Different Dragon Ball pronunciations that bother you

[Gyt Kaliba]

Tuffles is one that bothers me. It sounds silly but not in that toriyama-esque way. Vegerot sounds weird and not powerful. Vegeto doesn't work in the dub because they don't pronounce Goku's Saiyan name as "Kakarotto". I wish they had gone with Gogeta. I don't know why I'm pretty much the only one that thinks this is a good idea.

As in refer to Vegito as Gogeta, just using one name for both fusions? ...Huh. That's an interesting concept at least.

It makes more sense than calling him "Vegito" when it's not a combination of their names.

I wasn't saying it didn't make sense, I just meant I've never heard the idea before. It does make a lot of sense really. I wonder what a lot of the games would have referred to Vegito as if they'd gone that route. 'Gogeta <Potara>' perhaps?

Anyway, on topic, it's sort of the same thing but also different, but I can't stand when people take the transliteration, or whatever, of the show's title or other things too far, especially in written form. Stuff like 'Doragon Booru', 'Bejita', 'Torankusu', 'Seru' - they drive me up a wall.

[Cold Skin]

It rubs me the wrong way when people use the old French dub names ("Sangoku", "Thalès", "cristal balls"...) that have been obliterated through updates BOTH in the anime (Kai) and the manga (Perfect Edition, Anime Comics and re-translated Tankobon).
I feel like: "man, you're talking about something that was NOT Dragon Ball but some half-invented stuff, don't you think it's about time you find out about the REAL Dragon Ball with decent names, the original dialogues and the real scenario and universe?"

Even last week-end I had to have yet another conversation to say that the Saiyan in movie 3 is named Tullece (and I'm still thinking about how it should be pronunced... Tew-leese? Tuh-less?) and is NOT Goku's twin brother and explain why he looks so much like him. Again, urged me to say: "the REAL story is available in all formats now - manga or TV episodes -, so pick one and forget about that fake story and unworthy experience you've been fed with for years with the first dub/manga version".

[Puto]

I don't like the word "android" ... but those are really just translational things

Just throwing it out there, this is Toriyama's mistake. He didn't bother to accurately look up what 17 and 18 were and used a catch-all term for everybody in that group. Does Japan even have a word for "cyborg" or is just a loan word in katakana?

kaizōningen.

[DoomieDoomie911]

I don't like "Krillin", (the H-word), "Shenron", or Frieza.

[Super Sonic]

I don't like "Krillin", (the H-word), "Shenron", or Freeza.

Where are you from? Freeza is pronounced the same in English as it is in Japan. Is it different in your country?

[Fizzer]

I don't like "Krillin", (the H-word), "Shenron", or Freeza.

Where are you from? Freeza is pronounced the same in English as it is in Japan. Is it different in your country?

He probably spelled it with an i, but Kanzenshuu autocorrected it to Freeza. Frieza Freeza. Those two were different.

I don't like "Bulma" because the pun is lost

Does the pun always have to be apparent?

No, but this is a special case. Everyone in her family essentially has the exact word for some kind of underwear as their name, and Goku actually made fun of her name meaning underwear.

[ABED]

No, but this is a special case. Everyone in her family essentially has the exact word for some kind of underwear as their name, and Goku actually made fun of her name meaning underwear.

But the joke still works if it's a character makes a mistake. I'm sure you've heard jokes where a character makes a mistake about some character's name. Bulma sounds like a quirky name that could actually exist. By the way, not everyone in her family has a name that's the exact word for some type of underwear, unless you call him Dr. Briefs. It's usually written as "brief", but underwear is called "briefs", plural. This seems like making a mountain out of a molehill, plus, her first appearance has her wearing a shirt with "BULMA" written on it.

I have a question about Japanese pronunciation, how do you know which syllable to put the accent on for "Goku"?

[DoomieDoomie911]

I don't like "Krillin", (the H-word), "Shenron", or Freeza.

Where are you from? Freeza is pronounced the same in English as it is in Japan. Is it different in your country?

He probably spelled it with an i, but Kanzenshuu autocorrected it to Freeza. Freeza Freeza. Those two were different.

Yes, I spelled it with an "i". I didn't know the forum auto-corrected any words. I guess you learn something new everyday.

[dbboxkaifan]

The only pronounciation that I hate is Sei-yun (they never got around to fix it to Sai-yan how it should be said), as for the rest it's fine.

[Ajay]

The only pronounciation that I hate is Sei-yun (they never got around to fix it to Sai-yan how it should be said), as for the rest it's fine.

But think of all of the genius 'Just Saiyan' t-shirts that would be voided if they changed it!

[jpdbzrulz4sure]

I don't like the US pronunciation of "Budōkai" too much, mainly because I think it's strange considering English speakers' tendency to put emphasis on middle syllables, which for this particular word would've been more-or-less correct.

I have a question about Japanese pronunciation, how do you know which syllable to put the accent on for "Goku"?

His name in kana is spelled as ごくう ("gokuu"), which has an elongated "u", whereas the "o" is short.

[kei17]

I have a question about Japanese pronunciation, how do you know which syllable to put the accent on for "Goku"?

The Japanese language has pitch accent like Classical Latin, so English speakers can't pronounce it correctly. In Tokyo type, "gokuu" is pronounced as go_ ku/ u￣.

[Puto]

I have a question about Japanese pronunciation, how do you know which syllable to put the accent on for "Goku"?

Gokū.

[ABED]

Thanks guys, I love this forum

[kei17]

I don't like how "Videl" is pronounced in the FUNi dub. The Ocean/Westwood dub has got a more faithful pronunciation (Veedel.)

[ABED]

I don't like how "Videl" is pronounced in the FUNi dub. The Ocean/Westwood dub has got a more faithful pronunciation (Veedel.)

Does the pronunciation of Mr. Satan bother you? Videl is an anagram of Devil, so I would think the dub pronunciation wouldn't be that different.

[VegettoEX]

"Satan" is an actual word/name that we use "in English" with its own pronunciation. In that case, I really don't see a problem with pronouncing it "Say - Tin" (as opposed to a "sah - tahn" a la "in Japanese").

"Videl", on the other hand, is a pun. It's a "new" name with its own pronunciation that was defined in the language it was created in. If you pronounce her name as "vih - DEL", then you could also be running around saying "VEHG - uhtuh" (Vegeta), but I don't see anyone making a case for that .

[ABED]

Except that you and I know that English is a weird language. Unlike Japanese, vowels can have a number of different sounds.

Since Satan is an actual word, how come no one says "the japanese are mispronouncing it!"?

Is Videl a pun? I just thought it was an anagram of "devil".

[kei17]

Does the pronunciation of Mr. Satan bother you? Videl is an anagram of Devil, so I would think the dub pronunciation wouldn't be that different.

No, it doesn't because it is not even an anagram or pun and can be considered to be just an English word.

Unlike Japanese, vowels can have a number of different sounds.

That's not a problem with vowels themselves though. It's just that English has old-school and very weird spellings.

[Gaffer Tape]

I don't have a problem with Sah-tan. In fact, I use that pronunciation myself because it's his name. It may be incorrect in regards to the Biblical figure, but he's his own person and can do whatever he wants with his own name, and even if Mark chose an incorrect pronunciation, it's how he chooses to say it in regards to himself.