Talk:Fasttrack (G1)
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Black Roritchi
Would anyone know what "roritchi / ロリッチ" means? I'd guess something like "low ridge" but I'm not sure if that could be right without a prolonged "o"-sound. Geewunling 13:48, 12 December 2010 (EST)
- On a related note, wouldn't it make more sense for his name to be rendered as "Roricchi" given that the small ッ has the effect of doubling the next normal-sized character's consonant sound? --Sabrblade (talk) 00:25, 21 February 2020 (EST)
- Hepburn romanization#Long consonants. "ch" is not a k sound, but tsh, so the sound being repeated is t. Saix (talk) 01:21, 21 February 2020 (EST)
- I know it's not a K sound. In my university's Japanese classes, we were taught that the small ッ placed before チ would turn "chi" into "cchi" when written in Latin script, and that to speak it one would add a brief glottal stop to the beginning of the affected consonant sound. --Sabrblade (talk) 01:33, 21 February 2020 (EST)
- Then your class wasn't using standard Hepburn rules. Matcha [mat.tɕa], not maccha; the consonant sound is actually being repeated (think "catchain") and doesn't contain a glottal stop. Saix (talk) 02:04, 21 February 2020 (EST)
- Saix is correct. For a famous example, the Hepburn scheme dictates the Romanized spelling "etchi" in contrast to the colloquially popular "ecchi" for「エッチ」. And to the main point at hand, I agree that if indeed derived from some English word, then「ロリッチ」should be rendered something like "Lorich", though I cannot discern the origin. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 04:26, 21 February 2020 (EST)
- Then your class wasn't using standard Hepburn rules. Matcha [mat.tɕa], not maccha; the consonant sound is actually being repeated (think "catchain") and doesn't contain a glottal stop. Saix (talk) 02:04, 21 February 2020 (EST)
- I know it's not a K sound. In my university's Japanese classes, we were taught that the small ッ placed before チ would turn "chi" into "cchi" when written in Latin script, and that to speak it one would add a brief glottal stop to the beginning of the affected consonant sound. --Sabrblade (talk) 01:33, 21 February 2020 (EST)
- Hepburn romanization#Long consonants. "ch" is not a k sound, but tsh, so the sound being repeated is t. Saix (talk) 01:21, 21 February 2020 (EST)
ロリッチ Ro Ritchi translates to loric, a kind of chest armor.
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By the standards we use now, shouldn't this article go under "Fasttrack (G1)"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 16:19, 7 December 2017 (EST)
Black Roritchi character
Is there a logic to thinking Black Roritchi is the same character as Fasttrack despite the completely different name? Saix (talk) 21:52, 20 February 2020 (EST)
