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⌈ Secret Post #417 ⌋

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Then why aren't we calling her the German word for "duck"?

Yes, we clearly ALL fail because we aren't calling her "Ente." ♥

^ not the OP, by the way

I think the point is that who CARES about semantics, call her whatever the fuck you want and don't lose respect for people over a NAME because it's stupid.

I agree that the whole debate is pretty dumb! I probably could have phrased my comment better to reflect that.

The same reason the fairytales are translated into english as "Puss-In-Boots" or "The Frog Prince".

Because the original Japanese version was intended to sound like "duck" to the (Japanese) viewers. The name had a meaning to the Japanese viewers--there were puns in the show, she actually was a duck, in the first episode she clarifies saying "My NAME is Duck"...

Translating it keeps the same affect in English. We know from the beginning she's "Duck", and she's a duck, and yes it sounds silly because it's SUPPOSED to sound silly.

That being said, I think the OP is being unreasonable--I don't think there's exactly anything WRONG for calling her Ahiru. But there's a reason why it was in Japanese in the original translation, and for those who started off with the fansubs, I think it's perfectly understandable. (But, also, the reason is WHY ADV translated her name, and why I prefer Duck.)

(Even the town's name is shown in German in the anime, and they call it by the Japanese name in the show--since the text shows the town's name in German, but they speak it in Japanese, that only confirms to me that they're all speaking German and everything's translated into Japanese or English for the audience's benefit. Same way Beauty and the Beast is set in France but everything's in English)

Sorry, tl;dr, I know, it's just a pet peeve of mine.

Um, yeah, I know that. It's perfectly fine and understandable if people like Duck, since it's officially like that in the release.

My comment was just a jab at the elitist tone the OP made in their comment.

Yeah, I don't really like the tone, either. XD;; I do admit it's something that bothers me, though.

Although I don't mind as long as Fakir doesn't start saying "baka". THAT'S when I hit the back button on fanfics, unless the writer is REALLY good.

Names are more personal, so there's going to be a preference, and I admit I can usually go either way when it comes to honorifics (and even going as far as character specific catch-phrases), but randomly slapping in Japanese words when there's NO reason NOT to use whatever language you're writing the fic in is seriously facepalm-worthy, I totally agree (and is why I generally don't read fic.) If I want "'daijoubu?! kawaii baka neko?!' he asked worriedly", I'll just read the whole fic in Japanese to begin with, thanks =_=

I actually disagree with people who use the Sakura example to explain why they call her Ahiru and not Duck because unlike Sakura, Ahiru is not a real name. I do realize that Ahiru is supposed to be Duck because she is a duck. I just like using the Japanese word for Duck because that is how I first heard it. I don't think it takes away from the fairy tale aspect whether you call her Duck or Ahiru as long as you understand that it means essentially the same thing.

I just think both names are right and people should call her what they want.

That's really the best way to go about things....

I thought the same thing. In that case what the heck makes the English one more accurate than the Japanese one?

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