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Re: mech legalities
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Sat, 12 May 2001 18:17:19 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, John Aronson writes:
> To be really correct...Mecha is the the japanese equivalent or rough
> translation..mecha would be written in katakana i belive and would be meka
> in romanji-this is just what i get from takeing japanse class and reading to
> wierd things...
> -John
It is spelled with a "ch" because it is derived from a non-japanese word
(hence it being written in katakana). It is probably derived from mechanical,
but I don't know that for sure. :)
Jeff
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| Being a nerd I have always fallen back on the acronyms. I have always used Mechanically Enhanced Combat Heavy Armor for MECHA. Although I have never seen this in any other source (anime etc..) it seems to work for me. Mike out (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Yea the ch is for the true english spelling..it does come from our word for mechanical..basically romanji is the english generalization of japanese words each character/sound being written as english sounds. either way mecha will always stand (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| To be really correct...Mecha is the the japanese equivalent or rough translation..mecha would be written in katakana i belive and would be meka in romanji-this is just what i get from takeing japanse class and reading to wierd things... -John (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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