Talk:An Enemy in Need! Aoka's Desperate Plea for Help!/@comment-68.206.130.41-20140708002147/@comment-1949750-20140708042001

Well, actually you're both wrong and right at the same time as I am.

You see, 四皇 is actually spelled, よんこう, as in Yonkou if you change the characters directly to romanji.

But then when you change it into proper romanji, it becomes Yonkō as the ou was condensed into ō as it's less spacious. But that letter is annoying to type in so I just prefer its direct romanji form, "Yonkou."

As for Yonko, it's not actually correct. It's just Yonkō turned into Yonko for the sake of convenience in the English translation. So yes, you can say Yonko if you like but it's the official and accepted form of 四皇 in English. Then again, 四皇 literally means Four Emperors so that would be the most proper way to address the 4 pirates so Yonko, Yonkō, and Yonkou would all be wrong if you really want to completely translate it.

But in the end, does it really matter? I prefer Yonkou and you prefer yonko so it's not a big deal of which romanji form or the way to pronounce the term is proper. Just use whatever word is convenient for you.