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Post by Wickedlady on Oct 6, 2004 22:31:04 GMT -5
When I first heard Naru I thought she was a redhead with a tiny waist and beautiful blue eyes. Sounds kinda like Naru from Love hina  but i think da name molly suits her.......in a way *sweatdrop* |
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Post by Zyppora on Oct 7, 2004 0:19:28 GMT -5
Sounds kinda like Naru from Love hina but i think da name molly suits her.......in a way *sweatdrop* Naru-chan from Love Hina roolz! She's a babe with an attitude! And the name Molly sux IMHO. Damnit, why can't they just leave everthing the way it is? |
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Post by Mercurius on Oct 7, 2004 9:46:18 GMT -5
Narusegawa Naru she sure is pretty ;D...... and NOT!! her name is naru and naru is going to be forever .... it's like i'm mercurius but in taiwan i'm gulando (don't know how I came up with that "name" lol ) |
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Post by Wickedlady on Oct 9, 2004 3:35:40 GMT -5
Narusegawa Naru she sure is pretty ;D...... and NOT!! her name is naru and naru is going to be forever .... it's like i'm mercurius but in taiwan i'm gulando (don't know how I came up with that "name" lol ) gulando.....is dat a fruit?  |
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Post by Zyppora on Oct 9, 2004 3:38:41 GMT -5
Gulando ... I'm gonna look that one up.
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Post by Gine on Apr 23, 2005 7:04:05 GMT -5
I like the original names way better then some "invented" names... Here in Germany they didn't changed the names, with the exception that Usagi is called Bunny, but in one episode in the SuperS series Luna said that Bunny would stultify all GERMANS with her childish behaviour. Hello? Germans? Well we all know that Germans wear Kimonos all the time and school uniforms and... argh.... that sucks... Why the hell do some adults think that children would be to stupid to understand that there are other countrys and continents in the world?  |
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Post by Zyppora on Apr 23, 2005 15:09:26 GMT -5
I like the original names way better then some "invented" names... Here in Germany they didn't changed the names, with the exception that Usagi is called Bunny, but in one episode in the SuperS series Luna said that Bunny would stultify all GERMANS with her childish behaviour. Hello? Germans? Well we all know that Germans wear Kimonos all the time and school uniforms and... argh.... that sucks... Why the hell do some adults think that children would be to stupid to understand that there are other countrys and continents in the world? Agreed. But then again, some would be thinking something along the lines of 'hey, we don't live an Japan, we live in Germany/US/Netherlands/Spain/wherever'. I guess they were trying to prevent that little bit of confusion. I agree when you say they should have left it though. Then again, Germany is the country of the dubs. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger gets a dub in his movies. |
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Post by LouSMFAN on Apr 23, 2005 17:53:55 GMT -5
I never really thought about it. Molly is kind of a weird name for a girl named Naru. I would think they would use something similar to the original. She kinda does look like a Molly though.
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Post by Sailor Venus on Apr 23, 2005 21:41:40 GMT -5
I mean...yea. Why not "Natalie" or something like that. Molly is such a ugh name (no offense, I hate my name too)
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Post by Zyppora on Apr 24, 2005 1:39:37 GMT -5
I hate my name ... but alas, Molly sounds a bit like the dutch word 'mollig', which means somethin along the lines of 'chubby'. Hence I don't like the name. Next to that, Naru just sounds so phreackin good.
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Post by Creshosk on Apr 24, 2005 1:55:33 GMT -5
Molly is the 'pet' form of Mary, Mary being the English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of theGreek names Mariam or Maria (the spellings are interchangeable), which were from the Hebrew name Miriam. The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love".
Her name in Japanese . . well the Osaka part the two kanji mean "big" and "hills"
Naru is harder to pin down as it is hiragana and not kanji. . .
"Naru" could mean "to change", "to be of use", "to reach to", "to become", "to bear fruit", "to sound", "to ring", "to resound", "to echo", "to roar", "to rumble".
Interestingly enough if her surname were aranged so that the O part was first and then the saka part it becomes "Handai" which is "Osaka University"
Of course I still don't see any logical connection to "Molly" from "Naru". . .
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Post by Zyppora on Apr 24, 2005 2:00:25 GMT -5
Heh, and when you've finally figured out the Molly-Naru thing, I have another one for ya: Melvin-Umino.
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Post by Creshosk on Apr 24, 2005 2:06:11 GMT -5
Heh, and when you've finally figured out the Molly-Naru thing, I have another one for ya: Melvin-Umino. Umino is actually his Family/surname. His family name has the same naming convention as the inner senshi. . . "Sea Feild" quite litterally. . . Melvin is a fairly suitable name as it is possibly from the Old English name Maethelwine which meant "counsel friend". Part of the problem is that Without a whole lot of extra data to these characters like there is with the senshi (the whole planet thing) it's harder to figure out why they were named what they were. |
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Post by Zyppora on Apr 24, 2005 2:08:16 GMT -5
Umino is his surname? I thought he was named Gurio Umino? Hmmz, I should look into that further then.
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Post by Creshosk on Apr 24, 2005 2:14:33 GMT -5
Umino is his surname? I thought he was named Gurio Umino? Hmmz, I should look into that further then. Nope, he's Umino Gurio. I have a friend that people call him by his last name as well. |
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