"Dokkan Dokkan Paradice" Not a Mistake?

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"Dokkan Dokkan Paradice" Not a Mistake?

Post by B » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:34 pm

In hindsight, this seems almost too obvious, so I apologize if this was questioned once before, but per Kanzenshuu's lyric translations:
Dokkan Dokkan ツイてる!
Dokkan Dokkan Paradise
元気玉が弾け飛ぶぜ Go Go Let’s do it

Dokkan Dokkan tsuite ’ru!
Dokkan Dokkan Paradise
Genki-dama ga hajiketobu ze Go Go Let’s do it

Dokkan Dokkan1 I’m in luck!
Dokkan Dokkan Paradise
The Genki-dama bursts forth, Go Go Let’s do it
Originally, the opening credits to "Dragon Soul" had the supposed misspelling of "paradise" as "paradice," and it could easily have been chalked up as one more instance of silly Engrish in a Japanese song... but the line just before it mentions being "in luck," and a "pair of dice" is usually associated with gambling, where you hope "Lady Luck" is on your side... You see where this is going.

It's a stretch, and of course if the spelling was intentional why "fix" it, but perhaps something to think about?
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Re: "Dokkan Dokkan Paradice" Not a Mistake?

Post by kei17 » Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:41 am

That's obviously a stretch like the idea of Gine being pun for aubergine. Over 99 percent of the Japanese don't come up such an idea.

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Re: "Dokkan Dokkan Paradice" Not a Mistake?

Post by Mewzard » Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:53 am

If it were true, I'd have to give them credit for that one, it's clever. I always like it when you're made to think a little on wordplay/spelling (if it is indeed intentional).

But yeah, it's probably just a mistake.
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Re: "Dokkan Dokkan Paradice" Not a Mistake?

Post by B » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:00 am

I figured as much. "Die" or "dice" has a completely different word in Japanese, as well.
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