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If he's called Rockman in Japan, does that mean they were
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If he's called Rockman in Japan, does that mean they were actually trying to call him Lockman?
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Thats not how their language works.
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>>340448919
They pronounce Computer as Konpyutaa
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no, because lockman is pronounced as lockman

japanese can be seen on the internet, talking about it and saying rockman
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>>340448919
>Thats not how their language works.
Japanese ラリルレロ syllables don't differentiate between English "r" and "l" sounds.
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>>340449021
In English dumbass
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>>340449738
That is literally their word for computer

They don't have a word for it so they say konpyutaa
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>Sister named Roll
>Brother named Blues

Dunno OP
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>>340449867
>Roll -> Loll because loli
>Blues -> Brews because who knows with crazy Japanese
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they wanted to call him Jeff actually
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>>340449738
In case you don't know, Japanese use a separate syllable alphabet for loan words, but since they're the same sounds as hiragana syllables the Japanese writing and pronunciation of loan words is very limited. In addition the Japanese can't differentiate between "l" and "r" sounds, meaning you often see wrong romanizations, which is what OP is wondering.

F.ex.
ラジオ = rajio / lajio (English "radio")
ライター = raitaa / laitaa (English "lighter")
アルバイト = arubaito / alubaito (German "arbeit")
アンケート = ankeeto (French "enquête")
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>>340449805
More than half the languages ever use borrowed English word for computer. I can vouch for most of Slavic languages.
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