Kuririn's hat

[Sailor Chibisnapdragon]

I know I'm risking sounding horribly nebwbesque, but why, in the CN
dub, does Kuririn (whose name was spelled Krillin in english, I
understood..) have a hat that says Kamesen Kuililin? I understand the
Kamesen, but it doesn't seem to me Kuililin sounds much like Krillin.
Is that just a transcribing error/fluke?

Thanks
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[valerie with her veggie plush]

>I know I'm risking sounding horribly nebwbesque, but why, in the CN
>dub, does Kuririn (whose name was spelled Krillin in english, I
>understood..) have a hat that says Kamesen Kuililin? I understand the
>Kamesen, but it doesn't seem to me Kuililin sounds much like Krillin.
>Is that just a transcribing error/fluke?

Cuz the R sounds in Japanese are sounded like L's sometimes, so I
guess the spelling on his hat was a romanization of his name. In
katakana it is Ku-ri-ri-n, though.

-valerie (has manga)
http://members.tripod.com/~valerie

[Matthew Gallant]

Well check this out, here are the common romanizations of some of the
Japanese alphabet:
a
i
u
e
o

ka
ki
ku
ke
ko

na
ni
nu
ne
no

ra
li
ru
re
ro

ha
hi
fu
he
ho

See, there are a couple of exceptions. But the 'r' sound and the 'h' sound
when pronounced correctly sound sort of like 'l' and 'f' anyway.
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[Monkeigh]

>
>I know I'm risking sounding horribly nebwbesque, but why, in the CN
>dub, does Kuririn (whose name was spelled Krillin in english, I
>understood..) have a hat that says Kamesen Kuililin? I understand the
>Kamesen, but it doesn't seem to me Kuililin sounds much like Krillin.
>Is that just a transcribing error/fluke?

Toriyama originally drew Bulma with a shirt on that said......Bulma.
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[Tazer]

Hoy!
Excuse me for wakin' up, but on 20 Mar 1999 00:06:36 GMT

I saw that monk...@aol.commiserate (Monkeigh) wrote:

>>I know I'm risking sounding horribly nebwbesque, but why, in the CN
>>dub, does Kuririn (whose name was spelled Krillin in english, I
>>understood..) have a hat that says Kamesen Kuililin? I understand the
>>Kamesen, but it doesn't seem to me Kuililin sounds much like Krillin.
>>Is that just a transcribing error/fluke?
>
>Toriyama originally drew Bulma with a shirt on that said......Bulma.

U do of course realize that the VA's are sayin' "Bluma", right?

Tazer- ICQ# 28913025
"Great spirits have always encountered violent
opposition from mediocre minds." -Albert Einstein

[Monkeigh]

>>Toriyama originally drew Bulma with a shirt on that said......Bulma.
>
> U do of course realize that the VA's are sayin' "Bluma", right?

Uhh....what do you mean?

[Tazer]

Hoy!
Excuse me for wakin' up, but on 24 Mar 1999 21:00:13 GMT

I saw that monk...@aol.commiserate (Monkeigh) wrote:

>>>Toriyama originally drew Bulma with a shirt on that said......Bulma.
>>
>> U do of course realize that the VA's are sayin' "Bluma", right?
>
>Uhh....what do you mean?

well, her names a gag on "Bloomer" right? A.T. spelled it "Bluma"
but the way they *pronounce* it is slightly different from that
spelling....if U listen it sounds like their saying "Buh-Lu-Ma".

I guess A.T. just decided to spell it phonetically on the hat.

of course, there are others here who know more about the
J-language than I so maybe they can contribute more on this?