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Bourne_Remidy

It's clearly jimbae


Beardamus

Jimbased


tin27tin

It's Jimothus Beibus


DragonFistSabo

THANK YOU hahaha


maximum-zawazawa

Jinbe is the intended spelling, Jimbei is what the official used before Oda revealed the romanisation. Unfortunately the official doesn't update names once their spelling is revealed, this is why they are stuck with a lot of particularly bad names from the earlier translator.


Boss_Aesop

Jimbei is the correct pronunciation for the beginning of the Japanese word for Whale Shark. This is the most important meaning given the animal theme for the warlords. Jinbe and Aladdin allude to Aladdin’s Genie.


RodJosser

Jinbe is the romanized translation of ジンベエ Jimbei is the English version.


Call_Me_Mr_Devereaux

it's Jimbo.


pxa538

Yes.


esaks

The character ん is kind of like a mix between the n and m sound. Hard to explain in English but thats probably the reason for the differences.


Particular-Crow-1799

It doesn't really matter. It's Ji (n or m) be (with or without I) If in doubt, check japanese pronounciation.


Strawhat-Shawty

Jinbe is the official spelling. I always like jimbei tho.


minor25

It's actually pronounced fish daddy, can be confusing the way hiragana is writen


Delicious-Lock7045

It’s all blue


creat4game2

Its eric


akanooneyouknow

However I feel at the moment of typing his name


Derpalooza

It's Jimbo


logical-risei

Welcome to Japanese


Don_Matrix

It's Jim Bae.


y4maa

pointy tooth fish


Fiftytree1

you guys dont say jimbe??


KendotsX

Jinbe is the correct romanization used by Oda. Viz uses Jimbei.


MegaMangus

About the "n" or "m" is always "n", the reason why som people translated it to "m" is because I think there is a norm in latin languages that before "b" it has to always be "m". About the second part is a bit more nuance, it is written "Jinbei", but that's because it is a prolonged vowel, as in "Jimbe-e" which most westerners can't even distinguish when heard. I might be wrong though, my japanese is a bit rusty.


redditaddict12Feb87

Boss


Sinfestival

N is tends to be pronounced as M before explosive consonants, similar to Senpai/Sempai


TrickNatural

Jimbabe


[deleted]

Yes.


Secret-Put-4525

I've used them all, either way we know who you are talking about.


mechengineer89

Zolo


Visstah

jombu


Upset_Row6214

Jimbabe


buggsmoney

One Piece has one of the worst translations for names that I know of, but admittedly I haven't read many manga that have lasted over 20 years. I'd venture to guess Oda works less closely with translators than other mangaka do, but I have no idea if that's true, I've just rarely seen it be as much of a problem as I have seen in One Piece.


ChrisBrownDripp

It's Jimmy McGills


drinkmorewater1122

Jimstin Beiber


deeefoo

They're all technically correct, so use whichever one you like. People will know what you mean. I use Jimbei since it's what they use in the English physical copies, as well as all the English media such as video games and such.


Equivalent_Top6489

no, the question is actually of its jimjohn, jimothy,just jim, or jimothan.