A moment of translation

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Jan 21 2006, 11:05 am
"Kame-hame-ha" = "Turtle Destruction Wave"



I suspect turtle-rights activists are descending upon DBZ as we speak.
Jan 21 2006, 11:08 am
Care to link to where you found this out?? >_>
Jan 21 2006, 1:04 pm
In response to Kunark
Ahahaha. Hilarious.

Kunark - Googling for "Turtle Destruction Wave" will pick up lots of results.
Jan 21 2006, 1:04 pm
Jtgibson wrote:
"Kame-hame-ha" = "Turtle Destruction Wave"

I suspect turtle-rights activists are descending upon DBZ as we speak.

Why? Dragonball had that turtle character. :P
Jan 21 2006, 1:27 pm
Jtgibson wrote:
I suspect turtle-rights activists are descending upon DBZ as we speak.

I'm pretty sure the translation for the meaning(as opposed to just the literal word translation) would be something Destruction Wave of the Turtle, considering it was a Roshi move, and he was the Turtle Sensei or some such.

Hiead
Jan 21 2006, 1:31 pm
In response to Hiead
Thats because its creator was Master Roshi,the Turtle
hermit.
Jan 21 2006, 1:39 pm
In response to Hiead
But bad/literal translations are so much funnier than proper ones. "All your base" anyone? =)
Jan 21 2006, 1:42 pm
In response to Crispy
Someone translated an event written in Korean (for a Korean game (Pristontale)) into English once. I laughed out loud at it. Said we'd need to smack bedsheets to get chairs that you can trade for shiny .. sheets!
Jan 22 2006, 2:31 am
Heh, those who came before me have already spoiled the joke by explaining the true meaning of the name, so I won't bother...

A point I'd like to add, though, is that the name reportedly came from Toriyama's wife!
Jan 22 2006, 3:33 am
Kamehameha was also a Hawaiian king.
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Jan 22 2006, 4:18 am
OK, Colson even though we live together dont use my key to answer post. GOT IT !?
Jan 22 2006, 12:28 pm
In response to Sarm
Sarm wrote:
Kamehameha was also a Hawaiian king.
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And look! He has supersaiyin hair!

:P