[ SECRET POST #2302 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2302 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[gardeningaia]

I would agree, except the thing is, "von" is said with an "f" sound. So "von" actually does match up to "フォン"--it's the English written language being misleading here, not the Japanese.

(That said I'm pretty much +1-ing what everyone has already said about Luke's name--it's appropriate that way. Basch's seems more like an oops, unless they were going with ~it's a fantasy world~, which is possible because Final Fantasy.)

[(Anonymous)]

Is it?

Either way, the japanese フォン is said with a softer f and o sounds, making it more like "phone" than a harsh "on" sound like you would get in "von," so in pronunciation and writing (and the fact that von is never written フォン), only ボン (bon) or　ヴォン (von) would work as "Von."

[gardeningaia]

If "Von" was from English, yes; but it comes from German. Japanese wikipedia shows that フォン is used for "Von".

[(Anonymous)]

http://de.forvo.com/word/diane_von_furstenberg/#de Listen to "von" here.

[croik]

I don't think it was an oops. The localization changed a few things on purpose (like "Balflear" to "Baltheir") probably just to sound better. Maybe with Vaan already it was too much "v"? Considering the amount of work that went into FFXII's localization I can't imagine they chose "fon" over "von" out of ignorance.

[gardeningaia]

I did say the fantasy was possible (and it's true that other names were changed and such).

[cassandraoftroy]

Good point about not wanting "von" to sound too much like "Vaan." That alone might have been a good reason for making it different.

[(Anonymous)]

They didn't actually change the sound though, because "Von" is a f sound. Just how it looks.