Thread:Unok/@comment-24494906-20140930154809

Hi Unok,

I'd like to change the pierrot page's name to "Clown". It's certainly correct that the Japanese word "piero" is a cognate of "pierrot", but it does not only refer to pierrots, but (almost always?) to clowns in general. I also asked Twisted Hel Scans' translator and he intends to continue translating "piero" as "clown". Basically, the only instance where they were ever called "pierrot" in any scanlation was in Imperial Scans' scan of the last chapter, and it was most likely mainly translated that way for giggles, since Studio Pierrot makes the anime. Furthermore, Ishida also wrote "piero" as "道化師" in at least one chapter. "道化師" means clown, not pierrot. And the group members aren't behaving like pierrots.

Would that change be fine with you? If you're fine with it, I'll also ask in the comments section of the article later for objections against that move. If nothing noteworthy comes up there, I'll move the page a few days later. 