wait till the Creationists get a wind of this...
Someone on my flist posed the following question:
A comment elucidates:
"A quick Google suggests that the Japanese word used in Pokemon is "shinka", and most online dictionaries have this defined as "evolution/progress".
More interesting to know would be whether "shinka" is also used to describe the biological theory of evolution - my google-fu isn't strong enough to find that one out... :)"
Comments from any Japanese speakers? And while we're at it, if you watch Pokemon in another language, what's the word for this change? Is it the same as the word for "evolution"?
[I blame Pokemon] for the fact that [my two (7- & 8-year-old) children] refuse to accept the difference between evolution and metamorphosis.
Caterpillars do not "evolve" into butterflies!
Does anyone know whether the use of "evolution" in this context is a direct translation from the japanese?
A comment elucidates:
"A quick Google suggests that the Japanese word used in Pokemon is "shinka", and most online dictionaries have this defined as "evolution/progress".
More interesting to know would be whether "shinka" is also used to describe the biological theory of evolution - my google-fu isn't strong enough to find that one out... :)"
Comments from any Japanese speakers? And while we're at it, if you watch Pokemon in another language, what's the word for this change? Is it the same as the word for "evolution"?