Talk:Paildramon

Name Deriving
Somehow I doubt the name means bucket dragon monster. With attacks like desperado blaster it has a stronger connection to westerns.

ZGWolf 19:32, December 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Click the link. 04:23, December 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * He's still not a bucket.86.189.14.71 19:22, November 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * Read the note. Lanate (talk) 21:05, November 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * The problem is that both the and the page linked in said talk state, in no uncertain terms, that "pail" as collective noun for wasps should be avoided in favor of the more common collective nouns nest, colony, and swarm depending on the context.  Probably better to find an alternative meaning for the name.Chimera-gui (talk) 04:57, March 15, 2016 (UTC)
 * That wiktionary notes that it is archaic does not mean that it is not the most likely name meaning. It's a dragon crossed with a wasp. 21:07, March 15, 2016 (UTC)
 * Point taken but even so, the fact that it's called Piledramon in some languages makes me think that the name is more likely based on the since Stingmon's javelin-like arm Spikes carrying over into Paildramon and are in fact one of the its two main forms of attack, the other being its signature Desperado Blaster. Chimera-gui (talk) 23:37, March 15, 2016 (UTC)
 * That would require the names in English and Japanese to be pretty bad misspellings, and doesn't mirror how it's profile talks about it being a cross of a dragon and an insect, like how Dinobeemon's profile calls it a "Terrible Bee". Can you find any reason why it would be romanized as "pail"? 01:29, March 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * The characters "パイル" translate to pile with the romanization of "Pairu". And given how "ru" is typically changed to "l" during translation as in the case of Palmon, "Pairu" can be spelled "Pail" even though it should actually be "pile". Chimera-gui (talk) 01:54, March 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * I can confirm this as well and the Japanese are known to misspell English words quite often, especially in older anime. This Page also shows the origins of Paildramon's name. The person who made this page, Megchan, is actually Grace Anderson, who was the one who translated the original scripts for the English dubbers of the show.--Hika Yagami (talk) 02:24, March 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * That's her guess at it, though, and there's a lot of stuff that we've found more likely translations/etymologies for since. If his name was supposed to be a reference to him having "piles", it would make sense to see a reference to that somewhere in any of his literature. Instead, the profiles consistently harp on him being part dragon, part insect.
 * Look, if "pail" wasn't a term related to a creature that his profiles always harp on him containing, "pile" would be the next best guess. But given that "pail" is totally a wasp-related word, "pile" just isn't that convincing. 02:45, March 16, 2016 (UTC)