Well, strictly speaking, the romanization is "Buruma". "Blooma" and "Bulma" are both attempts at anglicizing the name, one of which retains the pun, and the other that doesn't.NintendoBlaze53 wrote:It's similar to the whole Blooma, Bulma thing. While one is the direct pun the other is the Romanization.
Is it "Boo" or "Buu"?
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Re: Is it "Boo" or "Buu"?
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Re: Is it "Boo" or "Buu"?
Well, one of my reasons for using "Bulma" is because of her first outfit:Gaffer Tape wrote:Well, strictly speaking, the romanization is "Buruma". "Blooma" and "Bulma" are both attempts at anglicizing the name, one of which retains the pun, and the other that doesn't.NintendoBlaze53 wrote:It's similar to the whole Blooma, Bulma thing. While one is the direct pun the other is the Romanization.
I mean... I guess there is the "Kulilin" hat, but that's just way too ridiculous. "Kuririn" is bad enough...
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Re: Is it "Boo" or "Buu"?
The thing with romanizations that are featured in art is that they may not always be accurate. Not every manga artist is well-versed in English, and even if some are, I don't think Toriyama is one of them. I've always just assumed that name romanizations that miss the pun (Bulma, Kulilin) are the result of mistakes in the romanization. I believe in Movie 9, there is even a news photographer with an armband that spells "Daily" as "Dayley."Thanos wrote:Well, one of my reasons for using "Bulma" is because of her first outfit:Gaffer Tape wrote:Well, strictly speaking, the romanization is "Buruma". "Blooma" and "Bulma" are both attempts at anglicizing the name, one of which retains the pun, and the other that doesn't.NintendoBlaze53 wrote:It's similar to the whole Blooma, Bulma thing. While one is the direct pun the other is the Romanization.
I mean... I guess there is the "Kulilin" hat, but that's just way too ridiculous. "Kuririn" is bad enough...
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Re: Is it "Boo" or "Buu"?
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Re: Is it "Boo" or "Buu"?
Ah, bugger. I much prefer Boo, but now I feel that it's not as accurate as Buu is.Ryuman wrote:Yeah, I was thinking of going with Boo at one point, bit I searched and found out this fact. Whether Toriyama meant for the difference or not doesn't really matter in my opinion. It is what it is.JulieYBM wrote:Oh, damn it. I never realized the name was tweaked from ブー to ブウ. Now I might have to change my use. >_<
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