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Topic	If Aeris becomes Aerith, then why not Rydia to Lydia?
discodancer77 02/24/23 8:37:57 PM #14:	WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted... Wait, when wasn't Rydia called (preface: I prefer Rydia and think Lydia would be lame) Its very likely a translation error as the L sound and R sound come from the same letter in the Japanese language. Thats why the legendary hero in Dragon Quest is called Erdrick; because the localizers didnt know whether to translate the JPN name to Loto or Roto, so they made up a new name. Thats also why the founder of Lululemon named the store that. Hes a massive racist and he thought it would be funny imagining Japanese people trying to pronounce the name of the store. --- Patient Gamer <cite>discodancer77 posted [p:971787451] in If Aeris b... [t:80359445]...</cite> <quote>WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted... </cite><quote>Wait, when wasn't Rydia called </quote>(preface: I prefer Rydia and think Lydia would be lame)Its very likely a translation error as the L sound and R sound come from the same letter in the Japanese language. Thats why the legendary hero in Dragon Quest is called Erdrick; because the localizers didnt know whether to translate the JPN name to Loto or Roto, so they made up a new name. Thats also why the founder of Lululemon named the store that. Hes a massive racist and he thought it would be funny imagining Japanese people trying to pronounce the name of the store. --- Patient Gamer</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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