Do we really need to have this be a Self-Demonstrating Article? I feel that, in this case, it's detrimental to the article's overall readability.
Hell hath no fury like a computer science student bored. Hide / Show RepliesIf the line in question is "many viewers will have some idea what going on, no regard native language." I agree.
Can someone tell me why this article has such a huge Japanese slant? It's not like the Japanese are the only ones who use Gratuitous English.
I realise accuracy typically doesn't matter much here, but blatant falsehoods should perhaps be corrected. The line "That's in contrast to Chinese or French, whose speakers favor making new words based on Chinese or French rather than using foreign words." is simply untrue.
While the formal bodies that determine the "official" versions of those languages reject English loanwords, they are commonplace in the language use of virtually all native speakers of Chinese and especially of French.
The Anime & Manga page ought to have the image of an orange from One Piece anime episode 322 with the tagline: "A ORANGE?!"
What about the Japanese version of Cardcaptor Sakura?
All the Clow cards names is in English.
The Manga was also released in English and Japanese in japan to help japanese children learn English and is was discontinued in Japan because people outside of Japan was importing the english manga
Edited by 68.226.211.156What about the Japan-only XBOX game Metal wolf chaos?
The voice acting is in English.
Perhaps an extra section should be created for titles of anime and manga? I suspect this trope is very common there.
- Mahō Shōjo (=Magical Girl) Lyrical Nanoha
- Kidō Tenshi (=Battle Doll) Angelic Layer
... more?
What about the infamous "Fry Me to the Moon" at the end of every Neon Genesis Evangelion episode
In a world where Anglish and High Icelandic exist, you'd think somebody would have some sort of objection to this phenomenon.
Edited by DonZabu "Wax on, wax off..." "But Mr. Miyagi, I don't see how this is helping me do Karate..." "Pubic hair is weakness, Daniel-san!"
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Written overly Japanese Specific, started by shimaspawn on Nov 1st 2011 at 11:33:00 PM
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