Subject: [FFML][Question] Chinese names
From: The Venkarel
Date: 9/1/1996, 3:48 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com


        Im wondering why Shampoo, Mousse, Cologne, etc.
have such weird names.  Ive never heard of a Chinese name
that sounded like *that*.  So of course I do notice that by
coincidence, these characters are named for bathroom
products...and that this must be some joke Takahashi-sama
is making.  But this is the English version...are their
names translated from Japanese into English (what DIC did
to North American version of Sailor Moon) to retain comic effect 
or did Takahashi-sama actually name them Shampoo, Mousse, 
Cologne in English.  Then I would have to speculate that
Takahashi-sama did it as a random joke...or that Chinese
names really do sound like bathroom products in Japanese.
Hmm...I wonder what my name sounds like to the Japanese.

The Venkarel
(having a Pinky & the Brain attack)

Brain:  Are you pondering what Im pondering?
Pinky: Maybe, Brain.  But the green cheese wouldnt
           be good for us.
Brain:  Be quiet or I shall have to hurt you.

cue Warner Brothers--and their Sister Dot--music.

Akane chases Ranma and brings down mallet.  Misses Ranma,
but squashes Brain flat.

Dot:  Isnt he cute.