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[resop2]

A-kira + ME-mei + RIna + KAna = Amerika

(It does not have anything to do with the Azumanga Daioh vignette where girls were divided into teams such as Team America and Team Japan based on their figures.)

[Denki]

I discussed about it in the Trivia thread last week.

Spoiler: show

Never been so proud of being a fan of America.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

It's quite the annoying nickname too.
Can we just do "Ame-Rica" to make it easier?

Also, is that "smileage_english" thing official?

[esm]

I don't think it's confusing if you consider the context.

As for the twitter account:
https://twitter.com/namasma_eng
Description: "Unofficially translates Smileage member tweets and relevant info! "

[Denki]

Can we just do "Ame-Rica" to make it easier?

No. Using a hyphen makes it look like it was 2 people. Plus, the point of the whole situation was because of a coincidence that the first syllable of their names spell out the name of an existing country. America it is.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

so if anything, the coincidence of their first syllables should make it "Amerika"

[Denki]

tbh, either way works. (K or C)

[Celedam]

Okay, fine, I'll suffer my '80s-era Cold War anxieties in silence.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

It just sounds funny. Say out loud "I hung out with America today." "America bought me a gift."

[esm]

America is spelled "Amerika" in many languages that use the Latin alphabet because it's more common to use only the letter "k" for the [k] sound.