Unable to find any of the Arduinos that I know I have somewhere... Annoying!

@vaporeon_ oh my god so I just got curious, and it's Japanese name is tabunne, tabun ne means like "I suppose", it's a super common Japanese word you'd hear a lot.

Au dino. I dunno. That's what they were going for. But because of Arduino I never pronounce it anywhere close to "I dunno". So the joke they were going for got completely lost.

Like, "Ah dih no" vs "Ah dwee no"

@vaporeon_ oh even better, it's a dual pun in both languages

多聞 tabun also means "knowing many things" but the kanji 聞 is for hearing, so "hearing many things"

and in English, it's "I dunno" + "audio"

@vaporeon_ I've noticed the Pokémon company really loves word play based around common questions. Like, Bulbasaur, in Japanese, is Fushigidane, Fushigi means mysterious, and dane sounds similar to tane, seed. But also, Fushigi da ne means "It's strange, isn't it?"

@The_T @vaporeon_ i really should have expected you’d have already thought of it

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