Dorrinal wrote:So it's the same word but it's better for English speakers because it's spelled wrong? Don't take your crazy pills before posting -- then again people revel in poor spelling out here on The Internet. You are going to have to accept that the name is "new man" and it makes perfect sense given the origins of the... species?
pitohui wrote: it seems like a rather lazy cop-out, like Tolkien naming Sauron "Bigeyeguy," or Square naming Crono "Timeboy."
Lemina wrote:pitohui wrote: it seems like a rather lazy cop-out, like Tolkien naming Sauron "Bigeyeguy," or Square naming Crono "Timeboy."
:rofl: I'll have to agree with you 100% there. "Newman" sounds/looks really awkward to English speakers.
Thoul wrote:It's not spelled incorrectly, just differently. It's an adaptation for the target audience, just like a lot of the other name changes. We'd probably still have "Numan" in the more recent games if Sega of Japan hadn't taken translation duties for PSOnline.
Dorrinal wrote:The word "new" is not spelled "nu."
wikipedia wrote:The term was first used for a review of a 1996 Coal Chamber concert in Spin magazine in the form "new metal".
Thoul wrote:Well said, pitohui. It's nice to see someone recognize that language is a flexible, evolving thing. I wish that happened more often.
pitohui wrote:Dorrinal wrote:The word "new" is not spelled "nu."
That's irrelevant. Authors make up alternate spellings all the time (see: every work of fantasy ever published); in this case, the freedom extends to localizers. It's like getting angry because Square was forced to use "Crono" instead of "Chrono." It's not the traditional spelling, but who cares? It's only a name.
Oh, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_metalwikipedia wrote:The term was first used for a review of a 1996 Coal Chamber concert in Spin magazine in the form "new metal".
Languages are constantly changing and evolving. Shock, awe.
And finally, if you still don't buy that, [N]ew + H[uman] can also yield Numan. Ta-da!
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