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[[Fleece Tyler]] | The name [[Fleece Tyler]] sounds like a legendary freestyler, but he is actually just an extremely obscure internet meme that only freestylers are likely to have encountered while using online translation services<ref>[https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate]</ref> to translate Japanese freestyle-related websites, such as [[Masahiro Fujii|Masahiro Fujii's]] [http://freestyle-sk8.com/ freestyle-sk8.com], to English. | ||
The mistranslation occurred because the katakana 「フリースタイル」 (furi-sutairu) was incorrectly being separated into 「フリース」 (furi-su) and 「タイル」 (tairu), which phonetically resulted in [[Fleece Tyler]], in English. | |||
So, in short, [[Fleece Tyler]] IS "Freestyle"! | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|<b>Katakana</b>||<b>Romaji</b>||<b>English</b> | |||
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|フリー||furi-||free | |||
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|フリース||furi-su||Fleece | |||
|- | |||
| || || | |||
|- | |||
|スタイル||sutairu||style | |||
|- | |||
|タイル||tairu||Tyler | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
Most translation sites have corrected this mistake, but [[Fleece Tyler]] still lives on, in our hearts, minds and on this page. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Glossary]] | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:29, 7 April 2018
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| Gender | Male |
The name Fleece Tyler sounds like a legendary freestyler, but he is actually just an extremely obscure internet meme that only freestylers are likely to have encountered while using online translation services[1] to translate Japanese freestyle-related websites, such as Masahiro Fujii's freestyle-sk8.com, to English.
The mistranslation occurred because the katakana 「フリースタイル」 (furi-sutairu) was incorrectly being separated into 「フリース」 (furi-su) and 「タイル」 (tairu), which phonetically resulted in Fleece Tyler, in English.
So, in short, Fleece Tyler IS "Freestyle"!
| Katakana | Romaji | English |
| フリー | furi- | free |
| フリース | furi-su | Fleece |
| スタイル | sutairu | style |
| タイル | tairu | Tyler |
Most translation sites have corrected this mistake, but Fleece Tyler still lives on, in our hearts, minds and on this page.