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标题: The First Cosplay Convocation in Taiwan [打印本页]

作者: choi    时间: 5-23-2012 10:09
标题: The First Cosplay Convocation in Taiwan
Jenny Hsu, Inside the World of Cosplay. Scene Asia, May 23, 2012.
http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/ ... e-world-of-cosplay/

Note:
(a)
(i) magus (n; Latin, from Greek magos — more at MAGIC):
"1b often capitalized : one of the traditionally three wise men from the East paying homage to the infant Jesus
2: MAGICIAN, SORCERER"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magus
(ii) Because "magus" is Latin, its plural form is "magi." Note the change of pronunciation--in ENGLISH (but not so in Latin)--in "g" between singular and plural forms (I introduce the pronunciation in Collins English Dictionary, because m-w.com does not provide one for the plural form.)
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/magi

(b)
(i) Puella Magi Madoka Magica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puella_Magi_Madoka_Magica
(translation into English: "Magical Girl Madoka of the Magus"; a Japanese anime television series in early 2011)

Mahō  魔法

(ii) puella. Wikitionary.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puella
(Latin, singular form: "a girl"; etymology: from puellus (“a little boy”), contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”) the diminutive of puer (“boy”))

(A) Both "puellus" and "puer" are Latin nouns.
(B) Thast is why English adjective puerile means "childish."

(c) Magi (Manga)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi_(Manga)
(section 3 Characters: Ja'far ジャーファル)   
(d) Comic World Taiwan
http://www.comicworld.com.tw/CWT_HP_NEW/index.htm

is part of Comic World movement of the world.





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