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Couldn't we just call it a firefly, since "hotaru" is used in the Japanese guidebook as a generic noun rather than a proper name? Peppering your writing with Japanese is not ''kawaii'', and it makes you sound like a ''baka''. [[User:Raymond1922A|Raymond1922A]] ([[User talk:Raymond1922A|talk]]) 17:38, 4 March 2018 (EST) | Couldn't we just call it a firefly, since "hotaru" is used in the Japanese guidebook as a generic noun rather than a proper name? Peppering your writing with Japanese is not ''kawaii'', and it makes you sound like a ''baka''. [[User:Raymond1922A|Raymond1922A]] ([[User talk:Raymond1922A|talk]]) 17:38, 4 March 2018 (EST) | ||
:[[MarioWiki:Japanese#Subjects_with_Japanese_names|On Japanese]]: "''If a subject must be called by its Japanese name per [[MarioWiki:Naming]], '''it should be romanized in all uses on the Super Mario Wiki.'''''" [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:44, 4 March 2018 (EST) | |||
::There's no need to throw out insults, even in a different language. {{User:Alex95/sig}} 17:47, 4 March 2018 (EST) | |||
:::Sorry, that was a joke to show how ridiculous fangirl Japanese sounds. I didn't mean to insult anyone, and I understand that this isn't exactly the same scenario. [[User:Raymond1922A|Raymond1922A]] ([[User talk:Raymond1922A|talk]]) 00:00, 6 March 2018 (EST) | |||
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Couldn't we just call it a firefly, since "hotaru" is used in the Japanese guidebook as a generic noun rather than a proper name? Peppering your writing with Japanese is not kawaii, and it makes you sound like a baka. Raymond1922A (talk) 17:38, 4 March 2018 (EST)
- On Japanese: "If a subject must be called by its Japanese name per MarioWiki:Naming, it should be romanized in all uses on the Super Mario Wiki." LinkTheLefty (talk) 17:44, 4 March 2018 (EST)
- There's no need to throw out insults, even in a different language.
17:47, 4 March 2018 (EST)
- Sorry, that was a joke to show how ridiculous fangirl Japanese sounds. I didn't mean to insult anyone, and I understand that this isn't exactly the same scenario. Raymond1922A (talk) 00:00, 6 March 2018 (EST)
- There's no need to throw out insults, even in a different language.
