From: kay@invalid.net   
      
   In article , seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
   says...   
   >   
   > On 8/8/14 6:42 PM, Kay Shapero wrote:   
   > > In article , me@privacy.net says...   
   > >>   
   > > "Anime". Though not "manga" which apparently has Japanese roots and   
   > > doesn't seem to be related to "magazine" despite the resemblance in   
   > > pronounciation.  And then I'm not sure what to call what happened when   
   > > someone in Japan used Urd, Skuld and Verdandi as characters in a manga   
   > > and later anime series.  Japanese pronounciation being what it is, when   
   > > someone decided to translate it into English (as Oh, my Goddess) with no   
   > > previous knowledge of the mythical source of the names turned Verdandi   
   > > into Belldandy.   
   > >   
   >   
   > 	I think that's the mangaka's pronunciation/spelling choice. And he DOES   
   > know the mythical source of the names.   
      
      
   I suppose, since judging by the eps I've seen you're right about the   
   latter. Iirc the pronounciation in the original anime (I've mostly   
   watched it subtitled) is something like "Beru-dandi".   
      
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