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Old 2007-04-06, 23:25   Link #92
mouhitori
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Originally Posted by Asrialys View Post
Are they interchangeable in actual Japanese words? "Sora" isn't a borrowed word. Although, I sometimes see "zu" as "dzu" or "du" for some reason.
Well, "l" does not exist in Japanese (romaji), so "r" is usually used as a substitute.
So for example, a foreign word "luis" becomes "ruisu"
Maybe this is the same principle applied in reverse.
I think a good precedent is "lamune" the anime which comes from "ramune" the drink.

So I do think sola here means sora, especially because it is consistent with the theme presented.

However, if most characters got killed and only one character is left , I would accept the other double meaning, that of "alone"
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