Weirdest Spellings of Dragonball things?

Post by **VegettoEX** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:44 am

Kunzait_83 wrote:Speaking of EGM, I was also always fond of their spelling of Brolli as "Brawley".

Haven't I seen that, or a variation on it, on official Japanese merchandise? Yeah, I really dislike that spelling if only because the "o" is supposed to be a long sound... on the other hand, the "o" in "bro" from "broccoli" sounds more like an "aw"...

Adamant wrote:"18 Gou" for #18.

Yeah, it's technically correct, but... why would you do that? It makes no sense.

I can see "#18" and "Juuhachigou", but not "18 Gou". Seems weird to mix in a half-translation like that. My guess is that the person translating the name didn't actually understand what the "Gou" part meant... despite getting the "18" part...

In the end, though, I'm with RoarkVegeta in saying the online spellings of "Tenka-ichi Budokai" (and its Atari-influenced reverse order) both amuse and horrify me.

Post by **Herms** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:52 am

VegettoEX wrote:I can see "#18" and "Juuhachigou", but not "18 Gou". Seems weird to mix in a half-translation like that. My guess is that the person translating the name didn't actually understand what the "Gou" part meant... despite getting the "18" part...

Well, her name is always written as "18号" in Japanese, so "18 Gou" would be a direct romanization of that.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:56 am

Herms wrote:Well, her name is always written as "18号" in Japanese, so "18 Gou" would be a direct romanization of that.

Fair enough point. I guess this is one of those cases where I can't understand why anyone would romanize the other half for general use.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:08 am

In my fansubbed version of movie 12, Goku refers to Paikuhan as "Pikehan-chan" even though he never say it.

omegacwa · Post by **omegacwa** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:22 am

In an old fan sub of movie 9 that I have, Mr. Satan keeps saying that he has a stomach "ace".

Since my brother has seen this, I will occasionally be like, "OW! I have a stomach Ace!" to a bit of laughter.

I really can't think of much else. I have a Chinese bootleg where the subtitler clearly got confused as to which character was which, but that really isn't a spelling problem...

ssjcj · Post by **ssjcj** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:20 pm

Harmony Gold had a couple. Off the top of my head.
Goku was Zero and Karin was Whiskers.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:44 pm

ssjcj wrote:Harmony Gold had a couple. Off the top of my head.
Goku was Zero and Karin was Whiskers.

"Whiskers the wonder cat", right?
Weren't they also the ones who called Kuririn "Bongo"?

RoarkVegeta · Post by **RoarkVegeta** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:46 pm

Chuquita wrote:
ssjcj wrote:Harmony Gold had a couple. Off the top of my head.
Goku was Zero and Karin was Whiskers.
"Whiskers the wonder cat", right?
Weren't they also the ones who called Kuririn "Bongo"?

Yep. They named Shenron "Dragon God".

linkdude20002001 · Post by **linkdude20002001** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:24 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
Kunzait_83 wrote:Speaking of EGM, I was also always fond of their spelling of Brolli as "Brawley".
Haven't I seen that, or a variation on it, on official Japanese merchandise? Yeah, I really dislike that spelling if only because the "o" is supposed to be a long sound... on the other hand, the "o" in "bro" from "broccoli" sounds more like an "aw"...

Why is it supposed to be pronounced bro-lee? I've always thought it was braw-lee. Doesn't it make more sense for it to be braw-lee since ブロリー (Burorii / Brolli) comes from ブロッコリー (burokkorii / broccoli)?

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:14 pm

The Japanese o sound is pronounced "aw", not "ow", so ALL the names are supposed to be pronounced like that.

It's "Gaw-kew", not "Gow-kew", too.

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:19 pm

Adamant wrote:The Japanese o sound is pronounced "aw", not "ow", so ALL the names are supposed to be pronounced like that.

It's "Gaw-kew", not "Gow-kew", too.

"o" is pronounced "Oh".

Like Row.
Son is pronounced like "Shone" without the h
Goku is pronounced "Goh-koo"

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:35 pm

DemonRin wrote:
Adamant wrote:The Japanese o sound is pronounced "aw", not "ow", so ALL the names are supposed to be pronounced like that.

It's "Gaw-kew", not "Gow-kew", too.
"o" is pronounced "Oh".

Like Row.
Son is pronounced like "Shone" without the h
Goku is pronounced "Goh-koo"

No.

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:44 pm

Adamant wrote:
DemonRin wrote:
Adamant wrote:The Japanese o sound is pronounced "aw", not "ow", so ALL the names are supposed to be pronounced like that.

It's "Gaw-kew", not "Gow-kew", too.
"o" is pronounced "Oh".

Like Row.
Son is pronounced like "Shone" without the h
Goku is pronounced "Goh-koo"
No.

Yes.

The way you were saying it, Son's name is pronounced "Gah-kew", that's wrong.
o In Japanese is "Oh"
Maybe I'm just typing this Wrong.
Like "Row" or "Hoe" or "Toe", just remove the W and E sounds.
the Ku is pronounced like the "Roo" in Kangaroo. (In Japanese, there are actually two Us in his name. It's "Son Gokuu")
Son isn't pronounced "Suhn" it's "Sohn" like I said, the Word "Shone" as in "The Sun Shone through the Clowds" but without the H

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:45 pm

Adamant wrote:
DemonRin wrote:
Adamant wrote:The Japanese o sound is pronounced "aw", not "ow", so ALL the names are supposed to be pronounced like that.

It's "Gaw-kew", not "Gow-kew", too.
"o" is pronounced "Oh".

Like Row.
Son is pronounced like "Shone" without the h
Goku is pronounced "Goh-koo"
No.

Actually, yes. Take the English 'So' and add an 'n' sound at the end of it and you have Son's last name.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:04 pm

"Sown" Goku?

...no? Do you lack ears or something? The "Son" in Son Goku is pronounced the same way as the English word "son".

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:06 pm

Adamant wrote:"Sown" Goku?

...no? Do you lack ears or something?

Yes, "Sown Goh-koo", that's Correct.

You might be thinking of how they pronounced it in Burst Limit, that was wrong.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:09 pm

Adamant wrote:"Sown" Goku?

...no?

Yeah it is.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:10 pm

DemonRin wrote:
You might be thinking of how they pronounced it in Burst Limit, that was wrong.

I have absolutely no idea how they pronounced it there, but I am completely unable to grasp how you can possibly listen to spoken Japanese and somehow get into your heas that there's supposed to be a w sound added after every single o.

Hell, just pull out some random FUNi Dragonball DVD, and listen to some scene where Goku's name is spoken, first in Japanese, then in English. Do they seriously sound the same to you?

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:21 pm

No... *Facepalm*
I don't mean "Row" as in WITH a W there, I just mean HOW THE O IS PRONOUNCED in the word "Row".

In Burst Limit, he said his name was "Son Goku" and he pronounced Son "Suhn" Like the Sun in the Sky

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:30 pm

DemonRin wrote:No... *Facepalm*
I don't mean "Row" as in WITH a W there, I just mean HOW THE O IS PRONOUNCED in the word "Row".

Then why not just say "It's pronounced like the word "son""?

DemonRin wrote:In Burst Limit, he said his name was "Son Goku" and he pronounced Son "Suhn" Like the Sun in the Sky

Ah. Yes, that's wrong.

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