Gundam SEED DESTINY (Phases 11/12 Discussion)

[Wolfslord]

Yeah wise and old.Sorry I let some aspects out.

[tenchimato]

Originally Posted by Kuroi_Ikari

That seems to be a habit. They also could've avoided a LOT of Saber/Sabre or Savior/Saviour confusion if they'd gone with セイヴァー instead of セイバー.


If it's a "v" sound, why is his katakana "varutoferudo" wrong? They don't have to substitute b for v anymore, katakana has a set of va vi vu ve vo. ヴァ　ヴィ　ヴ　ヴェ　ヴォ.

I'm not sure how the w sounds in German, but if a "v" sound is written in katakana, normally it is written with the katakana "bi". There's no logical explanation for this. It is not a current practice for a Japanese to transcribe foreign words with "v" sounds into ヴァ　ヴィ　ヴ　ヴェ　ヴォ katakanas.

But I can provide an easy example: Television in Japanese is pronounced and written with a "bi" sound ---> te-re-bi (short for televi.). Anyways I'm sure ppl can come up with a lot more of examples.

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[Abicion]

So, who thinks Saviour will eventually fall victim to Athrun's inexplicable pattern of blowing his stuff up?

I deeply fear she will soon be howling with the robot angels; along with her pals Hurry, Evangelion Unit 3, the Gao Beasts, Data, half of the cast of Choukousenki Kikaioh, and that cyborg guy from Eternal Champions.

[SlugZilla]

Originally Posted by tenchimato

I'm not sure how the w sounds in German, but if a "v" sound is written in katakana, normally it is written with the katakana "bi". There's no logical explanation for this. It is not a current practice for a Japanese to transcribe foreign words with "v" sounds into ヴァ　ヴィ　ヴ　ヴェ　ヴォ katakanas.

But I can provide an easy example: Television in Japanese is pronounced and written with a "bi" sound ---> te-re-bi (short for televi.). Anyways I'm sure ppl can come up with a lot more of examples.

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I hope that helped...

I think its because b is much easier to say than v, that it has become natural to use it, but not necessarily correct.
　
Here they use ヴェ
http://namco-ch.net/talesofrebirth/character/index.php
Veigue --> ヴェイグ

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%...83%80%E3%83%BC
[Darth] Vader would be ヴェイダー
It is common if someone unconciously uses ベイダー(Beidaa), but it's not correct.