Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 This is ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soviet Gregor Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 China as in porcelain, which is made in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 The expression 'bull in a china shop' means to be extremely reckless and foolhardy. In Mythbusters, they showed that actually, a bull would prefer to go around a shelf of breakables than charge through it though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Yes, but that is claiming there is a China...the term "China shop" comes from somewhere, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Yes, but that is claiming there is a China...the term "China shop" comes from somewhere, you know. Well, yes, but that has to do with the fact that in the 16th and more so in the 17th century, European nations engaged in trade with the Far East would pay big money for all the Eastern silk and porcelain, among other things. Thus, porcelain became synonymous with Chinese goods, and thus, the name stuck. Yay, impromptu history lesson!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interceptor Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 There's no China in my Tellius! Oh localization, defeated once again by idioms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_____ Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Would you prefer they said "Bull in a Begnion shop?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Would you prefer they said "Bull in a Begnion shop?" I will admit that I did laugh at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well, yes, but that has to do with the fact that in the 16th and more so in the 17th century, European nations engaged in trade with the Far East would pay big money for all the Eastern silk and porcelain, among other things. Thus, porcelain became synonymous with Chinese goods, and thus, the name stuck. Yay, impromptu history lesson!! You do know Tellius isn't Europe, right? And besides, it's the year 648 and Daein is located in the north-east. Would you prefer they said "Bull in a Begnion shop?" Begnion isn't a poor country...Crimea would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEST TRYNDAMERE PLAYER Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Begnion isn't a poor country...Crimea would work. Actually, I'd say Daein. Daein is pretty much the Iraq of this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) Hey, you guys do realize that even having the characters speaking english (or japanese) is just as ridiculous, since the chance of any earth language spontaneously evolving in another world, entirely separate from our own, is very improbable, right? So the use of the word "a" in that sentence is just as ridiculous. Edited March 1, 2010 by SeverIan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Actually, I'd say Daein. Daein is pretty much the Iraq of this game. I would have mentioned it if Daein weren't the location that battle was taking place in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I didn't really care. It sounds more natural for them to use figures of speech like that. What really bugs me is that the game refers to Herbs as 'an Herb'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I didn't really care. It sounds more natural for them to use figures of speech like that. What really bugs me is that the game refers to Herbs as 'an Herb'. Well, because the 'h' is silent and therefore not pronounced. Well, you CAN pronounce the 'h', but most people don't. Hence, you don't say 'a herb'. Or are you talking about the fact that it's a 10 use item that's referred to in the singular? No one said you needed to use the full item for each use. It might just be highly potent and you only need 10% of the herb for maximum effectiveness. Of course, that gets into the issue of why you can't use say, 30% of it for a 30 HP recovery, but, at this point, it's along the lines of the fact that stuff like that is just 'done' in a JRPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well, because the 'h' is silent and therefore not pronounced. Well, you CAN pronounce the 'h', but most people don't. Hence, you don't say 'a herb'. Or are you talking about the fact that it's a 10 use item that's referred to in the singular? No one said you needed to use the full item for each use. It might just be highly potent and you only need 10% of the herb for maximum effectiveness. Of course, that gets into the issue of why you can't use say, 30% of it for a 30 HP recovery, but, at this point, it's along the lines of the fact that stuff like that is just 'done' in a JRPG. I don't know how you do things in crazy America, but over here we say the H. Although it must be a pretty strong herb if 10% can heal you. That's like, a nibble. I love healing items in this game though, 8 use vulneraries that heal 20 are so important in the DB chapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I don't know how you do things in crazy America, but over here we say the H. Although it must be a pretty strong herb if 10% can heal you. That's like, a nibble. I love healing items in this game though, 8 use vulneraries that heal 20 are so important in the DB chapters. Yeah, we don't usually pronounce the H where I live (or at least, I don't). And yeah, I don't see 1/6 of a (probably small) concoction healing 40 HP either. Must be extremely potent... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well, because the 'h' is silent and therefore not pronounced. Well, you CAN pronounce the 'h', but most people don't. Hence, you don't say 'a herb'. The "H" is silent in spanish. The "H" in english isn't always silent, one of the very few words that it's silent in is "Honest". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 The "H" is silent in spanish. The "H" in english isn't always silent, one of the very few words that it's silent in is "Honest". Of course it's not ALWAYS silent. But it IS silent in the word Herb, or at least the way I've learned to pronounce it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well, that is incorrect...the "H" isn't silent when pronouncing the word "Herb". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewjeo Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Maybe not for YOU, but for a lot of people (I'd guess most people on this forum, but I'm not sure) it most definitely is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well, not really...the "H" isn't silent when pronouncing "Herb", hell, there are even commercials that don't silence it. They aren't going to be as unproffesional as to even make it public if it weren't like that =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 There's no authority to determine which one is correct. Both are used, though in america keeping the H silent is more common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Oh, so publicity is now an authority? Because, honestly, "Herb" is most commonly pronounced without the silent "H". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewjeo Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 But not in America. Also: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/herb If you listen to how they pronounce it, the h is silent. And it says that it's pronounced "urb" or ESP. BRIT. "hurb" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Okay, whatever. Don't want to de-rail this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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