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News Credits: 25 · Sun May 17, 2015 12:22 am

At this rate can we just call him Greg?

News Credits: 41 · Sun May 17, 2015 12:24 am

SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?

News Credits: 11 · Sun May 17, 2015 1:05 am

SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?

News Credits: 65 · Sun May 17, 2015 9:03 pm

Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."

News Credits: 462 · Sun May 17, 2015 9:04 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."

Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 4877 · Sun May 17, 2015 9:56 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?!

Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.

I also wrote in an exam when I was 16 (as part of a greater algebraic equation) that 2 times 3 was 5 :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 3 · Sun May 17, 2015 9:57 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?!

Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.

Lol I look stupid all the STINKIN TIME!
:-B

News Credits: 41 · Sun May 17, 2015 10:24 pm

Silly wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound.

I think you mean a soft "G" sound, right? When a G sounds like a "J" in English, as in the word "Gigantic," that's considered a soft use of G. Hard G is for sounds like the G in the word "Galactic."
Argh! Why do I keep doing that!?!

Don't worry, we all have those moments. I actually wrote yesterday that Predaking was made of 6 members when I knew it was obviously just 5.

Lol I look stupid all the STINKIN TIME!

I'm realky bag att spellking.

News Credits: 65 · Sun May 17, 2015 10:34 pm

Let's just call him "Greeper." It keeps the original idea for a portmanteau of "green" and "jeep", retains the syllabic flourish at the end, is easier to say in English, and resembles the word "creeper," which is an excellent name for a Decepticon character. Let's make this happen, people!

News Credits: 332 · Sun May 17, 2015 11:28 pm

Sabrblade wrote:"And yes, you have to say it like that. GREH-GHEE-VOR."

No you don't. "Gregevor" is a bad Engrish transliteration of グリジバー, which Romanizes out to being "Gurijibaa", with the two I's both sounding like "ee". It is a portmanteau of "Green" and "Jeep" with a modified end, hence the longstanding transliteration of "Greejeeber" being the more accepted name since the Car Robots character of the same name was established back in the year 2000.

The two E's in "Gregevor" are long "ee" sounds, and the second G is a hard G (or J) sound. The V came from B and V being essentially the same sound in Japanese. So whoever transliterated グリジバー ("Gurijibaa") into "Gregevor" apparently didn't recognize the "Green Jeep" reference and gave us a more wonky name than the more likely intended "Greejeeber".

That, and I was having fun knowing it would drive the translation obsessed crazy. Mission accomplished.

Cobotron wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:At this rate can we just call him Greg?

I just call it Steve, I tend to use that name a lot.

News Credits: 62 · Mon May 18, 2015 7:26 am

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Mon May 18, 2015 7:58 am

Gregevor = Greg + Trevor perhaps. No idea where that might come from though

News Credits: 241 · Mon May 18, 2015 8:06 am

We already know of him:

News Credits: 3 · Mon May 18, 2015 8:51 am

phonetic translation is more like "Greejeeber" but actual romanisation of the words is up to whoever's translating at the time

News Credits: 62 · Mon May 18, 2015 8:52 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We already know of him:

I was posting a clearer scan

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 18, 2015 8:59 am

This is basically the new "Minelba/Minerva".

News Credits: 241 · Mon May 18, 2015 9:02 am

Sabrblade wrote:This is basically the new "Minelba/Minerva".

Except for the fact "Minerva" has a base in the Latin language. "Gregevor", on the other hand, does not.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon May 18, 2015 9:22 am

I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 18, 2015 9:24 am

william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?

Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber" :-B

News Credits: 241 · Mon May 18, 2015 9:27 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber"

"Green Jeep" is indeed the genesis of "Gree-Jee-ber", but Japan really likes to turn English into nonsense words as shown above. :lol:

News Credits: 4877 · Mon May 18, 2015 9:27 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber"

Yeah, exactly as I said then: greenjeep spelled phonetically when said in a japanese accent

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 18, 2015 9:31 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I thought this name was just greenjeep said in a japanese accent. Isn't it that?
Drop the N in "green", change the P to B in "jeep", and add an "er" on the end.

"Greejeeber"

Yeah, exactly as I said then: greenjeep spelled phonetically when said in a japanese accent

"Japanese accent" doesn't do that to English words. Like JelZe said, it's the two words respelled nonsensically.

"Green Jeep" with a Japanese accent would be like "Guriin Jiipu"