What do you guys call Odlaw?

[u/Schwernipoop_Supreme]

i know in Britain they call the main character Wally instead of Waldo, but what do they do about Odlaw? do they reverse his British name like they do in America and call him Yllaw, or do they keep him Odlaw?

[u/DarkstarRevelation]

Evil wally

[u/Candid-Cicada5717 → u/DarkstarRevelation]

That's what I called him

[u/AF_II]

I know sometimes search is a bit enshittified & reddit is where everyone turns rather than doing their own homework, but this is literally on the wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Odlaw

His name "Odlaw" is simply a reversal of "Waldo" from the American editions, although he is still called "Odlaw" in the United Kingdom as well.

[u/Im_a_knitiot → u/AF_II]

Your own research? In this economy?!

[u/Schwernipoop_Supreme → u/AF_II]

i mean technically people could just look anything up instead of going to r/askbrits , but then you'd be out of a job and i dont want that for you :(

[u/AF_II → u/Schwernipoop_Supreme]

Oh mate, even your jokes are lazy.

[u/squeeby]

We call him Jacob Rees-Mogg

[u/Ordinary_Hedgehog_45]

Who the eff is that? Ronny Pickering?

[u/No-Winner8975 → u/Ordinary_Hedgehog_45]

Never heard of him mate

[u/Uncle_Zardoz → u/No-Winner8975]

Do you want a bare knuckle?!

[u/Available_Rock4217 → u/Ordinary_Hedgehog_45]

Who?

[u/neilm1000 → u/Ordinary_Hedgehog_45]

Who?

[u/Adventurous_Break500]

He's still Odlaw

[u/CyclingUpsideDown]

You weren’t watching Alan Cumming on The One Show tonight by any chance?

[u/Expensive-Twist7984 → u/CyclingUpsideDown]

Found him! That one was a piece of piss.

[u/Regular_Face_5387 → u/CyclingUpsideDown]

Nobody watches The One Show, it’s drivel.

[u/its_reds → u/CyclingUpsideDown]

Watching Alan do WHAT?!

[u/Any_Weird_8686]

I just realised that Odlaw is Waldo backwards. I never realised, because who the fuck is Waldo?

[u/Three_sigma_event]

We call him Odlaw, which is Waldo backwards.

[u/iamjoemarsh → u/Three_sigma_event]

Is it!?

[u/SpeermintO → u/iamjoemarsh]

Nahhhh. Is waldO backwards.

[u/rep24 → u/SpeermintO]

Nahhhh. Is wɒlbO backwards

[u/CORBINTOBIASLOVE → u/Three_sigma_event]

You have changed my life 😱

[u/Gazcobain]

Definitely just Odlaw

[u/Administrative-Key19]

Waluigi

[u/Bockiller]

He wasn't introduced until after the 3rd Wally book, at which point "Waldo" was already established and popular in America so "Odlaw" ended up being used here too. Guessing they just never felt the need to change it for the UK audience.

[u/Sandy_Bananas]

He’s still Odlaw, despite Waldo being Wally.

[u/ebat1111 → u/Sandy_Bananas]

No Yllaw? Actually no, that's a town in Wales...

[u/Sata1991 → u/ebat1111]

It's near Cer I Grafu.

[u/Specific_Tap7296]

Bastard. The book should be called "Where the fuck is the bastard?"

[u/jamescurtis29]

I remember the name Odlaw as a child reader. It was more interesting in this country because we had no way of realising that it was backwards for Waldo.

[u/MCHopie]

Yllaw is Welsh Wally.

[u/Flan_West]

Yllaw - I’m under the assumption it’s a Welsh name of some type

[u/Substantial-Mouse534]

[u/Leeroywildman]

We call him “THE WASP”

[u/Reasonable-Cat5767]

I think you'll find it's more... "In the US we call the main character Waldo instead of Wally." Y'all mixed him up, not us.

[u/neilm1000]

I didn't even realise this character existed.

[u/Lonely-Serve]

Mario convention, replace first letter with "W".

[u/hearnia_2k]

In the UK he is still Odlaw.

[u/EternallySickened]

Yup, evil wally

[u/MonthCountry]

In the Home Counties we call him Sticky Reginald.

[u/PuzzleheadedTrade405]

Kendo Nagasaki

[u/cankennykencan]

Never heard or seen him in my life.

Oh It's wally by the way too..

[u/bigboy_lurker]

Pervert

[u/SinSmithy]

He's still Odlaw, the cartoon used to say Outlaw I'm sure though.

[u/MysteriousWriter7862]

The robber 

[u/JDohyCloud]

Wally but yellow

[u/MuhammadAkmed]

Hakmat Ibn Biryani

[u/No-Winner8975]

Dodgy Keith

[u/slackbladda]

Skinny wario

[u/AutisticElephant1999]

In every book I ever read he was called odlaw

[u/Ooh-Long-6601]

Finbarr Saunders

[u/Vooden_Shpoon]

My kids used to call him Igloo

[u/pjs-1987]

Wallyo

[u/Crimson__Fox]

Yllaw

[u/Solid_Study7719]

Ylaw, obviously.

[u/rpeh]

I have never seen this person, officer.

[u/SirCheeseMuncher]

He’s still called Odlaw here

[u/VidKobu]

Benito B Beestripes.

[u/ImhotepsServant]

Dr. Pisshands.

[u/UniversalJampionshit]

I’m now just finding out that Where’s Wally is British and it was America who renamed him, the Odlaw discrepancy led me to believe Waldo was the original name

[u/Regular_Face_5387]

Bad wally

[u/Ok-Anteater-5712]

I've only ever known him as Waldo, and core character as Wally. This is all very confusing.

[u/edgelordjas]

Ahh we used to call him the robber. Me and friends used to swear he was the same ones from the sims !😂

[u/mrafinch]

Yellow waluigi

In all honesty I forgot Odlaw even existed

[u/gham89]

As far as I'm aware, all the other characters are the same.

In case you aren't aware, the US and Canada are the only ones that re-name Wally (for some bizarre reason).

[u/DomesdayCookbook → u/gham89]

Not true. He's Charlie in France, and Walter in Germany.

[u/TheEnglishNorwegian → u/DomesdayCookbook]

He's called Willy in Norwegian, much to my child's amusement.

[u/Popular-Spinach-6700 → u/gham89]

Hang on though, if Wally is the original then why is the villain called Odlaw? That is a bit weird

[u/daveyboy2009]

A paeodophile?

[u/___posh___]

He was called Waldo if I remember correctly.

[u/Willing-Rest-758]

Where's Waldo is such a part of American culture it's weird to remember that it's originally a British creation.

[u/jameilious → u/Willing-Rest-758]

Yea, bit like America

[u/yewscott]

I’ve literally never seen this guy before in my life.
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[u/Scarboroughwarning]

Who is it?

[u/Certain-Doughnut3181]

Noncey