sympatico
Joined: 06 Apr 2005
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 Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:14 am Post subject: manga |
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hello
>>> > I think because Ahiru isn`t actually a proper Japanese name like
>>> > those other ones are, and there are other characters whose names
>>> > describe what sort of animal they are (like "Anteaterina" in episode
>>> > 2),
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>>> ...they called her "Anteaterina."
>>>
>>> That has to be the stupidest-sounding name I`ve ever heard.
>>>
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>> Maybe... if "Anteaterina" is not stupid-sounding to the Japanese
>> (hey, it could happen), then it should be translated to
>> something not stupid-sounding to the westerners as well? 
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> The impression I got is that "Anteaterina" was an Oono construct, not the
> original Japanese name. Right/wrong?
> --
The original Japanese is "Arikui", which means "anteater".
(Remember, "Ask the man with the R2s"...<g> Ariki is from the credits in the
booklet in DVD 1.)
sympatico
bye!
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