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==Russian meaning== | ==Russian meaning== | ||
In Russian, "oni" means "them". Since [[:Image:Windows_(RU)_box_art_-_front.jpg|the title was transliterated into Cyrillic characters]], some Russian gamers tend to assume that the game is actually called "Them", which just so happens to convey the same creepy ambiguity as "Oni". "Oni" also means "them" in Polish, but when released in Poland, the name was not transliterated so the same lucky effect did not occur. | In Russian, "oni" means "them". Since [[:Image:Windows_(RU)_box_art_-_front.jpg|the title was transliterated into Cyrillic characters]], some Russian gamers tend to assume that the game is actually called "Them", which just so happens to convey the same creepy ambiguity as "Oni". "Oni" also means "them" in Polish, but when released in Poland, the name was not transliterated (the Polish language uses the Latin alphabet) so the same lucky effect did not occur. | ||
==Real origin of name== | ==Real origin of name== | ||