ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agoSo I recently learned there's was a Chinese emperor named "Cao Pi" which sounds like "Cow Pee", which made me wonder if there are English names that sound funny in other languages.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145message-squareSo I recently learned there's was a Chinese emperor named "Cao Pi" which sounds like "Cow Pee", which made me wonder if there are English names that sound funny in other languages.ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoRedo the script with the correct translation or leave as is for the comedy? It’s Musou time!
minus-squareInui [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoNewer games actually started pronouncing names correctly. Idr where it started but I was amazed when it turns out you don’t pronounce it Cow Cow either.
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoYeah I think it was when I heard an Chinese American let’s player pronounce his name correctly as Taso I was like “ohhhhhhhh”
minus-squarebuilt_on_hope [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoConversely the first time I heard a British friend pronounce it “cow cow” I cried with laughter
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoThem warriors do be dynasting
minus-squareCliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-24 days agoI wouldn’t know, i play musou in its original Chinese dub
Redo the script with the correct translation or leave as is for the comedy? It’s Musou time!
Newer games actually started pronouncing names correctly. Idr where it started but I was amazed when it turns out you don’t pronounce it Cow Cow either.
Yeah I think it was when I heard an Chinese American let’s player pronounce his name correctly as Taso I was like “ohhhhhhhh”
Conversely the first time I heard a British friend pronounce it “cow cow” I cried with laughter
Them warriors do be dynasting
I wouldn’t know, i play musou in its original Chinese dub