You should see how messed up it is in Japanese with multiple 'Chinese readings' for the same character. And unlike the change in English, where the old is to be dropped in favor of the new, they are all used in Japanese. And then there are the 'Japanese readings'.
南無阿弥陀仏!
The new Karate Kid film...
- 18/06/2010 10:35:55 AM
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it's probably more named for the franchise than the fighting style 
- 18/06/2010 11:52:40 AM
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- 18/06/2010 11:52:40 AM
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I've seen it subtitled on some posters as Kung Fu Kid *NM*
- 18/06/2010 02:07:10 PM
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That's the name in China. "Karate" is just the term Americans recognize for martial art. *NM*
- 18/06/2010 02:07:43 PM
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*NM*
- 18/06/2010 02:07:43 PM
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I don't think it's THAT pathetic. It's just because they kept the title of the film being remade.
- 18/06/2010 10:22:19 PM
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Because fear does not exist in this dojo, does it? *NM*
- 18/06/2010 02:47:04 PM
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Is it called a dojo if it's in China? *NM*
- 18/06/2010 02:48:21 PM
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No, it's a 武館, or wŭguăn.
- 19/06/2010 04:06:48 AM
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It is called Karate Kid to gain an additional financial boost from nostalgia & pop culture
- 18/06/2010 02:52:56 PM
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See, I know that. But in my world that does not constitute an excuse. *NM*
- 18/06/2010 02:54:32 PM
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Is "gong fu" the new alternative spelling for "kung fu" now? I wondered in Gone-Away World. *NM*
- 18/06/2010 04:23:12 PM
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So it would seem
- 18/06/2010 04:25:17 PM
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Yes, from Mandarin instead of Cantonese.
- 19/06/2010 04:08:02 AM
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