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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2012, 03:38:53 AM »
LMAO!! that is hilarious!  :lol:

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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2012, 04:20:33 AM »
I bet you anything she was supposed to be named Diamondonkey. Just my thought.  Could have been a translation error as it happens all the time with products and they sell them anyway.

Or maybe something like "angeldonkey" or "spiritdonkey," but yes, a translation error either way; you're probably right.  The "donkey" part was probably a mistranslation too.

I heard that the old Atari game Donkey Kong was a mistranslation too; I think it was supposed to be "Monkey Kong."  It makes sense if you think about it, though the name is so well-known now that it doesn't even sound strange to me anymore.
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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2012, 04:39:05 AM »
Saw this one on Tumblr a couple days ago. :D

The fakie itself isn't that bad (it's actually a pretty decent-looking knock off of a G3 styling Rarity), but that name... Oh Lord... XD

EDIT:

Okay, so out of curiosity I just typed "demon donkey" in google, and it turned out this isn't the only pony to have this... "unfortunate" name on it. Probably all those "demon donkeys" come from the same company.

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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2012, 06:00:36 AM »
Oh Demondonkey? I saw them play in Fresno in '83!

Maybe instead of Cutiemarks, they have Unfulfilled Phophecies ooh :lol:.

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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2012, 06:27:50 AM »
Bad fakie!? With that name I think she is one of the best, lol!

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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2012, 11:05:52 AM »
Oh good old Demondonkey - there is a whole line of them and they have been about since quite early into G3 if I remember rightly - they will forever be remembered in MLP circles I guess just because of the name :P
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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #21 on: October 14, 2012, 04:41:34 PM »
From the last thread speculating about Demondonkey:

http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,307332.15.html

I imagine the "Demon" part of the name came from a loose translation of "magical entity".  For example, in Japanese the word "kami" can be loosely translated as "a god" or "a spiritual creature" or "ghost" or sometimes "demon".  There are specific words for some of these entities as well, but "Kami" is a very general term.  As far as my experience with Asian languages goes, these kinds of synonyms can also be very true for Cantonese/Mandarin.  So I can honestly see how a bad English translation of "Magical Equine" became "Demon Donkey".  :D
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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2012, 05:01:43 PM »
Oh Demondonkey? I saw them play in Fresno in '83!

Maybe instead of Cutiemarks, they have Unfulfilled Phophecies ooh :lol:.

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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #23 on: October 15, 2012, 09:53:09 AM »
mummy I want a Demon Donkey...

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Re: OMG REALLY bad Fakie
« Reply #24 on: October 15, 2012, 10:01:43 AM »
"would you buy a pony with that name?" id say most definately yes ESPECIALLY for that name... and i think the symbols should be in latin... but dont read it out loud... :devious:
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