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Author Topic: Lum or Lamu  (Read 6783 times)

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Re: Lum or Lamu
« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2009, 05:29:37 AM »
The name "Lum" is partially taken from Cino-American bikini model Agnes Lum (who was popular in Japan at that time). "Lum" is a foreign word to the Japanese, so to pronounce it they modify its pronunciation to suit the Japanese tongue (so-to-speak), using "ra" () and "mu" () to produce the "ramu" we hear if we listen to the Japanese language tracks.

mmm maybe it is, maybe not.
but good info anyway.

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Re: Lum or Lamu
« Reply #31 on: November 23, 2009, 06:08:31 PM »
Veehive is right.