Question ("Go-kou" vs "Go-ku")

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:00 pm

'lo Legends wrote:There is no word that uses a C that couldn't use a K or an S instead.

Kheater?

DBW · Post by **DBW** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:09 pm

'lo Legends wrote:I'm sure that Japanese students are taught the english alphabet, but the Japanese population as a whole really cannot tell if "Goku" is an incorrect romanization. The same with "Klilyn", ect.

Yeah, they can. Japanese keyboards are basically the same as our keyboards, so everything is typed in using the roman alphabet. In other words, they use romanizations on a daily basis.

(Yeah, ok, there were keyboards in like the 80's that had all kana characters on them, but that doesn't count...)

Michi · Post by **Michi** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:32 pm

Rocketman wrote:
'lo Legends wrote:There is no word that uses a C that couldn't use a K or an S instead.
Kheater?

Yeah, I kinda think the "ch" words benefit from the letter c. @_@;

DBW wrote:Yeah, they can. Japanese keyboards are basically the same as our keyboards, so everything is typed in using the roman alphabet. In other words, they use romanizations on a daily basis.

Mhmm. In order to write up my examples I actually had to write out "gokuu" and "gokou" before my Japanese font turned them into hiragana. So.. why anyone in Japan would think Gokou is correct for ごくう .. well. That's just beyond me.

'lo Legends · Post by **'lo Legends** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:51 am

Then why would Bandai romanize Goku's name as Gokou? It doesn't make any sense. If you cannot accredit this to language misunderstandings, then what can you accredit it to?

DBW · Post by **DBW** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:13 pm

'lo Legends wrote:If you cannot accredit this to language misunderstandings, then what can you accredit it to?

Dear Toei, Bandai and Shueisha,
Why do you choose to romanize the name 「孫悟空」 as "Son Gokou," even though the correct romanization would clearly be "Son Gokuu"?

REPLY:
Because we freakin' feel like it!!1!11!!

Well, there you have it! The official answer to all our romanization woes...

Daimao · Post by **Daimao** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:42 pm

Xyex wrote:
XPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

It's not my fault that Buruma looks and sounds weird. XP

That's because these days, it goes by the name Myanmar.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:20 pm

Daimao wrote:That's because these days, it goes by the name Myanmar.

?

El_Diablo · Post by **El_Diablo** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:34 pm

Heh. That was quite clever

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:54 pm

Very clever indeed it was.

Super Saiyan Knuckles · Post by **Super Saiyan Knuckles** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:41 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
DBW wrote:Why the hell does the site automatically correct the spelling to Goku? That's...wierd...
I've got it set on a whole bunch of lame spellings, like "Gokou" and "Hercule". ^^;;

You should add Oozaru to that list. I've spelt it wrong quite a few times before. Ozarru... Ozarruu... see?

*PINHEAD* · Post by ***PINHEAD*** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:43 am

Rocketman wrote:
Daimao wrote:That's because these days, it goes by the name Myanmar.
?

Heh. Heh. Clever. Alas, Toriyama's truly intended pun on Bulma's name.

Kanzenshuu

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