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Title: How do you spell...
Post by: carcarcarrot on April 10 2006, 02:06 am
well, just curious...^^"
i'd prefer Fye, probably since it gives me an exotic feeling.....
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Post by: kudan on April 10 2006, 02:07 am
Fai's the direct translation from his Japanese name. :) I guess that's why I chose it. :)
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Post by: Strawberry on April 10 2006, 02:08 am
I'm use to spelling his name "Fai", but somehow now I spell his name "Fay" because when I brought the official TRC fanbook it is spelt "Fay" and even the ofiicial Japanese DVD's spell it "Fay" too, so I think thats the correct way of spelling his name.
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Post by: Mina on April 10 2006, 03:34 am
I spell it "Fai" because that's they way you'd have to write on the keyboard to write the name in Japanese....(aka romaji of the name)
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Post by: Arcademan on April 10 2006, 03:56 am
Going with 'Fai' since that's the translated spelling in the English Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle manga :)
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Post by: AkaiYuki on April 10 2006, 04:50 am
Well, the official spelling IS "Fay" according to the guides and merchandise, etc.. But I usually write "Fai" because like Mina said, when I TYPE "Fai" in Japanese that's the easiest way to do it.. But not only is it typed that way, but that is the correct romanization of those characters.

So I guess I'm going by more of a translation of the name instead of the "official" way.. Also, "Fay" just looks like it's pronounced as if it rhymes with "say" to me, and that bothers me... -_- So I use it sometimes ((since it IS official...)), but not often...

And I have no idea where "Fye" even came from... I don't get that one at all... O.O I mean, I see how it LOOKS like it's pronounced the same, but I still wonder who made it up! XD
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Post by: Kibou on April 10 2006, 05:19 am
Fye... because of the german translation.
And I think, it looks better than Fai or Fay ^^
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Post by: Time-Machine on April 10 2006, 05:30 am
Haha...I use almost all of them interchangably. I think I probably use Fai and Fye the most, but I have also used Fay and Faye. It actually probably has the most to do with whoever posted before me who I'm responding to...I tend to spell it the way I most recently read it without thinking about it. ^^;;
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Post by: Shiunu on April 10 2006, 07:02 am
I usually use Fai. I just like it.
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Post by: moezychan on April 10 2006, 07:05 am
Never really thought about it, but I guess I use Fai. It looks the way it's pronounced.
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Post by: Ando on April 10 2006, 11:23 pm
I usually go with Fye, since I first encountered his name spelled like that. I couldn't go with Fay, official as it may be, since it makes me want to pronounce it rhyming with "day". Then, as said, Fai is how it is written in kana... The spelling Fai looks so happy to me, probably because it makes me think of "wai", whereas Fye represents our magician's sadness for me. Or something like that. :sweatdrop:
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Post by: Becster on April 11 2006, 02:03 am
Fai.

From reading the manga, I've just gotten used to it like that. So if I ever see a subtitled ep of Tsubasa and it says 'Fay' I'll be going 'WHAAAADDDT?!?! NO. DON'T CONFUSE MY BRAIN!!!! ;_;'

...But...yeah. I spell it 'Fai' 'cause of Del Ray's manga translations.
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Post by: Shiunu on April 11 2006, 12:41 pm
There's like too many ways to spell it. I always get frustrated because everywhere I go someone always spells it different. It never seems to fail. Lol
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Post by: Time-Machine on April 11 2006, 12:58 pm
It would be a little easier if there was just one way to spell it, because then if you want to do a search for one particular thing about him, or a site or image that you found earlier, you don't have to do it four times over...
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Post by: Sayora Chan on April 12 2006, 12:08 am
I read the Manga long before I found the anime and it was always spelled Fai.  I don't mind the Fye spelling but the others just seem too weird.
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Post by: SasukeRocks on April 12 2006, 12:51 am
I just spell it Fai
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Post by: ricochet on April 15 2006, 01:28 pm
i say fai
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Post by: Ashlee on April 15 2006, 01:32 pm
Fai, I like how its spelled that way.....
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Post by: last_memory on April 16 2006, 03:48 am
I think it's spelles as Fye... ?.?
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Post by: adi-chan on April 16 2006, 03:54 am
well, im too used to fai right now. fye is almost like.. rye? haha, bad comparrison. but anyway, it just has a more japanese feel to it.. so fai it is for me.. even del ray uses fai i think... not at home, so cant really check..
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Post by: carcarcarrot on April 18 2006, 01:48 am
well,it's hard to explain but fai sounds chinese to me...hmm, because a chinese word often used in names is "directly translated" as "fai"......and i can't help pronouncing it in the chinese way, i'm too used to it :P
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Post by: Sailor Yue-chan on April 19 2006, 03:19 pm
i watched the anime before the manga and so i used to use fye first. now i find my self using fai now cuz its easiest to tpye. Fay looks to much like day or Faye really.
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Post by: quimmy on April 20 2006, 05:20 am
I came across Fye first, so I've just stuck with it. Plus I'm just being stubborn, I don't like how Fai looks!
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Post by: wingless_godess on April 21 2006, 09:02 am
Fai because i don't know his name in Kanji so thats how i would write it in katakana...also Fai sounds so foriegn and original...also its how Del Ray manga spells it so im most used to it
also for near me there is Music store called FYE so i don't wanna spell it like that
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Post by: carcarcarrot on April 23 2006, 02:13 am
Fai because i don't know his name in Kanji so thats how i would write it in katakana...also Fai sounds so foriegn and original...also its how Del Ray manga spells it so im most used to it
also for near me there is Music store called FYE so i don't wanna spell it like that
as far as i know the name doesn't have a kanji version :) (or it will be used in the Chinese version... :P)
but i'm not real sure though..........
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Post by: AkaiYuki on April 23 2006, 03:12 am
It's true, there is no kanji for Fai. Since the name is foreign, it's only written in katakana.

