Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20130929130231/@comment-6192846-20150104001908

Master of Lemmings wrote: Curtess holds a vastly different vowel sound in its first syllable to カーチェス. An "ar" vowel sound could be interpreted from the "aa" vowel sound yet "ur" is a large stretch. Keeping names similar to the source material gives readers of articles more accurate impressions about the source material. Hmmmm, Curtis/Curtiss already shows a "Kaa" not being a stretch for "Cur". Similar scenarios for "aa" is Banner (バーナー), Bagaerts (ポガーツ), Burglar (バーグラー), Anchor (アンカー), Kirk (カーク), Turner (ターナ), etc.

Considering we have names like "Kyle" that don't make the Kaito romanization pun (KAiru) obvious, I don't think we necessarily have to go with something like "Kartess/Karchess" but I can live with it.

Master of Lemmings wrote: If the name Curtess is passed, an opportunity for trivia would be to note that Curtess is an English (country of origin) surnname. I can get behind that, if that's the choice.