It's really hilarious that the producers of Evangelion have never internalized the fact that calling a single person "a children" in English is just wrong, and not a "stylistic choice"https://twitter.com/amandawinnlee/status/1376266147750797312?s=19 …
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Like I think they genuinely think it's "quirky" like it sounds archaic or old-timey or "high fantasy" or something instead of just sounding ridiculous
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I'm kind of wondering who they've talked to in the intervening time who told them that children in the singular is appropriate. No one fluent in English would agree with that and it'd be a really simple fix.
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...oh god, someone at Khara encountered a huge weeb who hates any wording changes for any reason, I'm guessing.
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No, they've always hated the change from "First Children" to "First Child" and when they did the new dub they took the opportunity to throw their weight around and force them to change it back
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