Romanization! The source of many headaches revealed!

[sincere]

I was seriously having some DGM-related angst. I was seriously asking myself if I could bear to go with the "official" spellings of people's names, despite knowing that Hoshino is not an English-speaker and does not know how to spell things, with all due respect. This was only emphasized as I went through the manga and, for instance, saw "Noa" on a door when clearly what was intended was "Noah," since the name refers to the actual religious figure Noah.

Could I stand using Tiedoll instead of Theodore?
Cheryl (for a man) instead of Cyril?
Claudnyne instead of Cloud Nine?
Arystar Krory instead of Aleister Crowley?

And I was seriously questioning this, right up until I realized that the "official" spelling of a certain individual's name seems to be "Jeryy".

And then I said, fuck the official spellings.

Comments

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

Lucifer is a real name! But not in the sense that Togashi romanized it close enough that it's clear he intended it to be read that way, yeah. Hoshino is… special. S/he kind of reminds me of those people who give their babies common names with the most whacked out spellings possible.

[kay-willow.livejournal.com]

Well, Lucifer is, but Wrrlccc--something is not, unless it is, in which case I will cry and continue to use Lucifer because I cannot even begin to imagine how you would say that. (Apparently, Lucifer!) But yeah, I meant that those manglings he wants you to use are not names. They're not even pronounceable. :\