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:::The Stick item wasn't introduced until a full generation after Farfetch'd got an English name, so that's not a valid argument. The Stick item could not possibly have influenced the naming of Farfetch'd. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 18:12, 10 August 2016 (UTC) | :::The Stick item wasn't introduced until a full generation after Farfetch'd got an English name, so that's not a valid argument. The Stick item could not possibly have influenced the naming of Farfetch'd. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 18:12, 10 August 2016 (UTC) | ||
::::Ah. Right. [[User:Masternachos|Masternachos]] ([[User talk:Masternachos|talk]]) 22:12, 10 August 2016 (UTC) | ::::Ah. Right. [[User:Masternachos|Masternachos]] ([[User talk:Masternachos|talk]]) 22:12, 10 August 2016 (UTC) | ||
:::: Or maybe it's the other way around? What if the (localized?) understanding of Farfetch'd's leek onion being a stick resulted in the item being called Stick? What if the fact that it looks like a stick, combined with the fact that Farfetch'd always always carries it (perhaps like how a dog keeps fetching a stick no matter where it goes) does provide a resemblance. Maybe it's far fetched (pun intended), but maybe not. What if the name origin said, "The name may also be a reference to {{wp|Fetch}}, due to the onion leek held by Farfetch'd commonly being mistaken for a stick." | :::: Or maybe it's the other way around? What if the (localized?) understanding of Farfetch'd's leek onion being a stick resulted in the item being called Stick? What if the fact that it looks like a stick, combined with the fact that Farfetch'd always always carries it (perhaps like how a dog keeps fetching a stick no matter where it goes) does provide a resemblance. Maybe it's far fetched (pun intended), but maybe not. What if the name origin said, "The name may also be a reference to {{wp|Fetch}}, due to the onion leek held by Farfetch'd commonly being mistaken for a stick." {{unsigned|The Sackinator}} | ||
:::::... I don't see how that's any different from what I just said was logically invalid. The localizers would've decided on Farfetch'd's name long before deciding on the Stick's name, so you could theoretically use the "fetch" idea (if it's valid, which I don't believe it is) as evidence for the name origin of the Stick, but not vice versa. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 16:55, 11 August 2016 (UTC) | |||