User talk:Oh Block

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Kristak (talk) 19:52, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Reason for Salamander being like that

It's because the Japanese names are different. PikaSamus (talk) 20:21, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

The Salamander and Salamand stuff.

This is correct indeed. When making the edit I was not aware of this oddity, but I found out soon after. So in my response to the old page, I was under the assumption that they shared a name 1 to 1, which is the case in ENG at least. With that I apologize for that mess. However, I still think this is a relevant edit when looking at the factors. Forseti mentioning him makes more sense since he was a previously established character, and Tiki connects him with Bantu. I still stand by lots of my edits, but I thank you for your necessary adjustments to my own, and in general for your contributions to this very site :D Oh Block (talk) 06:43, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up on Boah

I checked and you are correct on Boah's animations in both DS games being bald. Funny how Boah is bald in his battle sprites, but Frost has grey hair, when the latter's portrait has even less hair! Emperor Hardin (talk) 02:16, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

On Japanese terminology for European noble titles

Owen's title 伯爵 is a masculine title meaning "Count" (or "Earl" in the context of the British isles). I don't know why you removed Count from the article text (though you rightfully left it in the quote). The title for a countess regnant (e.g. Margaret III of Flanders) is 女伯. Countess as in a count/earl's wife is 伯爵夫人. PikaSamus (talk) 17:33, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

On the subject of Midia's father's name, he could be both "Count Owen" and "Charon", like how in Tellius, "Duke Tanas" and "Oliver" for Oliver Tanas. So Midia's father could be Charon Owen? Emperor Hardin (talk) 21:09, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

I asked a friend who knows some Japanese about this. She told me that the title given to Owen isn't specially aimed towards one gender in Japanese, so Owen being Midia's mother was a possibility. I didn't go with that and didn't gender Owen to be safe. That's also why I removed Count from the page. Also, on the topic on Charon or Owen being a last name, that is unlikely since Lang is mentioned along with the other Archanean nobles in the notes. Oh Block (talk) 22:55, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

The title isn't marked with a male kanji, but it is gender specific in practice when referring to European nobility. Might be different for the rank of Chinese nobility referred to with the same kanji, but that is not relevant here. You wouldn't call a woman hakushaku unless you are referring to all the counts as a group. It directly correlates to count, which doesn't have a suffix indicating it is male only, but it is used that way.

I wouldn't take the last name thing too seriously, as that is not how the names of nobles work except in direct address, and even then it is use of the title, not a "last name." Additionally, a person would be referred to with their highest title as a norm. PikaSamus (talk) 00:17, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

To clarify, it might be gender neutral in theory but not in practice. PikaSamus (talk) 00:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)