Comment on Pika Pika
Cintari@lemmy.world 2 days agoNot according to an interview by the creator of Pikachu, Atsuko Nishida:
“Since it was an Electric-type Pokémon, I thought ‘pika‘ [the expression of light flashing in Japanese].
Comment on Pika Pika
Cintari@lemmy.world 2 days agoNot according to an interview by the creator of Pikachu, Atsuko Nishida:
“Since it was an Electric-type Pokémon, I thought ‘pika‘ [the expression of light flashing in Japanese].
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
That’s… what I said?
embed_me@programming.dev 1 day ago
Its light in general, not lightning
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
“pika” on its own is a sudden flash of light. This onomatopeia is very old (edo era old). What kind of light flashes do you think you’d find 400 years ago? There was pretty much just lightning. Not to be confused with the repeated “pika pika” which like the other commenter said indicates more of a glimmer or shiny and is way more common today.