Talk:Pan Pan

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Note: Stop making non-canon (not from the cartoons) additions to the 20X6 pages.--Hysterical Woman 13:42, 11 Dec 2004 (MST)

Change his name?

Since the stinkoman game states his name as Panpan, I believe the page title should be changed --JohnoBoy

Uh, the Instruction Booklet for the very game you mention has it "Pan Pan". In fact, that's where wejust found out the name for 1-Up. -- Tom 12:42, 21 Mar 2005 (MST)

Hmm, the intro says PANPAN as one word... guess it's one of those bad translation/bad spelling jokes of the game... --JohnoBoy

Panpan in Japanese

Currently, the article states that panpan is Japanese for prostitute. My dictionary (EDICT) does not have this word, though, but a web search does indicate that it's true.

What it does list, however, is the word pansuke. Knowing a little Japanese, I would think that this could very well be where the word comes from, since they do have a tendency to shorten down words to the first two syllables.

I want to re-write that sentence, but I'd like to get confirmation from Japanese people first. Therefore, I've placed a question on the non-Japanese Chatsubo of the Japanese Wikipedia to try and get some confirmation. (link)

This is the sentence I would be replacing it with:

In Japanese, the word panpan is an adjectival noun and adverb meaning slap. It is also an abbreviated form of "pansuke", meaning a prostitute.

Alternatively, the less technical, but IMO also less clear explanation:

In Japanese, panpan is a word meaning slap. It is also an abbreviated form of "pansuke", meaning a prostitute.

Of course, if it turns out the words have no relation, I'll be changing the last part of the sentence. However, which of these should we use? The words "adjectival noun" may be hard to understand for non-native speakers (such as me!), but the other one is too general, in my opinion - and a compromise, only mentioning that it's an adverb, would be inaccurate.

Any one care to voice their opinion on this one? --Pidgeot (t) (c) (e) 01:00, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)