Nearly GIP!

[thistlechaser]

I give up. Icon's as done as it's going to get, so here it is. I wish I could put my finger on what still bothers me about it (Kaidoh's head's shape?), but I can't so we'll just smile and nod and call it finished.

...wait, ugh. Is it "Kaidoh" or "Kaidou"? I was using princeoftennis.com to get my spellings of the names, but I'm seeing it with -dou in other places, and honestly -dou looks more Japanese... I must have seen it in subtitles in the 90-something eps I watched, why didn't I pay attention then?

Anyway, the non-GIP, non-TeniPuri part of this post: I get annoyed at vegetarians who are all preachy and righteous and PETA-ish, but I have to admit to snickering at the news story about Mad Cow Disease being in the US now. Then I felt bad about snickering, because they might have to kill off herds and herds of cows to try to keep it contained (which is a lot worse than killing them for food). I'd rather animals not be killed at all, period, but if they have to be killed, at least it should be for people who are comfortable with that to eat. But still... Ha ha! I won't get holes in my brain and you might!

;) Kidding, kidding, I love all of your brains just the way they are. Please stay brain hole-free, my friends!

ETA: Talking about holes in the brain... A typo in the icon's text. (Fixed now.) Ugh. Shoot me now! (Or shoot Fred_Barney for not telling me when I asked her opinion of it!)

Comments

[morinotokei.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! That's what the neon pink Inui-juice was for! ^_^ The icon is so cute!

Technically, if you want to use the accurate romanization of the Japanese name, you'd use Kaidou, but I've seen it spelled Kaidoh in so many places, and I think official merchandise uses Kaido, so it's really up to you. ^^

I'm not a vegetarian, but I rarely eat any "meat" except fish/seafood and occasionally chicken, so I'll be laughing right along with you. ~smirk~

[pure-trance.livejournal.com]

I spell it Kaidou because there is no H in the japanese language...even 'ecchi' which MEANS the 'H' In 'Hentai' isn't an H...Not to mention that's just how it's spelled in japanese...か-い-ど-う (Ka-i-do-u).

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

Japanese doesn't use the Roman alphabet, so technically speaking, there's no 'correct' spelling for such translations. Much as with Arabic, Chinese, and other languages which use different alphabets, Romanization is merely an estimation. There are those that are seen as preferable, but, especially in academic and professional translating circles, those tend to act like fads, changing every so often into a more 'fashionable' Romanization. Read various translations of Romance of the Three Kingdoms released in different years, and you'll see what I mean.

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

I very seldom see -oh in romanizations, usually it is -ou as you said.

Some less-used romanization (like those used for teaching english students to speak japanese without using japanese writing) will use OO instead of OU. OU is how it is spelled in Kana, and OO is how it sounds to the ear (not like bOOk or fOOd, but like an O sound held for two beats, two syllables, sometimes with a tonal drop if one is accented and the other is not)

Strangely the other vowel sounds may appear doubled in kana (like AA or II) if they are to be pronounced with two syllables, but O is the only one written in Kana as OU. I have no idea why this is but I'm sure there is a historical reason.

Mad Cattle

[evilgrayson.livejournal.com]

Bad news for you, Thistle.

If Mad Cow Disease is in the US now, it was really in those cattle several years ago. It's about a ten year incubation period, as I understand it.

When the scare hit over here, I didn't bother stopping eating beef. I figured that if I was going to get it, I already had.

Just your cheerful thought for the day.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting. Okay, thanks!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Eee, thanks!

I think Kaidou looks better anyway, so I'll switch over to that. As you can see from my post, it's not as if I have the spellings memorized well enough to not double-check them yet... Still time to mentally switch!

I'm not a vegetarian, but I rarely eat any "meat" except fish/seafood and occasionally chicken, so I'll be laughing right along with you.

*points and laughs at the meat-eaters!*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was your post last night that made me notice the difference. :) I opened up your story (I didn't have time to read it, but wanted to make sure I remembered it to read today) and I noticed the name was differently spelled.

Thanks for that and for the answer! :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll switch over to -ou.

Some less-used romanization (like those used for teaching english students to speak japanese without using japanese writing)...

I hear tell from everyone that that's the worst way to learn the language... I could see it being OK for a few situations, but I personally would rather learn to read it as well.

Thanks!

Re: Mad Cattle

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Likely, yeah.

[fealu-bryne.livejournal.com]

Heehee... oops. Don't ask me about spellings, man! I suck!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know. Now.

;)