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This is named after the three-headed dragon from the Godzilla cinematic universe, right?

by gautamcgoel 6y ago

rockdiesel 6y ago
I don’t think it is. King Ghidorah is the 3 headed monster from the Godzilla universe.
- monkpit 6y ago
  Certainly seems like it is...
- lanius 6y ago
  It's very possible. The Japanese pronunciation of hydra can be written as either Ghidorah (as seen in Godzilla) or Ghidra (as seen in Final Fantasy), among others, in English.
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    And the Greek pronunciation is "eedra", which has a lot fewer sounds than the above.
  - rockdiesel 6y ago
    Good to know. As a Godzilla fan, I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info.
lanius 6y ago
I strongly suspect that is the case, especially considering the logo :)
curiousgal 6y ago
"Ghidra" sounds like "غدر" which is Arabic for "treachery" which is funny since this was released by the NSA.
- jhvkjhk 6y ago
  Where can I hear the correct sound of "غدر"? Google Translate reads it "ha-zi-bo-m", Bing Translator reads it "laz-bo-m", both are not like "Ghidra".
  - jcranmer 6y ago
    The transliteration of the Arabic would be gh-d-r. (Note that Arabic doesn't normally write out its vowels). The `gh' should sound roughly like the voiced variant of the final sound of "loch" or "Bach". Given that your purported translations all have four consonants in them, not three, I'm guessing you somehow pasted the wrong string? When I get "غدر" in Google Translate, I get the transliteration as ghadar and not ha-zi-bo-m.
  - curiousgal 6y ago
    You can use Google translate. This is how "ghadara" is pronounced which actually translates to "committed treason". https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D8%AF%D9%8E%D8%B1%D9%8E&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D8%AF%... Here I added a couple diacritics (just to make it sound just like "ghidra". https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D9%90%D8%AF%D9%91%D8%B1%D9%8E&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D9%90%...
captainmuon 6y ago
I think it's named after a monster from a Final Fantasy game.
dbuder 6y ago
Correct, they just spelled it differently to avoid search etc confusion.

This is named after the three-headed dragon from the Godzilla cinematic universe, right?

rockdiesel 6y ago

I don’t think it is. King Ghidorah is the 3 headed monster from the Godzilla universe.

monkpit 6y ago
Certainly seems like it is...
lanius 6y ago
It's very possible. The Japanese pronunciation of hydra can be written as either Ghidorah (as seen in Godzilla) or Ghidra (as seen in Final Fantasy), among others, in English.
- StavrosK 6y ago
  And the Greek pronunciation is "eedra", which has a lot fewer sounds than the above.
- rockdiesel 6y ago
  Good to know. As a Godzilla fan, I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info.

lanius 6y ago

I strongly suspect that is the case, especially considering the logo :)

curiousgal 6y ago

"Ghidra" sounds like "غدر" which is Arabic for "treachery" which is funny since this was released by the NSA.

jhvkjhk 6y ago
Where can I hear the correct sound of "غدر"? Google Translate reads it "ha-zi-bo-m", Bing Translator reads it "laz-bo-m", both are not like "Ghidra".
- jcranmer 6y ago
  The transliteration of the Arabic would be gh-d-r. (Note that Arabic doesn't normally write out its vowels). The `gh' should sound roughly like the voiced variant of the final sound of "loch" or "Bach". Given that your purported translations all have four consonants in them, not three, I'm guessing you somehow pasted the wrong string? When I get "غدر" in Google Translate, I get the transliteration as ghadar and not ha-zi-bo-m.
- curiousgal 6y ago
  You can use Google translate. This is how "ghadara" is pronounced which actually translates to "committed treason". https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D8%AF%D9%8E%D8%B1%D9%8E&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D8%AF%... Here I added a couple diacritics (just to make it sound just like "ghidra". https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D9%90%D8%AF%D9%91%D8%B1%D9%8E&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&text=%D8%BA%D9%90%...

captainmuon 6y ago

I think it's named after a monster from a Final Fantasy game.

dbuder 6y ago

Correct, they just spelled it differently to avoid search etc confusion.