> Oh... the reason I favor "Queen Marina" over "Princess Marina" is that > Azadistan is usually translated as a "Kingdom". Of course I am not > sure if "$B2&9q(B" is a Kingdom precisely. The Japanese Wiki seems to > agree > UK and Saudi Arabia are "$B2&9q(B", Abu Dhabi is a > "$B!&!&sD99!&!&!&!&!&!&Monaco(B$Bnl(B?$B!&(Bu$B!"lt;BR>>!&!&!&!&8x9q(B", > > Luxemburg is a "$BBg8x9q(B".
It is translated to as Kingdom, and it seems to follow the typical "rule" of how they view a kingdom. > > Oh... how interesting... Prince is not necessarily a son of a King, I > guess I was misled by the Chinese definition of Prince. And unlike > King, Duke, President, Chairman, and Head of State, Japanese doesn't > assign a 1-to-1 Kanji translation to Prince or Princess. They use > Katakana in general, or assign one of several kanji compounds > "$B2&;R(B" for > a son of a King, "$B?F2&(B" for sons and grandsons of the Japanese > Emperor, > "$B9DB@;R(B" for Crown Prince etc. Not sure what you mean, since I am using web-based mail browser, it all look like a mess of characters, but anyway, they seems to be using the same "ranking" system as Code Geass, and they basically list the order of succession in their princess title. Marina is the first princess, and therefore she will get to "inherit" the country when the times come. And the way they make the kanji for princess in here, there is very little doubt that she is the daughter of the king/queen. > > I do accept that she could be a Princess of a Kingdom, with or > without a King or Queen. It would not be the only contradiction in > G00 story or offical website. Think they are still trying to understand why Setsuna is telling Marina he's a Gundam pilot :) > > Ok, we have pretty much exhausted the issue of Marina. Now let's > practice reciting "Queen Hilary Her Highness" :-D Come on, it was just getting to be fun :) It's all we need - 16 years of the Bush/Clinton Dynasty... We need a "real" third party so bad... -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
