Medi or Meddy?

railracer express · Soul Unison Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 771

Say what is the offical spelling? Form the posters it is spelled Medi but in the game it's spell Meddy. WHich one is it? I'm lost
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Anime Master ZERO · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject:

Medi is the original spelling. Meddy is the translators' spelling.

It's like Laika and Raika.
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Raijin · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

It was Meddy in the Japanese EXE5 at one point too. Specifically, when she's deleted it shows that spelling.

Kirbopher15 · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:

I call her Midi, because I think she's another character who's name is music-oriented.

KymeraDS · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:06 am Post subject:

Zan · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:35 am Post subject:

RikkusRukkus · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:03 am Post subject:

Midnight · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:05 am Post subject:

I always refer to her as "Medi." Simply because it is the closest to her function, which is a field MEDIC. Coincidence? I think not.
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RikkusRukkus · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:05 am Post subject:

But.. You don't refer to Rock as Busterman, do you?
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Midnight · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:09 am Post subject:

Of course not....but what does that have to do with countering my point? Medi was a special case, and given the choice of spellings, I made my choice based on what was more logical.

Of course this train of logic should not be followed in general--why do you insist on generalizing my logic to places where it would not apply?
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Mikazuki · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject:

I think it's "Meddy"...but I like "Medi" better. :D
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Raijin · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject:

Eh, people always have their own preferences for spelling. I don't see any reason to argue against Medi, although Meddy seems to have more weight as the official name since it's used both in the english and japanese games.

But for God's sake don't call her Midi. That would imply she was based on the X series character Midi, which she's not. It would also imply her name would be spelled differently in katakana, which it's not.

Pitchums · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject:

Is there any evidence at all that suggests it'd be spelled "Medi"? I like Medi better, but ehh... Seems to be Meddy. :/
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Raijin · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject:

Well, the fact that her name is derived from "Medicine" could be considered evidence.

Edit: I knew it was spelled out "Medi" somewhere, and after some checking through PMM's archives, I found this from the October CoroCoro issue.

So there you go.

Lido Azn Girl · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject:

Yeah, that's where I thought the name "Medi" came from- "Medicine". It also suits her since she's a healer. But when's something is dubbed, there's a chance that the spelling can change.
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Megagirl.exe · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject:

I just think of the same thing :D . I think that Medi is like medicine.
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Pitchums · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject:

...maybe it was Medi, but they changed their minds...?

Well if there's evidence that suggests both names, both names it is. I'm stickin with Medi though.
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Raijin · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:30 pm Post subject:

I'd say chances are better the Japanese writers just don't know their english well enough to keep the Romanji spellings consistent. They spelled Toadman's name "Todoman" when he was deleted, so you can't really trust them on the correct english spelling. At least in this case, I'd say it can go either way. "Medi" works because of the root word being "Medic", but "Meddy" works because it looks more like a cute nickname as Seren said, and it actually seems to fit her.

Crimson Seiko · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:15 am Post subject:

Remember how they butchered Gutsman and Blues's names on the select screen of Battle Chip GP?
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