Talk:Gecko Moria

Correct article title?
Shouldn't this article really be titled "Gecko Moria"? Since when does English words have two "k"'s in them and end with an "h"? Gekko Moriah sounds as stupid as Jinbei, Zolo or Hordi.

It was confirmed in a databook. Gekko, with two k's means moonlight. It was Gecko Moria up until we learned the correct spelling from the databook. 23:04, February 2, 2013 (UTC)

But why does his last name end with an "h"? Even in the romanization it doesn't do that.

Dunno. I don't come up with the romanizations, I just move the pages. If I had to guess, maybe so it could look similar to the English female name Moriah (Mo-rai-uh), but that's just me. 23:13, February 2, 2013 (UTC)

@Sewil, there's no need for an actual reason. Why "Luffy" and not "Lufy", "Luffi", or "Ruffy"? We don't know, Oda chooses what looks best to him.

@sff9, But he never romanized it as "Moriah" to begin with, but to "Moria", so who came up with the "Moriah" name?

I don't think it was ever romanized as Moria, that's just how the scanlators decided to spell it. Oda comes up with all romanizations. 23:53, February 2, 2013 (UTC)

Exactly. And no-one has yet used "Moriah". So why is it there I ask?

Because it was first seen in a databook, and he hasn't appeared since his name was romanized so there's no reason to use it. Moriah is there because it is correct. What we (and scanlators) do is we take the spelling closest to how the name is pronounced and use that until we get a romanization, if we do at all. 00:21, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

Oda didn't choose it, sff9. Whichever assistant worked on the databook did. SeaTerror (talk) 03:12, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

And Oda approved on it. 03:14, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

@ST, whatever, my point was there's no need for an explanation. (Though, in this case, I think the romanization is too original for it not to be Oda's. Nevermind anyway, we'll never know.)