Help: Bert & Ernie's name in Kanji?

[Vic Romano]

Does anyone know where to find, or how to write and 's name in Kanji (Japanese writing)? If not the characters for their name, how about "best friends"?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I need it for some fan art. Thx!

 

[Drtooth]

Sad thing is I SHOULD know this. If I gave you one, you'd have to double check, since I can only really give it to you phonetically. I;m sort of rusty...

However, I can tell you this.

The lettering isn't kanji, per se... Kanji being the Chinese set of characters that make up complex words... it would be in katakana, a series of letters used for foreign words and names...

Phonetically Ernie translates to "Ah-nee" (they have no equivvilant for the "er" sound, so they substitute a soft a) and Bert may be Ba-to.

So:

Ernie = ア-ニ- (notice use of hyphens to stress the vowel sound) and
Bert= バ-ト

But I'd double check with a Japanese sesmae Street website first.

Actually... never mind that last bit. I double checked for you, and I'm right. Remember the hyphens, though.

 

[DrmaticEmphasis]

From Muppet Wiki:

• Bert (バート)
• Ernie (アーニー)

 

[DrmaticEmphasis]

Though apparently they arent main characters on the show.

Interesting.

 

[Drtooth]

And in case you need to know, "and" is と (to)

 

[matleo]

From Muppet Wiki:

• Bert (バート)
• Ernie (アーニー)

wow, you really can find anything on the internet.

 

[DrmaticEmphasis]

wow, you really can find anything on the internet.

I know! Gotta love the information age.

 

[Drtooth]

wow, you really can find anything on the internet.

The worst part is that I did everything through memory and my knowledge of Japanese to English transliterations of cartoon character names and phonetics. All I had to do was click a couple times.

 

[Vic Romano]

Awesome. Thank you SO much. Just to clarify, "Bert & Ernie" translates to:
バート と アーニー

 

[Drtooth]

And I can't WAIT to see what's in store with this artwork of yours.