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In the Aniplex English dub, when Caster mistakenly refers to Saber as
[Joan](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Joan_of_Arc), he adds his French accent
to the pronunciation of her name.

Now the wikia for Joan mentions 2 ways of spelling her name, _Joan of Arc_ and
_Jeanne d'Arc_. I don't know French all that well and for all I know, Caster
could be saying either. So I am wondering, when Caster says Joan's name, is he
using Joan or Jeanne?


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What spelling is Caster using to refer to Joan?


Joan is just the English version of the French name Jeanne, both of which are
female forms of the Biblical name John.

In the original Japanese, Caster refers to Saber as ジャンヌ _jannu_ , which is
the Japanese pronunciation of French "Jeanne". English "Joan" would be ジョーン
_jōn_. I haven't seen the English dub, but I imagine that Caster is using the
French version there, too.

Given that Caster is Bluebeard (i.e. Gilles de Rais, who was a French person),
it makes sense that he would use the French version of the name rather than
the English version.


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