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I ask this from a position of basically no Japanese literacy - his name isn't Elephaorpha? -[[User:LV|LV]] 19:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | I ask this from a position of basically no Japanese literacy - his name isn't Elephaorpha? -[[User:LV|LV]] 19:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | ||
: Could be. That wacky Japanese voweling. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | : Could be. That wacky Japanese voweling. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | ||
Well, the roomaji for his name reads phoenetically "e-ru-fa-o-ru-fa". "Elphaorpha" seems the best romanization. Just be thankful he isn't named [[ | Well, the roomaji for his name reads phoenetically "e-ru-fa-o-ru-fa". "Elphaorpha" seems the best romanization. Just be thankful he isn't named [[Latolata|Rartorata]]. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 22:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | ||
:I didn't have his card or anything handy to check... yeah, if it's "e-ru-" rather than "e-re", then "Elpha" is the best way to render that. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | :I didn't have his card or anything handy to check... yeah, if it's "e-ru-" rather than "e-re", then "Elpha" is the best way to render that. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | ||
::[http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Denei/1578/destron3.html This site] has "エルファオルファ". So, yeah, ''Erufaorufa''. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 23:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
::That's retarded. -[[User:LV|LV]] 23:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | ::That's retarded. -[[User:LV|LV]] 23:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | ||
:::That's the fun of languages with different alphabets. The "ru" is the closest they get to an end-syllable "l"-sound, the vowels are usually de-emphasized when spoken out loud, particularly the "u" as I've come to understand it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | :::That's the fun of languages with different alphabets. The "ru" is the closest they get to an end-syllable "l"-sound, the vowels are usually de-emphasized when spoken out loud, particularly the "u" as I've come to understand it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC) | ||
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Name spelling
[edit]I ask this from a position of basically no Japanese literacy - his name isn't Elephaorpha? -LV 19:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- Could be. That wacky Japanese voweling. --M Sipher 22:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, the roomaji for his name reads phoenetically "e-ru-fa-o-ru-fa". "Elphaorpha" seems the best romanization. Just be thankful he isn't named Rartorata. --DrSpengler 22:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't have his card or anything handy to check... yeah, if it's "e-ru-" rather than "e-re", then "Elpha" is the best way to render that. --M Sipher 22:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- This site has "エルファオルファ". So, yeah, Erufaorufa. Interrobang 23:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- That's retarded. -LV 23:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- That's the fun of languages with different alphabets. The "ru" is the closest they get to an end-syllable "l"-sound, the vowels are usually de-emphasized when spoken out loud, particularly the "u" as I've come to understand it. --M Sipher 23:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
