ALttP and the Oracles

Originally Posted by Beemnorv

Yes, Chinese also has a respectful term for "old man", which is interchangeable with "grandfather". It could very easily be mistranslated.

Could it be "honorable grandfather"? i.e. both?

That's sort of what I meant. The word "yéye" is what I would call my own grandfather while my friend, or anyone else, would call him the same thing. It has a double-meaning, although, there is a specific term for "grandfather", but that is used less often.

Originally Posted by Kid in SNES ALttP

Elder? Are you talking about
the grandpa?

The grandpa. He didn't say it was his grandpa, he used it as the respectful term.

It could just as literally be his own grandpa he's referring to. (In the English)

No, I'm pretty sure that's exactly how you use the respectful term. Also, I do believe that the word is the same in Chinese and Japanese.

If he means "old respected dude" it could still apply to his own grandfather.

If he is not saying the literal equivalent of "my parent's father", he could still
use that respectful term to apply to his own grandfather.

Just 'cause he doesn't say "grandfather" doesn't mean that he's not his grandfather...

Not that it matters anyway...

He could be his grandson, but nothing is implied there.

Originally Posted by Cukeman

Doesn't everyone in MC have pointy ears? I mean, IIRC there are zero round ears...

EDIT: IMO Hylians, Gerudo, Sheikah, non-Hylians are all humans...
I mean English, African, and Mexican are all humans, just different races...

Given their bizarre gender thing i wouldn't consider them to be the same species as hylians. Close cousins maybe but not just a seperate race. Anyway doesn't some of the official art depict the MC people as having round ears?

This is all I could find in terms of official TMC art depicting NPCs. However, I believe this is some kind of sketch when it was still in development, but I'm not entirely sure of that.