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Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 7:00 pm

Bermuda, yes. Buruma... I guess some people are just wierd like that

Though I have another question. Is Bebi pronounced the same as Baby or did they just pull Baby out of thin air?

PsyLiam · Post by **PsyLiam** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 7:49 pm

I think that "Baby" is the pun they are going for. I'm just not sure if it's a sounds-like word (like "Bulma") or an exactly-the-same word (like "Trunks").

Bermuda is nice to say. It's the r - vowel - r of Kuririn and Buruma that I find akward. How many English words have that?

Post by **SaiyaJedi** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:37 pm

Xyex wrote:Though I have another question. Is Bebi pronounced the same as Baby or did they just pull Baby out of thin air?

"Bebii" (written in katakana) is a loanword that literally means "baby." Mike just doesn't like to admit that there's a villain with such a cute-sounding name.

PsyLiam · Post by **PsyLiam** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:03 pm

What about Buu? That's pretty cute sounding. And Nappa sounds a bit like "nappy". And is there a more wimpy instrument than the piccolo?

Zackarotto · Post by **Zackarotto** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:42 pm

The tambourine. And hey, he was a sidekick.

I agree with FUNi changing Mr. Satan, but I don't agree with it becoming H e r c u l e. Which is why I like it censored.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:43 pm

PsyLiam wrote:I think that "Baby" is the pun they are going for. I'm just not sure if it's a sounds-like word (like "Bulma") or an exactly-the-same word (like "Trunks").

Bermuda is nice to say. It's the r - vowel - r of Kuririn and Buruma that I find akward. How many English words have that?

That's because they're not English words remember? It's Japanized English.

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:59 am

Zackarotto wrote:The tambourine. And hey, he was a sidekick.

I agree with FUNi changing Mr. Satan, but I don't agree with it becoming H e r c u l e. Which is why I like it censored.

What's wrong with H e r c u l e?

Post by **SaiyaJedi** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:55 am

Xyex wrote:
Zackarotto wrote:The tambourine. And hey, he was a sidekick.

I agree with FUNi changing Mr. Satan, but I don't agree with it becoming H e r c u l e. Which is why I like it censored.
What's wrong with H e r c u l e?

Well... it's the French spelling of "Hercules," which really doesn't have anything to do with DB. FUNimation coould have picked a much better name (if they were going to replace it, I always preferred Mr. Savage, myself), but... they didn't.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 2:19 pm

Yes I always preferred "Mr. Savage" too. I remember back in 98' when the first line of figures came out over here, that's what they were calling him. I thought for sure that that was the name they were going to use. It would make more sense. It's closer to "Satan" and to me it sounds a lot more like a wrestler's name than "H e r c u l e"

EDIT: Another name just occured to me. "King Kold". EX should make it so that only "Cold" is acceptable. "Cold" with a "K" just screams redundent stupidity to me.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:18 pm

Sorry about the double posting but I thought this should be seperate because it's sort of a weird thing I came across. I happened to be reading through the "Ask John" archives on the AnimeNation website and well, I know we've all seen some strange spellings of Goku's name. I thought I had seen them all but here's a new one! I'd especially like to hear your take on this one Julian.

http://www.animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=17

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:19 pm

But "Kold" is used so damn often I sometimes wonder if "Cold" is the wrong way (and that my french manga just accidentally translated it litteraly like they did "Freezer" instead of Freeza).

EDIT: **Reads Jersey's second post.** What the...

So SonGoku is the adopted grandson of Sohn Gohan. Does that mean by this logic Goku's name is "Sohn SonGoku"?

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:21 pm

Yes, but even so, the pun is clearly of the word "cold", an English word. It's only spelled with a "K" because that's the way the Japanese would have to spell it. We're not Japanese, so....

PsyLiam · Post by **PsyLiam** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:42 pm

I always thought that people went with "Kold" as some sort of intentionally-wrong spelling thing. Like the store over here called "Kwik-fit". Maybe.

I wonder if maybe FUNI didn't use Mr Savage because they knew that they were going to be using Mr Satan in the uncut stuff? (And maybe, just maybe they thought they'd get away with Mr Satan?) Perhaps when they realised they had to have a different name on the TV version, they went with something that was a first name, so that they could claim his name was "H e r c u l e Satan", so that people switching between TV and uncut versions wouldn't get confused?

Post by **TripleRach** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:51 pm

Actually, I like to use the Kold spelling. It's a pun on "cold", but not the word "cold" itself. Korudo instead of Kourudo. Kind of like how Freeza is a pun on "freezer", but it's Furiiza instead of Furiizaa. I can't think of a clever way to shorten the O in "cold", so I just use a wrong consonant.

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 7:29 pm

VegettoEX wrote:How about this? Only what we use as spellings on Daizenshuu EX are correct?

I prefer using "Bebi," because "Baby" looks absolutely retarded.

I have to completly disagree with this. The splling "Bebi" just makes my head hurt; his name is Baby, and it's spelled like that both in english and Japanese, Bebi is just a romanization of the english word. Since that his real name has finally been established I wish people would stop spelling it the other way.

PsyLiam · Post by **PsyLiam** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:13 pm

Ooh, now this is a tricky situation for VegEX. If he starts using "Baby", then he's a hipocrite for going back on saying that it looks "retarded". On the other hand, if he uses "Bebi", then he's a hipocrite for complaining about people using "F u r i z a".

Either way, he loses! VegettoEX will have to admit to being wrong. There will be people up and down the internet celebrating long into the night.

Can Mike escape this situation with his dignity intact? Will his reputation be left in tatters? Will he send me all his DB DVDs?

Find out next time, on Daizenshuu EX GD!

Mochi · Post by **Mochi** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:33 pm

I'll get the popcorn!!!

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 4:15 pm

Still, Daimao isn't gone.

Zackarotto · Post by **Zackarotto** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:04 pm

PsyLiam wrote:Ooh, now this is a tricky situation for VegEX. If he starts using "Baby", then he's a hipocrite for going back on saying that it looks "retarded". On the other hand, if he uses "Bebi", then he's a hipocrite for complaining about people using "F u r i z a".

Either way, he loses! VegettoEX will have to admit to being wrong. There will be people up and down the internet celebrating long into the night.

Can Mike escape this situation with his dignity intact? Will his reputation be left in tatters? Will he send me all his DB DVDs?

Find out next time, on Daizenshuu EX GD!

Make up a new spelling. Then just RUN LIKE HELL while they're still confused.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:36 pm

Zackarotto wrote:
PsyLiam wrote:Ooh, now this is a tricky situation for VegEX. If he starts using "Baby", then he's a hipocrite for going back on saying that it looks "retarded". On the other hand, if he uses "Bebi", then he's a hipocrite for complaining about people using "F u r i z a".

Either way, he loses! VegettoEX will have to admit to being wrong. There will be people up and down the internet celebrating long into the night.

Can Mike escape this situation with his dignity intact? Will his reputation be left in tatters? Will he send me all his DB DVDs?

Find out next time, on Daizenshuu EX GD!
Make up a new spelling. Then just RUN LIKE HELL while they're still confused.

Freeza!

Kanzenshuu

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