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Title: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Hikari B. on July 19 2006, 08:36 am
It really makes me wonder about that during the translation. I'd appreciate it if someone could explain to me why Tokyopop (I think...) changed 'Hoe!' to 'Phwee!' in the CCS 1st arc (Western version) and Master of the Clow.
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: moezychan on July 19 2006, 09:02 am
I've often wondered it myself. It could be possible that they wanted to keep the English translations child friendly, and in all reality, the word "hoe" in English means
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a woman who sells her body
. That might be the reason, but then, why didn't they do it with the Clow Card Arc? It's truly confusing.
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Takeru on July 19 2006, 02:11 pm
But why "Phwee?" That sounds like an exclamation of happiness. "Hoe" was originally fright or frustration. XD
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Hikari B. on July 20 2006, 01:13 am
Quote from: moezy-chan on July 19 2006, 09:02 am
I've often wondered it myself. It could be possible that they wanted to keep the English translations child friendly, and in all reality, the word "hoe" in English means
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a woman who sells her body
. That might be the reason, but then, why didn't they do it with the Clow Card Arc? It's truly confusing.
I was thinking that but what made them change it back to 'Hoe!' in 1-6, the ones in right-to-left format?
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: mela on July 20 2006, 03:03 am
Actually, a hoe is a gardening tool. Take away the 'e' at the end and you've got a bad word XD
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: moezychan on July 20 2006, 04:40 am
Quote from: meliwan on July 20 2006, 03:03 am
Actually, a hoe is a gardening tool. Take away the 'e' at the end and you've got a bad word XD

It is a gardening too, and take away the e and it is a bad word, but in some cultures in the states it is spelled with an e. Around where I live we spell it with an e.
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Luci-Chan~~ on July 20 2006, 05:37 am
I did'nt now that, thank you very much O___O!!
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: suu_no_clover on July 21 2006, 02:46 pm
Hmm... I can imagine it would look very bad if a Tokyopop was partly the cause of 40,000 little girls getting sent to the principal's office for reportedly, 'randomly calling other students ho's'. XP I've actually been asked why I sometimes say 'hoe', on other forums... XD
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: moezychan on July 21 2006, 02:51 pm
Quote from: suu_no_clover on July 21 2006, 02:46 pm
Hmm... I can imagine it would look very bad if a Tokyopop was partly the cause of 40,000 little girls getting sent to the principal's office for reportedly, 'randomly calling other students ho's'. XP I've actually been asked why I sometimes say 'hoe', on other forums... XD

Lol, so true Suu-chan XD I sometimes accidentally say "hoe" in public, and people ask me what it means.  :sweatdrop: So I don't do it much except around my family, and online.
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Tenkuuken on July 21 2006, 09:11 pm
How would Sakura pronounce "hoe"? I think she says it like "ho-weh." ^_^;
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Konata Izumi on July 21 2006, 09:23 pm
Quote from: Tenkouken on July 21 2006, 09:11 pm
How would Sakura pronounce "hoe"? I think she says it like "ho-weh." ^_^;
Yeah... she kinda says it like that in CCS... (Hoe? Is going "Green"... o.0;;;; Slap me quick!!!)
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Tenkuuken on July 21 2006, 09:27 pm
Quote from: Elysia Silvermoon on July 21 2006, 09:23 pm
Yeah... she kinda says it like that in CCS... (Hoe? Is going "Green"... o.0;;;; Slap me quick!!!)

Yes, is going green both ways XD. Maybe the American dubbers can't say it so without saying "hoe" and thinking of the human "hoe".
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Kina, The Dark Keyblade Master on July 21 2006, 09:58 pm
I'm not really getting this... o.O I've just found out that word is a bad one when I read this thread...
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: moezychan on July 21 2006, 11:03 pm
Quote from: Sayuhiro on July 21 2006, 09:58 pm
I'm not really getting this... o.O I've just found out that word is a bad one when I read this thread...

Well it all depends on the situation. American words aren't taken as offensively as they used to be, but some are assumed to be bad anymore, and this one is one of them.  :sweatdrop:
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Becster on July 21 2006, 11:20 pm
I always used to think of Hoe as said like 'Phwee', but 'Ho-eeee'...

...But that's just me.
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Ashlee on July 21 2006, 11:30 pm
Quote from: moezy-chan on July 20 2006, 04:40 am
It is a gardening too, and take away the e and it is a bad word, but in some cultures in the states it is spelled with an e. Around where I live we spell it with an e.
Same here. When I first saw that, I was like what is she saying. But after going on the internet (internet, can't live with out it), I found out what she ment by. So it doesn't bother me.
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Konata Izumi on July 21 2006, 11:57 pm
Sometimes, people get confused with "hoe".... After all, one word may have multiple meanings... ^^
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: moezychan on July 22 2006, 01:58 am
Quote from: Elysia Silvermoon on July 21 2006, 11:57 pm
Sometimes, people get confused with "hoe".... After all, one word may have multiple meanings... ^^

So true, and in this case it means a very surprised word by a Japanese girl! My favorite version ^_^
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Arcademan on July 22 2006, 11:08 am
Ho = Degrading comment toward women.

Hoe = Device use to dig weeds out of the ground

HO-EEEE = Surprised Miss Kinomoto

Ho Ho Ho = Santa Claus :D
Title: Re: Hoe! Phwee!
Post by: Eriol on August 24 2006, 07:16 pm
Oh well,it's better Sakura said "Hoe!" than some words that can hurt or others...:Okay: