Talk:Baro (Prime)

Wouldn't "Burrow" make more sense, what with him being a drill? Or even "Burro", like the proposed name for the redeco of Mol? --Sabrblade 09:53, 25 February 2012 (EST)

Name

What reason was given for changing this name to "Bulo"? There's no official romanization that I've seen, and the kana used in Japan specifically denote him as "Baro"/"Balo". Nor is "Bulo" really any closer to the Japanese pronunciation. What gives?

Shortening of "buffalo" (バッファロー). —Interrobang 02:16, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

You misunderstand. I understand where the name "Baro" came from - I'm just not clear on why you chose to alter the name on the wiki from the correct romanization to one that's incorrect from a pronunciation standpoint. Was there a discussion somewhere where this was decided to be "better"? --BraveMax 02:35, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

So we have links for "Bulo", which lead to a page for "Balo", which is listed as being pronounced "Baro". I think we should just pick one and go with it. I'd vote for "Baro" across the board. -- Shellspark 01:37, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

But then we utterly lose the intent of the name, which is completely unnecessary when "ro" can be romanized as "lo" or "ro" in Japanese. - Chris McFeely

Considering that the "Bu" in buffalo is pronounced using the "ba" kana (as is true for many "bu-" words, I don't really see the truth of the "that's not how it's pronounced" claim. It's how you would approximate ˈbʌ.loʊˈ in Japanese. I think we can communicate the intent of the name better with Bulo, and just have a note on that it is pronounced with an ʌ, rather than an ʊ. Besides, he's a bull buffalo, so "Bulo" would strengthen that implication as well.KrytenKoro 18:44, 31 July 2013 (EDT)