And wingless_godess, there's one of those f.y.e stores near me, too, so I can't spell it that way without thinking about that, either! XD
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Post by: Magical Angel 101 on April 23 2006, 04:14 am
Fai because that's how always tpy it! XD  and most people tpy that way anyway lol
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Post by: Mimie on May 10 2006, 11:46 am
I'm stuck with Fai cause Fay and Faye are actually pronounced like "day" at least here in my country and I'm think Fye looks strange in computer. But honestly speaking, Fye looks so much better since it looks foreign which fits Fai's character perfectly.
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Post by: Rika Iiyumi on May 12 2006, 09:14 pm
i'm not sure if it's because del rey put "Fai" as his name first...(i think they still do actually...-can't find tsubasa books-  :dodge:)
Fai just sounds more authentic japanese-ish...YES i know he's supposed to be foreign...but the other spellings just scream at me... :sweatdrop:
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Post by: ~Emethyst~ on May 12 2006, 09:17 pm
The name "Fai" has already been engraved in my mind so I'll just have to stick with it :P
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Post by: LSD on May 13 2006, 06:17 am
I came across Fye first, so I've just stuck with it. Plus I'm just being stubborn, I don't like how Fai looks!

same here xD
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Post by: Blue moon on May 17 2006, 11:23 am
Fai... I just can't get it out of my head { Rats!!!  just when I forgot that song }
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Post by: Dokaka on August 03 2006, 05:36 pm
I was watching an episode of TRC at youtube and it is Spelled Fye in the subtitle, Why is That!? I still prefer to call him Fai.
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Post by: Sailor Yue-chan on August 03 2006, 06:00 pm
I was watching an episode of TRC at youtube and it is Spelled Fye in the subtitle, Why is That!? I still prefer to call him Fai.
in season 1, thats how Tofusensei spelled it. then he switched to Faye (O_o) i think he meant "Fay" which is the anime offical spelling, according to fais comercial bumps. but the official splling, is indeed FAI.
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Post by: Rekall on August 04 2006, 03:28 am
I was watching an episode of TRC at youtube and it is Spelled Fye in the subtitle, Why is That!? I still prefer to call him Fai.

Live Evil and DB used 'Fye' because that's what Be With You  used and they were the first people scanlating the manga.  Until recently they were the only group doing TRC so 'Fye' has stuck in a lot of people's minds.

The official way is Fay.  That's how it's spelled during th e anime's commerical breaks and I've seen some stuff from CLAMP where it's spelled that way.

Fai, I'm not sure where it came from. (English manga perhaps?)
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Post by: Fai on August 04 2006, 03:34 am
The official way is Fay. That's how it's spelled during th e anime's commerical breaks and I've seen some stuff from CLAMP where it's spelled that way.

Fai, I'm not sure where it came from. (English manga perhaps?)

I'm so used to using 'Fai' ^^; So I find it hard for me to use the spelling 'Fye'. I suppose I'm so used to it because that's how they spell it in the english manga.
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Post by: AkaiYuki on August 04 2006, 06:06 am
Rekall: The spelling "Fai" comes from the romanization of Fai's name. In Japanese, his name is written with the characters "Fu-a-i" with the "a" small. When there is a small character immediately after a regular sized one, it's sound takes the place of the previous characters' ending sound. (Changing "Fu" to "Fa," in this case.) Which makes the romanization "Fai."

Wow, I made that sound way more complicated than it actually is.. Sorry, I suck at explaining things like that.. ^_^;;;
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Post by: chibi_seishiraon77 on August 04 2006, 06:23 am
fei is not a spelling is it? @_@
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Post by: Sailor Yue-chan on August 04 2006, 06:29 am
fei is not a spelling is it? @_@
only a couple people spell it that way. i think they confuse the cute blonde wit the but ugly evil ddude's names. they ARE close, but very diferent i think -_-;;;
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Post by: AkaiYuki on August 04 2006, 06:29 am
fei is not a spelling is it? @_@

No, no one has ever spelled it like that.. ^_^;; That's FWR's name... I have NO idea why it's in this poll! XD

How could "F-e-i" ever be pronounced "F-a-i?" XD
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Post by: chibi_seishiraon77 on August 04 2006, 06:32 am
No, no one has ever spelled it like that.. ^_^;; That's FWR's name... I have NO idea why it's in this poll! XD

How could "F-e-i" ever be pronounced "F-a-i?" XD

yeah...XD...i think that too...
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Post by: chibi_seishiraon77 on August 04 2006, 06:35 am
No, no one has ever spelled it like that.. ^_^;; That's FWR's name... I have NO idea why it's in this poll! XD

How could "F-e-i" ever be pronounced "F-a-i?" XD

yeah...XD..that's what i was wondering.....is it even POSSIBLE to say it that way?
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Post by: Rekall on August 04 2006, 07:33 am
Rekall: The spelling "Fai" comes from the romanization of Fai's name. In Japanese, his name is written with the characters "Fu-a-i" with the "a" small. When there is a small character immediately after a regular sized one, it's sound takes the place of the previous characters' ending sound. (Changing "Fu" to "Fa," in this case.) Which makes the romanization "Fai."

Wow, I made that sound way more complicated than it actually is.. Sorry, I suck at explaining things like that.. ^_^;;;

Ah, thank you.  That does make sense. ^__^