One of the most iconic things about Pokémon is when they say their own name. Apparently it's the only word they know, and although some emit other sounds, the vast majority use their own name as calling. In a forum of Reddit A question arose, because if Pokémon have existed before humans, why do they have the same name as their call? And this is not the only unknown!
The problem is that many of the names of the Pokémon are compound of things that really exist. A user recently dedicated himself to translating the literal meaning of the names of some Pokémon, and their motives are really interesting.
The name of the Pokémon comes from their sounds
The first theory, and the most obvious, is that the name of the Pokémon is given by the vocalization of the sounds What does each one do. Thus, a Pikachu would be called this way because it is the easiest way to imitate sound using human language. But there is a doubt, and some Pokémon have names that mean something in human language, like Torchic, whose name comes from the word Torch (torch in English), and the word Chick (chick in English). How is it possible that they can have such right names to things named by humans?
This is where the other theory comes in, which explains that most of the names of things known in the human world come from Pokémon. Thus a torch would have that name because of its resemblance to Torchic, and the term "voltage" could come from the electric-type Pokémon, Voltorb.
Pokémon that modify human language
However, this is not all. One of the users explains that, although there are Pokémon that are quite recent and have been created by direct or indirect human work, such as Garbodor, Vanilluxe and Klefky, their names also make a lot of sense. And it is that the words have not always been the same to describe the same object. Before the appearance of Garbodor, for example, the garbage could have been called in other ways, but after the appearance of this Pokémon, human language could have changed, this thanks to the similarity of this Pokémon with the waste. Thus, we would be adopting a modification of the name of this creature as a synonym for the word junk.
Another user tells us that in Black and White Pokémon they talk about how Pokémon and humans have managed to adapt In the same environment. Having this as a reference, it would be nothing unusual to think that these creatures can also act as language modifiers in large part, considering that Pokémon are used for almost everything in his universe We recently talked about this relationship and how difficult it would be to be vegan in the Pokémon world. However, it has been explained that humans in the Pokémon world have a clear source of food, although many times we want to make deaf ears.
The truth is that this universe gives for many theories, and we were delighted every time fans bring us new things to relive it.
What do you think of the theory? Do you think it's true? Tell us in the comments!
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