Was this question inspired by the most recent chapter of Dreaming of Sunshine (www.fanfiction.net/s/7347955/94/Dreaming-of-Sunshine), where a pair of sisters fight using attack sequences in concert with numeric word puns?
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
Quote:She leapt forward when the referee signaled a start, leading with two straight kicks, and counting off specific numbers along the combination. It wasn't until the last one was thrown on 'shi' that I got the joke.
"Ni-san-go-ro-shi," I repeated with amusement. 2,3,5,6 and 4, technically. But it was also a pun meaning 'kill your brother'. "They're all going to be puns, aren't they?"
Quote:"3! 7!" she wheezed, as she flew into another combo. I wondered if the puns were mnemonics to help remember them, as much as they were names of attacks. "5! 6! 4!"Author's note implies they're from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay
Mi-na-go-ro-shi, I translated. Kill them all.
And she was such a cheerful little child too.
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV