Talk:Ashigara/@comment-60.241.239.174-20150118043839/@comment-26058113-20150118100120

You know, I was wondering the same thing a while back and don't think I found a solid English source either. It might be difficult to find the original text or the actual newspaper clipping that mentioned the name. I'm wondering... did the jounalist include the nickname in actual print? Or, could it be that IJN sailors simply overheard British journalists mention the name, took it with pride, and brought the story back home?

At least the source of the nickname seems to have some historically credibility/believability behind it, unlike Yuudachi's "Nightmare of Solomon", which sounds all kinds of badass but actually just turns out to be a Gundam reference. Great.