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Christopher and Maria Warren

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Jun 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/21/96
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Does anyone know what the names Pochacco and Keroppi mean? Also, and this
may be a stupid question, how exactly do you pronounce "Keroppi" and
"Pochacco"? Are the vowels long or short? What country does Keroppi live in?
Finally, has anyone seen a "baloon kid" of Spottie Dottie, Pippo, or Winki Pinki?
Our store in Raleigh doesn't seem to have one.
Thanks!!!!

Kimberly Wallace

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Jun 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/22/96
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Christopher and Maria Warren (mcwa...@popd.ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Does anyone know what the names Pochacco and Keroppi mean? Also, and this

Vowels are like Spanish, consonants are hard, there're no stressed syllables.

We had a discussion about Pochacco's name some months back. It's not
Japanese and it may not be any other language either (altho' it is cute);
my personal theory is that it sounds vaguely Brazilian (the character's bio
states he was born in Brazil), it's cute, it's easy to pronounce in
Japanese, and it reminds you of "Pochi," a common dog name.

Keroppi also doesn't mean anything in particular. "Kero" is the Japanese
equivalent of "ribbit," "Kero Kero Keroppi" is just a frog-sound name.
(It works for him, tho', don't you think?) I'm not sure where Donut Pond
(Keroppi's home) is supposed to be in the world.


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KerrieAnn

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Jun 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/22/96
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In <31CB34...@popd.ix.netcom.com> Christopher and Maria Warren

<mcwa...@popd.ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
>Does anyone know what the names Pochacco and Keroppi mean? Also, and
this
>may be a stupid question, how exactly do you pronounce "Keroppi" and
>"Pochacco"? Are the vowels long or short? What country does Keroppi
live in?
>Finally, has anyone seen a "baloon kid" of Spottie Dottie, Pippo, or
Winki Pinki?
>Our store in Raleigh doesn't seem to have one.
>Thanks!!!!
I only know how to pronounce Kerropi because I first was introduced to
him in Japan. The correct pronunciation for KeroKeroKerropi is
KatoKatoKatoppi. Or KadoKadoKadoppi. Japanese pronounce their d's like
r's. Pochacco is Po - choc(like chocolate)-o.

Hope I helped!!

Kerrie

KerrieAnn

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Jun 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/23/96
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In <4qi05o$f...@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com>
Sorry - I meant their r's like d's ! DUH

Mike D. Nieforth

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Jul 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/3/96
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Galen Tatsuo Komatsu (gkom...@Hawaii.Edu) wrote:
: Pochacco, I don't know. I'm guessing the "pooch" is part of
: the derivation, and on a vague idea, my aunt's dog, brought back from
: Japan, was named "Chako". But how Sanrio came up with the name, I have
: no idea.

"Ko" is used on the end of many Japanese female names. Literally, it
means "child", but is often used to make a diminutive out of a name, the
same way "-chan" would be used.

Happiness and Hope

Mike


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