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⌈ Secret Post #185 ⌋

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Comments

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

As the other commenter said, his actual name is meant to be Ed. Edo is just them trying to pronounce it, and they do far better than the people trying to be clever by saying 'Edo'.

[liferain.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it's amusing. D: I'm used to calling him Edo anyway because I never saw the English version or the subs and it just kinda sticks...

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

No subs? You're fluent in Japanese?

But yeah, I see how it would. I've never had a problem with people using 'Raito'...those people tend to be the ones who read the scanslations first.

But they use Ed in the English manga and TV series. =) I'd have thought it would seem obvious, what with all the other very English names. =)


Also, I find the people who go 'OMG EDO-KUNNNN <333' don't you Arufonsu, or similar. =/

[liferain.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, I'm fluent. Been studying since I was a kid.

Ed does sound better than the Japanese pronunciation, mostly because it reminds me of the old name of Tokyo. xD

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Wow, awesome. I started learning later on than being little, so It's unlikely I'll ever be so good. XD


xD Suppose it would.
I know when I first read it, I first thought Edward was a crappy name anyway, but I suppose his name is his name. ^^; I thought Alfonse was worse anyway.


btw-Your avatar is so pretty! =)

[liferain.livejournal.com]

Alfonse makes me think of Alfonso, which in turn makes me think of a crazy hobo who steals cookies from little kids. :[

I do really like this avatar, but I didn't make it. D: I forgot where I got it from!

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Lol! XD Charming guy.


Oh man, don't get me started on using avatars without permission. ^^; I'll sound like the most uptight person in existence if I started on that too. XD;


I think I've seen it before somewhere though...=/

[liferain.livejournal.com]

Haha, I don't like using them without permission either. But I saved this one a long time ago and didn't jot down the creator or source. D:

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Ah I see, that's a pain. =/

[micchi.livejournal.com]

what with all the other very English names.

THIS is what it boils down to, I think. Yes, the romanization of the Japanese word is going to come out "Edowaado", any Japanese person saying it will say "Edo/waado"....but what people fail to take into account is the Japanese accent, and the fact that FMA is not set in Japan, or in an alternate-universe type of Japan. IIRC, and it has been a while since I watched the series/read the manga, Xing correlates to modern-day Asia, specifically China. Which is also why, at the risk of sounding like a hypocrite, I refuse to acknowledge "May Chang" as correct. WTF WAS WRONG WITH MEI, VIZ?! And if I'm right, Xing is the "Eastern" countries, making Amestria (...I am not even sure that's wtf the country is called. Shit.) the "Western" side. It would make 100 times more sense for a character who displays no Asiatic traits in a Western country to be properly referred to as Edward, not Edowaado. Final point: Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the names of almost all of the FMA cast written in Katakana? Mind you, it's been a while since I last studied written Japanese, but I thought Katakana was used for literal pronunciations and borrowed words, as well as to write out a non-native person's name. Assuming that's the case (and please correct me if I'm wrong), it's another point in favor of Edward over Edowaado.

In the end, I don't particularly care if someone calls him Ed or Edo or MonkeyChickenShortBeansproutOfSweetJoyousDeath. I have my stance, you have yours, and nothing I really say or do will change your mind. It annoys me to a slight degree, but I figure I do thing to annoy people as well, and you can't please 'em all.

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Well MonkeyChickenShortBeansproutOfSweetJoyousDeath is just brilliant. I recommended all the FMA compromises to this immediately. XD

It's hard to argue back with your points since I agree with them. ^^; Not being a member of the FMA fandom, I think I';d put down the 'Edo' thing as bothering me to a personal tick. It tends to be fanbrats who're trying to be clever who do it...which is always incredibly annoying.

I couldn't tell you the place names I'm afraid, but Amestria (?) does indeed seem more Western, the clothing and the names atleast the area itself looks like a desert half the time..

You're about right about katakana. In the katakana alphabet there is no stand-alone 'd', making 'Edo' the standard compromise.


I don't have to deal with it so often though, not being in the fandom and all. ^^; That and things like doujin scanslations always use Ed in my experience.

[liferain.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's pretty much how it goes. :P But I mark it up to silliness on people's parts and/or, as in my case, just so used to the Japanese pronunciation since they/I haven't been exposed to any English adaptions of the series. xD