[WikiEN-l] Okay, so what do I *do* about Tessaiga?

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/19/2008 9:24:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
arromdee at rahul.net writes:

The name  'Tetsusaiga' is a mistranslation from the original Japanese name 
for 
the  sword. InuYasha's sword is actually known as the 'Tessaiga' in Japanese  
but due to an error when translating the series from Japanese to English,  it 
became the Tetsusaiga. The smaller version of the hiragana character  "tsu" 
() 
was mistaken for the larger version of the hiragana character  "tsu" (). So, 
instead of doubling the consonant "s" in the name, a "tsu"  was inserted into 
the name, thus giving us 'Tetsusaiga'. By the time Viz  discovered the error, 
it was decided that it was too late to change the  name back to the 
original.>>>



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But the entire above is disputed, and when sources were requested for it,  
none were given.



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