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[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 103 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Pika is a real animal?

Gen 1 pokemon really are just funny colored real animals.

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Pika is pronounced "pie-kuh" generally. Pikachu comes from pika pika (japanese onomatopoeia for "sparking/sparkling" usually with the connotation of clean) + chuu (sound a mouse makes/squeak).

[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Actually it comes from pika(-tto), the onomatopoeia for a lightning strike.

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actually, name of many Pokemon are multi layered

So there is no wrong, but both right

It is the beauty of Pokemon names and even concepts

Watch some lockstin and gnoggin if interested in this topic 😇

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah I just think it's kind of neat how the names of English pokemon are formed in a similar way to how they are in Japanese.

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