Interstellar_1@pawb.social to tumblr@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoit was called nintendo 64files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1304arrow-down1imageit was called nintendo 64files.catbox.moeInterstellar_1@pawb.social to tumblr@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredelitomatoes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s called the Nintendo 64 because it sounds lucky in Japanese
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agopedant: it does not. Although it would typically be read ‘roku-jyuu-yon’ (though some people here call it the ‘roku-yon’ instead), ‘shi’ is another possible reading of 4 which is associated with death.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoNo, I get the whole thing. I just wanted to save someone reading that and actually thinking it was true in Japanese or having to go search.
It’s called the Nintendo 64 because it sounds lucky in Japanese
pedant: it does not. Although it would typically be read ‘roku-jyuu-yon’ (though some people here call it the ‘roku-yon’ instead), ‘shi’ is another possible reading of 4 which is associated with death.
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No, I get the whole thing. I just wanted to save someone reading that and actually thinking it was true in Japanese or having to go search.