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 *and a [http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa110400.htm lot] [http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese_mythology.asp more]
-==Russian meaning==
+==Meaning in Slavic languages==
-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.
+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". Most of the other Slavic languages, such as Polish and Czech, also use "oni" for "them" or "they", creating the same potential for confusion as in Russian.
 ==Real origin of name==