“”Godzilla” (first titled “Godjira”)..”
Pardon my ignorance, but.......???
The Japanese words were "gojira" which translates to "large lizard". Say it fast enough and with enough repitition, it sounds like 'godzilla'.
“”Godzilla” (first titled “Godjira”)..”
Pardon my ignorance, but.......???
The Japanese words were "gojira" which translates to "large lizard". Say it fast enough and with enough repitition, it sounds like 'godzilla'.
I really expected him to be much larger.
Correction to my previous. Gojira comes from two Japanese kanji that roughly are “gorilla (gorira)” and “whale (kujira>”.
The critter is called a “kaiju” which is large (or great) strange, creature or monster: kai=large/great ju=strange creature.
Okay. I wasn’t sure if they were making a pun about Japanese pronunciation of English or if that was some reference I’d never heard before. I can see that turning into “Godzilla” all right.
I think it was a combination of gorilla and lizard.