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Old June 26th, 2008, 05:55 PM
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Sujoah is an anagram for Joshua. Probablt works for Hasbro.
Also an Oni is an evil demon in jappanese mythology, still no clue what Gurei means though.
gurei means mountain recesses, or mountain peaks.
Gurei means gray; Gurei-Oni is a Gray Ogre(demon)
Really? 'cause the word Gurei, from what I've read, means Mountain Peak... gray, maybe, if you're taking it phoenetically and translating it into Japanese, but Mountain Peak Ogre sounds cooler than Gray Ogre.
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Old June 26th, 2008, 06:04 PM
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Sujoah is an anagram for Joshua. Probablt works for Hasbro.
Also an Oni is an evil demon in jappanese mythology, still no clue what Gurei means though.
gurei means mountain recesses, or mountain peaks.
Gurei means gray; Gurei-Oni is a Gray Ogre(demon)
Really? 'cause the word Gurei, from what I've read, means Mountain Peak... gray, maybe, if you're taking it phoenetically and translating it into Japanese, but Mountain Peak Ogre sounds cooler than Gray Ogre.
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Old June 26th, 2008, 06:05 PM
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Sujoah is an anagram for Joshua. Probablt works for Hasbro.
Also an Oni is an evil demon in jappanese mythology, still no clue what Gurei means though.
gurei means mountain recesses, or mountain peaks.
Gurei means gray; Gurei-Oni is a Gray Ogre(demon)
Really? 'cause the word Gurei, from what I've read, means Mountain Peak... gray, maybe, if you're taking it phoenetically and translating it into Japanese, but Mountain Peak Ogre sounds cooler than Gray Ogre.
I'm 99% sure in this case Gurei is Katakana for Grey. Katakana being the written form used for non Japanese borrowed words.

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Old June 26th, 2008, 06:08 PM
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Sujoah is an anagram for Joshua. Probablt works for Hasbro.
Also an Oni is an evil demon in jappanese mythology, still no clue what Gurei means though.
gurei means mountain recesses, or mountain peaks.
Gurei means gray; Gurei-Oni is a Gray Ogre(demon)
Really? 'cause the word Gurei, from what I've read, means Mountain Peak... gray, maybe, if you're taking it phoenetically and translating it into Japanese, but Mountain Peak Ogre sounds cooler than Gray Ogre.
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Hmm. Fair enough... though that causes some flaws with my recent fan-fic. Oh well. Just because he lives on a mountain doesn't mean he needs a name about it... though it raises the question of why a murky-skinned ogre is named Grey...
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Old June 26th, 2008, 06:11 PM
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Hmm. Fair enough... though that causes some flaws with my recent fan-fic. Oh well. Just because he lives on a mountain doesn't mean he needs a name about it... though it raises the question of why a murky-skinned ogre is named Grey...
My Gurei is gray in color (well, blueish gray).
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Old June 26th, 2008, 06:23 PM
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Hmm. Fair enough... though that causes some flaws with my recent fan-fic. Oh well. Just because he lives on a mountain doesn't mean he needs a name about it... though it raises the question of why a murky-skinned ogre is named Grey...
My Gurei is gray in color (well, blueish gray).
Hmm. In the pictures, he either looks really blue or a pale, swamp-ish green... perhaps I should wait until I have one myself to judge, though.

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So, Johnny, out of curriosity, where did you come up with Mountain Peak?
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You know, it's the darndest thing... I have no idea. I Googled, but all of the links lead to Gurei = Gray, and I can't imagine any other place I would have found it.

...are you creating a web-wide conspiracy? Making yourself seem smarter? Changing every link to say Gray!?

No. That's crazy.

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You know, it's the darndest thing... I have no idea. I Googled, but all of the links lead to Gurei = Gray, and I can't imagine any other place I would have found it.

...are you creating a web-wide conspiracy? Making yourself seem smarter? Changing every link to say Gray!?

No. That's crazy.

...or is it?
Go, my minnions, put a stop to his posting...my evil plan has been discovered.
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Old June 26th, 2008, 07:39 PM
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Yes, master.


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edit: me dumb... nevermind

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Topping off the Japanese names...

Isamu = courageous; warrior.
Shiori = guide
Kaemon = joyful; right handed.

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