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MoviePropMaster2008

10-26-2011 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by funkychinaman (Post 32856)

Is Ken his English name though? I saw that it's not his original name. Is Ken a Japanese name as well?

Update: I looked up Ken Watanabe, and it looks like Ken is a normal Japanese name, albeit a shortened one.

Ken is and always has been a shorthand for KENJI. I think there are other variants which also use the shortened "Ken", but Ken is a Japanese man's first name. Believe me. I'm in Japan A LOT.

Evil Tim

10-26-2011 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008 (Post 32862)

Ken is and always has been a shorthand for KENJI. I think there are other variants which also use the shortened "Ken", but Ken is a Japanese man's first name. Believe me. I'm in Japan A LOT.

Kenichi is another, yes.

Spartan198

10-26-2011 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by funkychinaman (Post 32807)

when's the last time anyone referred to Chow Yun Fat as Yun Fat Chow?

I don't know, but I'm going to start calling him that from now on. :D

MoviePropMaster2008

10-26-2011 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Spartan198 (Post 32868)

I don't know, but I'm going to start calling him that from now on. :D

Say it to a woman with marbles in your mouth. It will sound like "You fat cow!" :D

funkychinaman

11-18-2011 02:49 AM

What's the policy with "de la __________" names? Wikipedia has has "de la" lowercase, IMDb has the first letter capitalized. I never took much Spanish, so I don't know the proper way to do it.

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