Royalty Names

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

I was in Gaia, and I made an avatar cosplay of Cornelia. Then this asshat member claims that her name is "Vi Britannia" and not "Li Britannia", which I typed her name as. Now, I've always read her name as "Li Britannia" and Euphie's the same. Now, though I believe to be correct, I don't want to doubt anymore on the names of the (known) Royal Family members:

1. Emperor Charles Di Britannia
2. Empress Marianne Vi Britannia
3. Schneizel El Britannia
4. Clovis La Britania
5. Cornelia Li Britannia
6. Euphemia Li Britannia
7. Lelouch Vi Britannia
8. Nunnally Vi Britannia

I don't know Odysseus' complete name.
On a more random note, I tend to type Brittania and not Britannia and then change it. Anyone else does that? Or is it just a language rule I missed along the way?? XD

Comments

[ashe.livejournal.com]

Cornelia and Euphemia are both "li." (I'm looking at my Newtype magazine that has a list of all the female characters.) I thought Charles' was "zi," but I think that's just due to different romanizations of the character, haha.

I think most people type Britannia XD

[miken-chan.livejournal.com]

I believe you're right in that case, most definitely~

Uhm...I always do that when typing Britannia, but then I feel as if my old Latin teacher is staring down my neck and I know it's wrong. ^-^""

[everluxxe.livejournal.com]

According to the Japanese Wiki, you're right~

Typing "Britannia" comes more naturally to me. I think it was the Latin name for England or something? *fails at world history*

[braver.livejournal.com]

It's definitely "Li" for Corny. :D (And auto-spell check says it's Britannia whenever I type Brittania *nod*)

Also, I'm the asshole on Gaia who took the name "Lelouch Vi Britannia" for a mule account. Oh, the mail I get asking for me to give up that name...XD

[lulu-quality.livejournal.com]

On the Odysseus note, his full name hasn't been announced yet. I'm looking at my Mar. '08 issue of Newtype and on his profile it simply says Odysseus and that he's the first prince. Nothing else ):

[lulu-quality.livejournal.com]

I can empathize with you there -_- My Latin teacher had this jar on her desk that said "Ashes of Problem Students" O_O

[lavaliere]

2. Empress Marianne Vi Britannia

Empress? I was under the assumption that she was considered a "Princess" and not truly an Empress? Or have I got it wrong?

Anyway, I'm really curious about the reasons behind the different "Vi" or "Li" prefixes. In French, if one were to say something of a similar sort like "Charles Di Britannia" it would be "Charles De Britannia". Charles of Britannia. Now, my Italian is very, very rough (read as: practically non-existant, but I have knowledge of other Romance languages), but I'd think that "Di" might be the Italian version of "De." If it is, then Charles Di Britannia would make sense, however it doesn't explain the other prefixes.

One wild piece of speculation is that they have something to do with Roman numerals. Perhaps Charles is the 500th or 501st (D + i(I)?) Charles of Britannia? Likewise, Lelouch could be the 6th (V + i(I)?) Lelouch? I have nothing really to back this up, and the middle 'names' could just be a way to represent family ties.

Or, simply, it could be an Engrish attempt at creating royal sounding names?

[braver.livejournal.com]

She was called Empress/Queen in season one, if I recall correctly.

[inulovinkit.livejournal.com]

THAT WAS YOU?!

XD Anyways, score! Awesome name snag! (I wanted to do a Lelouch mule, but I think I like my C!Syaoran mule, lovingly dubbed "Cloney-kun", too much to ever abandon him...even if CLAMP will. D:)

[lavaliere]

Hm, I probably remembered it wrong, then. I think I was under that impression because I assumed she (and the ther Empresses?) didn't have as much power as the Emperor obviously has.

[breepants.livejournal.com]

My teacher had that same jar.

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

XD

I get it because english is my second language

[eternalambiance.livejournal.com]

I do recall someone as being "la Britannia." I'm not sure who, but... I do remember someone with the "la" title.

[miken-chan.livejournal.com]

Mine said he had a jar XD

Latin teachers are...unique. ^-^""

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

Nice one!
Though I hate when people take good names for mules...but soo in character for Lelouch!

[inulovinkit.livejournal.com]

I wished we had more flashbacks of Marianne...she just seemed so badass.

(When I think of her, I keep seeing her as someone like Kallen--awesome haxy mecha pilot, with a softer motherly side, too. :) )

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

it's definitely a romance language influence, though as to the reason why, I can't guess...

The only thing I've noticed is that it seems that the middle name changes according to the mother, since that's the case both Euphie and Corny and Lulu and Nunnally. Who knows if Clovis and Schneizel have the same mother.

[austere-flare.livejournal.com]

English Wiki tells me it's Odysseus U Britannia who phails in comparison to Schneizel.

And, in Spanish and Italian and probably some other European languages, "la" is female. So why is it used on Clovis? Maybe when he was born they mistook him for a girl?

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

I read that too, but I doubt it...it sounds soooo bad XD
And "La" is a female article in Spanish, and I do hope it's a pun from the creators ♥

[jdiam.livejournal.com]

It is Odysseus u Britannia. Here (http://www.geass.jp/world_03_ex.html?pid=chara_41.html), from the official site.

[lulu-quality.livejournal.com]

How did we all miss that? o_O The poor guy has so little significance he only gets one letter! DEATH FLAG

[norikosama.livejournal.com]

Whoever said that her last name is "vi Britannia" has obviously never watched the series through. Euphie says "I, Euphemia li Britannia..." more than enough times in the first season. And if you use your common sense, it's quite reasonable that Cornelia would have the same last name as her little sister.

I used to spell it "Brittania" because that was what I was most familiar with (and names that ambigious can get weird spellings). Until those headlines with the decent English and "official" spellings of the characters popped up and I'm like, "Oh, it's Britannia!"

[norikosama.livejournal.com]

DDDDD: WHY CAN'T LJ GIVE THE EDIT FUNCTION TO FREE USERS AS WELL?

Also, can you send me a link to that Gaia page? I'd love to see the Cornelia cosplay.

[jdiam.livejournal.com]

Nobody loves Odysseus. ;o; Poor squishy prince. He gets an expression though! That has to count for ... something ...

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

I was really vague about it in the post, because it's an AvA entry (http://www.gaiaonline.com/gaiaarena/?postid=7011), and dindn't really want to make it sound as me promoting it XD