What I'd like to know is Ive been using the V1 outside of the beta this whole time and like the Leopard Pokemon on Serebii is spelled "Reparudasu" so why does it start with L and it's and R?
The Japanese don't have the same pronunciation of letters as the English language.
The letter L and letter R are pronounced pretty much to same to them. If you've ever seen someone type "herro" rather than "hello" when making fun of a Japanese person, it's because of this. It's not pronounced with the R sound. I'm not sure which letters in the English language best describe the sound if you've never heard it. Maybe D. "Heh-do" = Hello pronounced by a Japanese speaker not fluent in English.
If I'm not mistaken, Serebii.net is run by Japanese speakers, not English. Hence the name "Serebii", rather than "Celebi".
The R replaces the L, and the double I at the end has something to do with a long E sound, I think. Like Chii(Japan) vs. Chi(America) from Chobits, as well.
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The Japanese don't have the same pronunciation of letters as the English language.
The letter L and letter R are pronounced pretty much to same to them. If you've ever seen someone type "herro" rather than "hello" when making fun of a Japanese person, it's because of this. It's not pronounced with the R sound. I'm not sure which letters in the English language best describe the sound if you've never heard it. Maybe D. "Heh-do" = Hello pronounced by a Japanese speaker not fluent in English.
If I'm not mistaken, Serebii.net is run by Japanese speakers, not English. Hence the name "Serebii", rather than "Celebi".
The R replaces the L, and the double I at the end has something to do with a long E sound, I think. Like Chii(Japan) vs. Chi(America) from Chobits, as well.
This will help with R vs. L if you're interested.