How to say Dr. Gero ?

[Soppa Saia People]

Okay this may be stupid but how do you say "Gero" ? I say "JEH-row" so is that right or wrong ?

[fadeddreams5]

That's how they say it in the dub, so yeah.

[Sandubadear]

I'm sure it's actually Geh-ro, since it's "ゲロ" in Japanese

[Soppa Saia People]

I'm sure it's actually Geh-ro, since it's "ゲロ" in Japanese

Thank you. Feel free to lock this. (Unless this is wrong)

[Gaffer Tape]

That's how they say it in the dub, so yeah.

Actually, that's not even how they say it in the dub. The dub says juh-ROW with the accent on the second syllable.

But, yes, as has been said, it's a hard "g" sound, not a soft one, with the upward inflection on the first syllable.

[Gdugz]

I'm pretty sure the ocean dub pronounced it as "jarrow" its been awhile since I've seen those episodes though.

[Puto]

I thought the Ocean dub had pronounced it Jyro.

[LuckyCat]

It should be "GEH-roh". I think it's supposed to be a pun on the English word "gear". Maybe Herms has an entry about that.

I think the FUNi dub changed it to "Jereau" to make it sound Eastern European, which for American audiences sounds more evil.

[Herms]

It should be "GEH-roh". I think it's supposed to be a pun on the English word "gear". Maybe Herms has an entry about that.

Seems unlikely, since "gear" in Japanese is ギア/gia, which doesn't have any letters in common with ゲロ/Gero

[LuckyCat]

It should be "GEH-roh". I think it's supposed to be a pun on the English word "gear". Maybe Herms has an entry about that.

Seems unlikely, since "gear" in Japanese is ギア/gia, which doesn't have any letters in common with ゲロ/Gero

That's true, another popular theory I've read on Japanese sites is that it's a play on the number 0 (ゼロ) as Zero could be used as an origin number in the Android models. I can't find anything official about it, though.

[kei17]

Gero means vomit in Japanese. Considering how the names of many characters are pun for foods... Yeah. Also, 外郎 (uirō) can be read as gerō.

[Polyphase Avatron]

I remember a Q&A section with Oda Eiichiro (the mangaka of One Piece) where he made up a fake Devil Fruit called the "Gero Gero fruit" that made whoever ate it disgusting to be around, so I always figured it was based on a word for "disgusting" or something.

[SpiritBombTriumphant]

It should be "GEH-roh". I think it's supposed to be a pun on the English word "gear". Maybe Herms has an entry about that.

I think the FUNi dub changed it to "Jereau" to make it sound Eastern European, which for American audiences sounds more evil.

I've heard it as "Jereau" and that another dub (possibly the UK) pronounces it "Garrow." I've never heard it as "Jeeroh" or anything like that, but both of the first two pronunciations sound fitting for him. I'm glad his name is vomit in Japanese. Dude is ugly (old) and evil.

[Shnuki]

Gero means vomit in Japanese.

Oh, wow... And with that one post, I realized how actually clever was the Polish adaptation of the name in the manga. He's called "Dr. Żygago", in which the first part (żyga), although with a spelling error, refers to vomiting, while as a whole, it's also a pun with Dr. Żywago (or Zhivago) from an old novel by Boris Pasternak.

All this time I thought it was just an asspull...