Ground Slam is a Grand Slam
Okay, so the name of my gym is ‘Ground Slam.’ But actually it’s a play-on-words. It’s actually pronounced “Grand Slam.” See, the Japanese katakana pronunciation is “Gu-ra-n-do su-ra-mu.” So it kind of sounds like both. So Katsumura-san intended to make the double meaning, like the “super hit!” meaning of “grand slam” but since it’s MMA and he likes grappling, he spelled it ‘Ground.”
So… I guess I should pronounce it “Grand Slam” but write “Ground Slam.”
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