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Boy or girl?

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30 (47.6%)
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33 (52.4%)

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Chocobo

« Reply #60 on: March 28, 2011, 07:55:59 PM »
One of the last papers I wrote as an undergraduate in college was about Birdo; It was a class on transgendered and inter-sex matters regarding literature and media.
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Enchanted_Esperanza

« Reply #61 on: April 21, 2011, 09:28:52 PM »
Quote from: LuigiBros on February 18, 2009, 09:49:56 PM
What does that mean?
"Tranny" is short for tranvestite, or androgidous. It means someone who likes to dress in garb traditionally worn by the opposite sex.
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PaperLuigi

« Reply #62 on: April 22, 2011, 12:57:03 AM »
Basically Weegee.
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Turtlekid1

  • Tortuga
« Reply #63 on: April 22, 2011, 07:28:38 AM »
"It'll say life is sacred and so is death
but death is life and so we move on"

ShadowBrain

  • Ridiculously relevant
« Reply #64 on: April 22, 2011, 01:40:49 PM »
For how long it's been since that gif was last used (and considering who generally used it), I'm a little underwhelmed.
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Turtlekid1

  • Tortuga
« Reply #65 on: April 22, 2011, 03:12:24 PM »
Why isn't anyone just "whelmed"?
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ShadowBrain

  • Ridiculously relevant
« Reply #66 on: April 22, 2011, 05:26:47 PM »
You know that feeling you get when you're flipping channels? When you're eating breakfast? When you're checking your email? That's being whelmed.
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Turtlekid1

  • Tortuga
« Reply #67 on: April 22, 2011, 05:43:52 PM »
Not necessarily, depending on what you're watching, eating, or reading.

But that was mostly a reference to Young Justice's incarnation of Robin, who likes to mess with words.
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but death is life and so we move on"

Weegee

« Reply #68 on: April 22, 2011, 05:57:24 PM »
Quote from: Enchanted_Esperanza on April 21, 2011, 09:28:52 PM
"Tranny" is short for tranvestite, or androgidous. It means someone who likes to dress in garb traditionally worn by the opposite sex.

Correction: "Tranny" is most commonly used as an abbreviation for "transsexual", AKA one who has his or her gender surgically reassigned due to a desire for attention.

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« Reply #69 on: April 22, 2011, 07:16:47 PM »
Weegee seems very knowledgeable on this subject.
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CrossEyed7

  • i can make this whatever i want; you're not my dad
« Reply #70 on: November 20, 2011, 11:11:40 PM »
You know what's weird? In Japan, Birdo is called Catherine, and then the descriptions say she'd prefer to be called "Cathy" because she identifies as female. Does Japan think Catherine is a guy's name? Is it one over there?

Maybe it's just that Cathy is a cuter-sounding variation rather than just being her species name, regardless of how feminine the species name already sounds (kinda like how Toadette and Toad are both Toads). Maybe it's a semi-common thing in the Mushroom World to name your son after your species name (Mario Mario?), and she wants to get away from that convention.
« Last Edit: November 20, 2011, 11:13:21 PM by CrossEyed7 »
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Lizard Dude

« Reply #71 on: November 21, 2011, 04:49:59 AM »
I like the second theory, and don't think Japan views Catherine as a male name considering the game Catherine, which features a girl named Catherine and a girl named Katherine.

Hmm, I wonder how that gag works in Japanese.

WarpRattler

  • Paid by the word
« Reply #72 on: November 21, 2011, 12:49:58 PM »
I don't think it does, since both names are written as キャサリン. Katherine has a last name, though, so maybe it's that, or maybe they do something with the color it's written in.

(Looking a little more, it seems they'd refer to them as Catherine and Katherine in English in the Japanese version as well.)
« Last Edit: November 21, 2011, 12:52:53 PM by WarpRattler »

BriGuy92

  • Luck of the Irish
« Reply #73 on: November 21, 2011, 12:55:52 PM »
It doesn't.
Edit: Looks like Warp beat me to it. Oh well.
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Aiko Heiwa

« Reply #74 on: November 23, 2011, 02:42:18 AM »
In Japan, Birdo is a transgender. (like me)

In America, Hell I don't know anymore.
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