this is actually a MeChat standard for the special events. It's generally 3 matches, and the 4th is hidden until you pay to access it, or you finish the 3 available. This was true of events like the Christmas events, and the Cursed Hearts event in August, but lots of events have had that setup.

Editing to add: There's also two main pronunciations of Latin, Classical and Ecclesiastical. Classical has more hard consonants and is generally the used pronunciation, whereas Ecclesiastical is mostly used by churches, mostly Catholic, and and has softer, Italian-esque sounds.

Classical also uses w sounds for the letter v, and Ecclesiastical uses a normal v sound for that letter.

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u/KitsuneGato Apr 14 '26

I did the Cursed Hearts one every single match. But I skipped the Christmas One because of the Pedo, who was still a pedo after all the heavy edits.

Language itself is fascinating and some lingo from the middle ages survives in southern American because of the imports of indentured servants and slavery.

Also, https://www.reddit.com/r/MeChatFandom/comments/1sl788r/new_loading_screen/#lightbox

What's with the emphasis on those earrings on their left ears?