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I've noticed that all the pictures of Villetta Nu from Code Geass are marked as viletta_nu, and even the ones I uploaded myself recently were changed from villetta_nu to viletta_nu.
Is there any specific reason for using the one L variant when almost all official sources show the name with two?
Updated by jxh2154
No specific reason, and it should probably be reversed. The pictures probably started getting tagged as viletta nu before there was a standard known romanization, and the tag just gathered momentum.
So yeah, I propose aliasing viletta nu to villetta nu.
A few of the Geass names were messed up, Rolo_Lamperouge was Rollo_Lamperouge for the longest time. I actually went and fixed them all by hand recently.
As far as I know, Millay_Ashford should be Milly_Ashford and Lakshata_Chawla should be Rakshata_Chawla (personally I prefer Millay/Lakshata but if it's not right then I suppose it should be corrected). I don't know if this is the right place to bring it up, but I figured I'd just point it out.
Tieria said: A few of the Geass names were messed up, Rolo_Lamperouge was Rollo_Lamperouge for the longest time. I actually went and fixed them all by hand recently.
When doing something like that, where a lot of images change on a commonly used tag, bring it up in the forum so we can create the appropriate alias.
BTW, can someone quickly link the source for these proposed changes before I make them? Is it on the japanese Geass site?
Should makenshi_chrona be changed tomakenshi_crona then? Since in one on the Soul Eater endings, his/her name is written out.
Also now that I think about it... Medusa's name was written on a nameplate in the show as "Medousa". Can we just count that as bad spelling from the Japanese, or count that as official?
Rengeki_Storm said:
Should makenshi_chrona be changed tomakenshi_crona then? Since in one on the Soul Eater endings, his/her name is written out.Also now that I think about it... Medusa's name was written on a nameplate in the show as "Medousa". Can we just count that as bad spelling from the Japanese, or count that as official?
Bad spelling. (Greek mythology kinda has a head start here, anyway.) Ibuki Fuuko's name is given as Fuko in the Clannad opening, but we don't use that, either.
Rengeki_Storm said: Should makenshi_chrona be changed tomakenshi_crona then? Since in one on the Soul Eater endings, his/her name is written out.
Probably. It seems like a different situation from what I note below.
Also now that I think about it... Medusa's name was written on a nameplate in the show as "Medousa". Can we just count that as bad spelling from the Japanese, or count that as official?
Seconding the bad spelling. The reference is pretty obvious and there's a perfectly established spelling already. When names aren't just made up, we don't necessarily accept the Japanese on blind faith.
Though, RaisingK, Fuuko is a different situation, being a difference in romanization rather than just Engrish... or Gleek, I guess.
Regarding the original topic, I can't actually find any obviously valid Japanese sources backing up this romanization. There may have been some in magazine scans or something - there's a vast amount of Geass lore-generating merchandise outside of the anime itself - so I'll leave that to someone more well-versed in the subject.
From the profile for the first series: http://www.geass.jp/first/world_03_ex.html?pid=chara_13.html
Direct link to profile pic: http://www.geass.jp/first/img/chara_13.jpg
Oh yeah, I've seen that before. viletta_nu -> villetta_nu alias added.
