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By: ablesque

ablesque — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:02:38 +0000

i donâ€t think itâ€s slang, swearing or a sexual reference because even matsuri got the joke. it might somehow translate to â€œbone headâ€ like people in the comments said because the first thing the girls said about her name was that it was very uncool. but later on, when Miu called her by her last name in front of the whole class, she tried covering up the mistake by saying it was only a nickname followed by saying â€œitâ€s no good as a nickname eitherâ€, so if Coppola means bone head it doesnâ€t make sense that itâ€s no good as a nickname, because itâ€s not especially weird for somone to be nicknamed bone head.

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:08:22 +0000

8 Parrot December 1st, 2005 at 11:21 am Is it possible that the word â€œCoppolaâ€ is how the Japanese translate the English word â€œCoppulateâ€? ^ I like this idea best â¥

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:56:38 +0000

Actually its quite simple. They made it known when the name was spelled out on paper by Miu. It was a literal translation in Kanji that spelled out bone cave. So that’s why she didn’t like it. Who wants to be called hole bone cave. Its an odd name and their reactions were from that as well as ana’s dislike of her own name.

By: Ichikawa Shinji

Ichikawa Shinji — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:29:51 +0000

The reason why koppora sounds weird to the Japanese has something to do with the accents of the 19th century peasants in northeastern Japan.
They used to pronounce “kon-na koto” as “koddara godo”, “chotto” as “chokkura”, “bikkuri” as “beggura” and so on, which is not considered very elegant among the white-collar class.
And, the family name Coppola doesn’t sound like British but reminds us of Italian immigrants, which further highlights the awkwardness of Ana’s phony “British Style.”
That’s probably why Miu always mentions “koppora” whenever Ana gets a bout of British chauvinism (as in drama CD’s) or her facade is wearing off.

By: A-noh

A-noh — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:55:35 +0000

ok, this is abit late, considering when u posted this, lol.
anyway, for me, who’ve only watched the anime and OVA, the name coppola is just a name anna hates. well, we do know that the girls are all young and thus not very exposed to english names, ‘cept for nobue. in the anime, when the girls heard the name, they just said that it was weird, so basically it just sounds weird to them. and that anna is more jap-inclined than brit, thus that may in a way result in her finding her own name sounding weird according to japs’ tastes?
the joke at the end of the day? miu likes to call anna by the name which she hates, and anna looks cute angry, while miu looks great face-down on the floor, haha.

By: A jap

A jap — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:15:25 +0000

Kappore was a joke show in the Japanese feudal age. Coppola has a similar pronunciation to Kappore (especially in japanese’sound). now almost Japanese don’t know the meaning of Kappore, but we feel funny when we listen the word like kappore.

By: Darth Vader

Darth Vader — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:17:57 +0000

ha ha! bone head ana i get it now ^_^ phew! this show is too sweet everything else seems… well no thats not true but they are damn cute my 2 fave are miu & matsuri ha im just hentai dreaming now (^_^;;

By: antiaries

antiaries — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:45:08 +0000

It’s because the Japanese phoenetics in her last name roughly translate to bonehead. -_-

By: YamiDragoon

YamiDragoon — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:56:06 +0000

you can find out more about the coppola-family.. they are all the same family.. and you can see WAY more on the german page: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Cage