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Saix: Saix moved page Talk:Zaur (Headmasters) to Talk:Zaur (G1)

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Saix: Saix moved page Talk:Saur to Talk:Zaur (Headmasters): Uncontested for a few weeks. See Talk:Dile

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Saix moved page Talk:Saur to Talk:Zaur (Headmasters): Uncontested for a few weeks. See Talk:Dile

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Deceptitran import fixes v1.0

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	::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)		::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::I'll go around doing that, then. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 02:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)~~<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>~~		:::I'll go around doing that, then. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 02:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

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2007-12-10T02:33:43Z

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2007-12-10T02:33:26Z

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	:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

	::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
			:::I'll go around doing that, then. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 02:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Monzo at 02:30, 10 December 2007

2007-12-10T02:30:44Z

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	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply replaced ザウルス as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply replaced ザウルス as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

			::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Apcog: /* Romanization */

2007-12-10T00:09:36Z

Romanization

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	:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply ~~been~~ replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply replaced ザウルス as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
			:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Interrobang: /* Romanization */

2007-12-09T23:46:50Z

Romanization

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	::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Interrobang: /* Romanization */

2007-12-09T23:44:38Z

Romanization

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	:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
			::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Apcog at 23:38, 9 December 2007

2007-12-09T23:38:31Z

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	::Ah. I see where I went wrong. I thought the Japanese pronounced "saurus" as "zaurusu", thanks to [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Deathsaurus&oldid=123187#Trivia Deathsaurus#Trivia]. Turns out I was incorrect. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 18:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::Ah. I see where I went wrong. I thought the Japanese pronounced "saurus" as "zaurusu", thanks to [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Deathsaurus&oldid=123187#Trivia Deathsaurus#Trivia]. Turns out I was incorrect. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 18:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
			:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

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	:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

	::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
			:::I'll go around doing that, then. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 02:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

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	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply replaced ザウルス as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply replaced ザウルス as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

			::Should this be moved to Saur, then, with a notice that the standards for transliteration have changed since he was released? --[[User:Monzo\|Monzo]] 02:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

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	:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply ~~been~~ replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply replaced ザウルス as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
			:::::::Sorry to muddy the waters more. I also noticed I poorly phrased my last reply a bit, so I've edited it for clarity. Basically, ザウルス was correct and seems to be still used in some quarters, but サウルス is the new officially correct transliteration.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 00:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

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	::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". Thanks for your help, anyway. [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

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	:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		:::No, you are/were correct. "Tyrannosaurus" is pronounced "Ti-ra-no-za-u-ru-su", for instance. What made you think you were wrong?--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 21:17, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)		::::Really? Japanese Wikipedia gives the Katakana as [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9 ティラノサウルス・レックス], which is why I thought I was incorrect. I assume there's variation in transliteration? [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 22:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>		:::::I looked up [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 ザウルス on the Japanese Wikipedia], and according to the first line of text, サウルス is now currently used almost exclusively. Apparently, it's simply been replaced as the accepted transliteration of the Latin suffix. I have no idea when this transition occurred. If you look up various -saurus dinosaurs in kana, サウルス definitely holds the majority, although the results for the two variants on "stegosaurus" are more evenly split, indicating there's still plenty of examples of the old version still persisting.--[[User:Apcog\|Apcog]] 23:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
			::::::I see. So we're back to square one with ''Zauru'' possibly referring to "Saur". [[User:Interrobang\|Interrobang]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>