Puns for Marron and Goten?

Terra-jin · Post by **Terra-jin** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:23 pm

All I can think of is that Gero means "ribbit", as in the sound frogs make.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:30 pm

Terra-jin wrote:All I can think of is that Gero means "ribbit", as in the sound frogs make.

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Terra-jin · Post by **Terra-jin** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:56 pm

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Post by **TripleRach** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:22 pm

Kero or kerokero is the ribbit sound, actually. (Hence Keroro Gunsou/Sgt. Frog.) IIRC, gero is actually Japanese onomatopoeia for puking.

It could be related to gerontology, though. The English pronunciation may have a soft G (the J sound), but apparently it's derived from Greek, which used a hard G for it, and the Japanese tend to go by the original pronunciations. He's an old guy, and the word refers to old age, of course, so it would make some sense.

SaiyaMel · Post by **SaiyaMel** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:38 pm

Pan's name took on the cereal-related pun from his dad - Gohan > rice; pan is bread in Japanese (though originally from Portuguese pão).

Tatsunoboshi Horoko · Post by **Tatsunoboshi Horoko** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:49 pm

TripleRach wrote:Kero or kerokero is the ribbit sound, actually. (Hence Keroro Gunsou/Sgt. Frog.) IIRC, gero is actually Japanese onomatopoeia for puking.

Actually, I believe both can be used for the sound a frog makes.